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Old 08-03-2003, 06:27 PM   #1
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Unhappy Urgent!!! Please Help!!!

PLEASE HELP!!!!!!!!

I rebooted my Redhat 9 and i get this:

grub>


and no matter what I type (startx) nothing happens, says invalid command...........HELP PLEASE.......i want to get to GUI screen.....................................
 
Old 08-03-2003, 07:16 PM   #2
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Your not in linux, your in your bootloader. You should get a prompt for linux. In the redhat installer you should get a prompt to install grub.
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Old 08-03-2003, 07:22 PM   #3
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how do i do that? i am very new to linux...............please help

all i have is a boot disk--all its asking if i want to update or reinstall redhat.......

please help...
 
Old 08-03-2003, 07:29 PM   #4
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Just do the install the way you did before. There should be a screen saying something about grub. Just right the information on the right.
 
Old 08-03-2003, 07:31 PM   #5
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but i don't want to reinstall redhat......

i just want to be able to load into linux again (
 
Old 08-03-2003, 08:10 PM   #6
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Either try typing 'linux' or try hitting the TAB key and see if any choices come up ..
 
  


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