Mandrake 10.1 installation problem
Hi,
I am new to Linux and I have been using Ubuntu and Suse for a few weeks but have decided to give Mandrake 10.1 a try. After completing the installation the result was a black screen with GNU GRUB press tab for commands but the OS does not start. I have tried some of the suggested commands but I am not really sure what to do. With my installation I did erase all previous partitions and completely started from scratch as I wanted only Mandrake as the OS (read in a review that it was the best distro for multimedia). I really need help to understand what is going on. Chris Australia |
hi there
could u elaborate more on this " After completing the installation the result was a black screen with GNU GRUB press tab for commands but the OS does not start." regards |
When you say this "I have tried some of the suggested commands but I am not really sure what to do.," you mean that you tried "startx"--minus the quotes too? Can you add more details?
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Hi,
After I completed the installation clicked to reboot and a DOS-like black screen appears. On the top it say GNU GRUB. And also says to press TAB to view commands. Chris Australia |
don't u get any entry in grub???
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Hi,
No I didn't get any entry in grub. |
then u must boot into rescue mode with ur 1st Cd and reinstall the grub bootloader
also post what u have in /etc/grub.conf regards |
Hi
I'm not sure if there is anything I need to type in the GNU GRUB screen in order to get Mandrake to start. Is there a command I need to enter? Chris Australia |
there are some commands for grub which u can use to boot the image file u may be having
pressing TAB will give u list of those commands i haven't used them so i cannot comment here regards |
Thanks for you help.
What is the recommended place to install the bootloader ? During the installation I selected to the First sector of the drive (MBR) but these are also options: - First sector of the root partition - On Floppy Chris Australia |
MBR is what you want...according to what you said earlier.
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yes go for MBR
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