On 10/12/2010 8:11 PM, Rob Owens wrote:
On Fri, Dec 10, 2010 at 05:57:09PM -0500, David Gaudine wrote:Here I have a big problem. The guide said to run grub and do root(hd0,0) setup(hd0) and repeat for the other disk. I don't have an executable file "grub". grub-pc is installed. After a bit of reading I tried this:Are you trying it as root?
I assume you mean the part about root(hd0,0), not the part later that you snipped. I did try it as root. The first problem is, on this and on my working Squeeze system I don't have an executable file called Grub, although I do have grub-install. When I boot it boots directly to grub, but "root(hd0,0)" (or any other values instead of the zeros) gives an error.
With a system set up using the Squeeze beta2 installer, should I be running grub or grub-install? It seems that the command that clobbered my system was
grub-install --root-directory=/boot /dev/sdaI tried that again in rescue mode, with the same effect; a message that the command was successful, but an unbootable system.
My first mistake was I didn't reboot after installing Squeeze and before trying to install Grub, so I don't even know if the installer left me with a bootable system that I then messed up or if the system was never bootable. I'll be away for a couple of days but then I'll reinstall.
David