set up one of the boxes to do nat for the lan

Howdy,

I've just now completed the RH 8.0 install, and have ran into this very same problem.

I've already had Grub 0.92 installed on this system (a Thinkpad X22 notebook), and it works fine with other Linux distros (Slack, Gentoo, Mandrake). The hard drive is a 40 gig TravelStar. So even if 0.93 solves the problem, I don't think it is grub that is at fault.

Anyway, the message that said for people to upgrade grub isn't exactly helpful, as for most people who have this problem CANNOT BOOT their system to get to a prompt to do the upgrade. You have to have an existing Linux distro already installed.

Anyway, I'm off to find a solution to this problem for my system. However, it is very disappointing that this kind of error isn't caught for what is supposed to be a flagship distro. Hardware vagaries cannot be blamed, as my system is a stock IBM notebook.

OK, just FYI for anybody who runs into this problem: it isn't a grub problem. As posted above, I already have grub .92 installed previous to the RH install, and it worked fine. After the RH install (with its new copy of menu.lst), it bombs with error 28 upon boot-up. I re-imaged the MBR with my old copy of grub, and it also bombed, and none of my previous distros can be booted. I was a bit perturbed at this point.

I went and install another boot loader (System Commander), didn't like it, and uninstalled it (which then restores grub). Whoa-la. Problem fixed. I think the issue is how RH writes to the MBR, that once rewritten by Sys Commander, is fine. Anyway, FWIW.

Huh??? please explain, i was just going to do a peer to peer network, that way i can have both boxes on & share the internet connection.

That's ok if your isp allows it. They will probably want you to pay for each box.

A lot of people setup a box that acts as a router. Linux works great for that. You just setup iptables to do ipforwarding, and ip masquerade.

It does not need to be a fast machine to provide the connection. You can also setup squid which may improve your connection.

Somebody may have already written this, but maybe try using LILO.

I messed around with GRUB and had the same error 28 message.

Reinstalling RedHat and selecting the LILO option easily solved the problem.

boot from linux cd and type "linux rescue" at the boot prompt. This will eventually get you to a command line. at the command line, first type chroot /mnt/sysimage, then run the rpm command

As stated in post #33, using some other boot manager program and then going back to grub does the trick. I had Partition Magic/Boot Magic installed. I enabled Boot magic to be the boot loader and re-started back into Windows. I then disabled Bootmagic and re-started into Linux just fine!!!


Al

This trick work for me , and for my partner's.....

I have the A7266VM , with AMD ATHLON 3000 XP, and
Fresh RedHat-8.0 Installation and (The UseLess) Window$ XP to play "Medal Of Honor".

This is ....

1. boot in rescue mode.
2. chroot /mnt/sysimage
3. su - root
4. grub-install --force-lba --root-directory=/boot /dev/hda
5. CTRL-D
6. CRTL+ALT-SUPR

and the problem is solved.... (say my partner dracul.)

Good Fixing.

I had the exact same problem with an ASUS A7N266-VM MoBo. I upgraded to GRUB .93 and was finally able to boot. You can get it from here: http://people.debian.org/~nobse/debi...ckported/grub/

I have dashed into the above problems plus one. The same error 28 is haunting me. Plus, my system freezes when the installation process tries to start XWindows. I had to install linux in text mode. After installation I got error 28.

Config:
Asus A7N233-VM mobo (onboard GeForce 2 MX video)
Athlon 2400+
Corsair 512MB single module PC 2100 DDR ram
Maxtor 160 Gb hdd

I'll try all above methods to solve the error 28. However, I have no idea how to get around the xwindows problem. The problem in detail:
During installation, my graphic controller is detected correctly as GeForce 2 MX (generic) with 32Mb memory. But the last message I see, after the probing is over, is starting xwindows & system freezes. Hard boot is the only way out. I think this problem will remain even after I successfully install linux in text mode & solve the error 28.

I am a total newbee. I read through the whole post and I think you guys are doing a g8 job. I hope someone has a solution to this as well.
thanks
_Vinay_

One thing I forgot to mention is my bios doesn't support 160 Gb hdd, so I am using dynamic drive overlay, and trying to install linux over it. Once I am able to install linux, I would like to make it a dual boot system.
_V_

I am the same error coming up.. I am trying to install redhat 7.3 along w/ win xp. on a IBM laptop x22

Can someone tell me whether or not redhat 9.0 will resolve this problem, or do I need to inject the grub rpm file inside the terminal window??

What is the best way to set up the boot loader w/o effecting my window xp installation? once I manger to get back into the installation.

I have seen different suggestion as to use MRB or not to store the boot loader. .

Any kind advise would be appreciated!! I have been out of commission for a while now

maybe try lilo on the mbr