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Old 06-20-2006, 07:42 AM   #1
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Unhappy a bootloader software other than grub or lilo is present or not


  1. I'm having problems in starting up my FC4 linux.
  2. I can't install Grub
  3. I'm having serious and unsolvable problems in installing GRUB

So, is there any other bootloader than can get me into linux without reinstalling linux (this would be a disaster for me)?

I've made some searches, and found a booloader called GAG, but then i continued reading and found that it might fail in initiating Linux.

Please help me and provide any kind of bootloader
 
Old 06-20-2006, 07:59 AM   #2
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Can you boot from floppy? If so, you could try a grub floppy. This would allow you to get into your Fedora install. Why can't you install grub on the hard drive?
 
Old 06-20-2006, 08:07 AM   #3
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Grub generally does work - though it can be a little cryptic. If you post more details of your issue, including a little about your machine including other operating systems, type of disk drive(s), and any partitioning information you know, people will be more able to help you.

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I'm having problems in starting up my FC4 linux.
I can't install Grub
I'm having serious and unsolvable problems in installing GRUB

So, is there any other bootloader than can get me into linux without reinstalling linux (this would be a disaster for me)?
Another commonly used bootloader for linux is called LILO (LInux LOader).

Would it be a disaster because it was such a struggle the first time? If it was a struggle (and it doesn't boot), it probably did not complete properly. Do you think the install was successful?

Or would it be a disaster because you would lose information? There are ways of recovering the information.

Unsolvable? Come on, us humans can solve anything.

Is this a dual boot machine, booting windows as well? If it is, then you might be able to use windows to boot the linux install. Personally, I would find this much harder to get right and would prefer to get grub sorted out. Here's someone who's done it, but I suspect yo won't be able to follow this method because you've already missed a bit (making a boot floppy):
http://www.littlewhitedog.com/content-52.html

Some tools that will help you on your journey
- a linux live cd that uses grub or has grub installed on it
- if you have fried your master boot record (MBR), and can no longer install you other OS, you will need either your Windows (if that was the other OS) install and/or recovery CD(s) OR some alternative (I've used FreeDOS for this).

And here is the grub manual. If you think it's a bit technical, I agree. But it will tell you what you need to know, eventually.
http://www.gnu.org/software/grub/manual/grub.html
 
Old 06-20-2006, 08:53 AM   #4
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Post Sorry guys, but i was just organizing matters

Okay, my problem is posted inside this topic>>>
http://www.linuxquestions.org/questi...d.php?t=456525

I was requesting here a bootloader in the Software forum, so, please if you have any idea on how to solve my problem in the upper link, PLEASE REPLY THERE
 
  


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