Re: Installation media
On Monday, June 16, 2014, Brian <ad44@cityscape.co.uk>
> Then the only option I had was to repeat the entire installation, under
> this "Resue Mode".
> Why should I repeat the installation?
It only looks that way because you will (at the start) see the same
screens you saw when you installed. The environment is being set up to
allow a rescue to take place. Have faith, continue!
You will arrive at a screen asking for the device to use as the root
file system. This is the partition you have installed Debian to. I have
/dev/sda1
/dev/sda2
/dev/sda5
/dev/sdc1
I know /dev/sda1 has Windows on it and can guess /dev/sdc1 is the USB
stick. /dev/sda2 is the extended partition. By elimination it's
/dev/sda5. There are other ways of proceeding to make a decision on what
is the root file system.
There is only one thing you want on the next screen - "Reinstall the
GRUB boot loader". In my case I would choose /dev/sda when asked.
Thanks. I just did so but then I just didn't received any message at all. is this ok?
I also tried to open a shell and when inside the shell provided under the rescue mode I run the command:
#grub-install --root-directory=/ /dev/sda
Because the mount point of my linux partition /dev/sda1 is /
It went without problems, no errors reported.
I halted the system, booted again without the usb-stick, and again I receive the "grub>" prompt.
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Roberto
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