grub no menu
 

Here is the deal

I had to reinstall windows after I got some virus. I have a dual boot FC 3 and windows XP.
So I boot with grub. I reinstalled grub in the following way:

grub> root (hd0,1)
Filesystem type is ext2fs, partition type 0x83

grub> setup (hd0)
Checking if "/boot/grub/stage1" exists... yes
Checking if "/boot/grub/stage2" exists... yes
Checking if "/boot/grub/e2fs_stage1_5" exists... yes
Running "embed /boot/grub/e2fs_stage1_5 (hd0)"... 16 sectors are embedded.
succeeded
Running "install /boot/grub/stage1 (hd0) (hd0)1+16 p (hd0,1)/boot/grub/stage2 /boot/grub
/grub.conf"... succeeded
Done.

grub> quit

I have /dev/hda3 as /
and /dev/hda2 as /boot
windows is in /dev/hda1

the problem is that after rebooted I can't get the grub menu, I get the "grub>" prompt.
For some reason is not finding the menu.lst file. My menu.lst reads as:
# grub.conf generated by anaconda
#
# Note that you do not have to rerun grub after making changes to this file
# NOTICE: You have a /boot partition. This means that
# all kernel and initrd paths are relative to /boot/, eg.
# root (hd0,1)
# kernel /vmlinuz-version ro root=/dev/hda3
# initrd /initrd-version.img
#boot=/dev/hda
default=0
timeout=5
splashimage=(hd0,1)/grub/splash.xpm.gz
#hiddenmenu
title Linuxito (2.6.9-1.667)
root (hd0,1)
kernel /vmlinuz-2.6.9-1.667 ro root=/dev/hda3 rhgb quiet
initrd /initrd-2.6.9-1.667.img
title Other
rootnoverify (hd0,0)
chainloader +1




I also copied as "menu.1st" and "grub.conf". I tried removing grub.conf, and reinstall,
but for some reason the output shows that find "grub.conf" and that wierd, so maybe
I am just doing something incredible stupid, please enlight me :)

Paulo

Those two don't agree. If you have / on /dev/hda3, then grub should see it as (hd0,2) .

Also, you did the same thing in the grub.conf file...

root (hd0,1)
kernel /vmlinuz-2.6.9-1.667 ro root=/dev/hda3 rhgb quiet

Try changing the grub.conf to look like this..

root (hd0,2)
kernel /vmlinuz-2.6.9-1.667 ro root=/dev/hda3 rhgb quiet

or
root (hd0,2)
kernel /vmlinuz-2.6.9-1.667 ro root=/ rhgb quiet

Then run
grub> root (hd0,2)
grub> setup (hd0)

root bit is correct i.e he means /boot partition is (hd0,1) => /dev/hda2 where his kernel image and grub stages are located. All he needs is root=LABEL=/

root (hd0,1)
kernel /vmlinuz-2.6.9-1.667 ro root=LABEL=/ rhgb quiet
initrd /initrd-2.6.9-1.667.img

Well That was the original configuration that I changed in the testing process.
i.e.

root (hd0,1)
kernel /vmlinuz-2.6.9-1.667 ro root=LABEL=/ rhgb quiet
initrd /initrd-2.6.9-1.667.img

was changed to (because it didn't work, also I forced LBA on the BIOS
for hd0):

root (hd0,1)
kernel /vmlinuz-2.6.9-1.667 ro root=/dev/hda3 rhgb quiet
initrd /initrd-2.6.9-1.667.img

I downgraded to lilo, even that typing the commands from the grub prompt
worked, I needed something that my wife could use to access windows, and
I needed it fast.

I am still puzzled why grub didn't find the menu.lst file, so I'll
experiment over the weekend. Thanks for the suggestions!!!

Paulo