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Old 07-04-2004, 08:49 PM   #1
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hard drive prob


Well i was at the cabin and i got to a package and it tell me to put cd 1 in for red hat 9.0 and i did have it it.I turn off the power and i try to start over and i got this message


[ Miniml BASH-like line editing is supported.For the first word,Tab list possible command completions. Anywhere else TAB lists the possible completions of device/filename.


But when my cd in the cd-writer and cd-rom it make a noise like it has a crak in the cd i have.

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Old 07-04-2004, 10:18 PM   #2
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Anyone?
 
Old 07-05-2004, 01:57 AM   #3
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ok I understand than in middle of installt something went wrong and therefore grub's /boot/grub/menu.lst seems to be missing.

well since you seem to be quite newbie then

a) if it's brand new linux install maybe you reinstall it (most easiest way) or try to boot up in rescue mode .

b) or try boot up manually.
then you must know your linux root partition.
write to grub command line:

line 1:
root ([sh]hX,Y)
(s if you have it on scsi drive, h for ide drive).
x - nr of hard disk (counting from 0, primary-master=0, primary-slave=1, sec-master=2 etc...)
y - nr of partition where linux root part lies (0-...)

line 2:
kernel /boot/vmlinuz root=/dev/[hs]d[a-z]Z
again, h for ide s for scsi
a-z , well a=prim-master, b=prim-slave, c=sec-master d=sec-slave
Z = nr of partition (starting from 1)

line 3:
initrd /boot/initrd.img
this acctually depends on kernel config and might be superfluous

have fun
 
Old 07-05-2004, 10:00 AM   #4
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So that why i can't boot from my cd i take it?Would a new hardrive be better?
 
  


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