boot option missing
hello ,
im new to fourms definately i try to read as many forms as possible still i got one problem.... i have win 98 win xp and some dump on my 40 gb hdd,,,and at the last partition i have fc1 installed.. now i reinstalled xp definately by which my grub or lilu whichever has gone i DONT have fc1 boot disk or any install. dsk . plz help me " to boot to fc1 back again " as well as to dos partiotons , and what i know is u can dwnld grub or lilu and inst. it and next time u boot to system u see the choice menu dos/fc am i right? i have partition magic on 98 ,shows me fc there,, is there any software i install that brings back all boot os, but free???????? :-):confused: |
All you need is the first ISO image which you can download from the Fedora web site;
http://download.fedora.redhat.com/pu...i386-disc1.iso Boot from the burned CD into rescue mode (type 'linux rescue' when the menu screen is displayed). Answer a few questions and read the on screen messages, pay extra attention to the chroot screen. When ready follow the advice on using chroot then when done type something like; /sbin/grub-install --recheck /dev/hda Reboot the system the bootloader grub should now be active. |
hey thanks , now ill try :-0 :-)
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errr not getting it
:tisk: i followed the steps
linux resuce follow the steps > >>>>>>>>>chroot bereen i did not understand still i got the prompt after the ?n/w interface on this system Yor n i typed the same command line # output no file or directory then second time i tried the question was contineu read only or skip i choose contineu , the prompt appeared and then the system restarted automatically,... next time same i choose the option read only then again i type / sbin/ grub-install-recheck/dev/hda same no such file system or directory... i guess this chroot bereen is not the right path or command or root.... k what do i dooo... |
spel check
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The chroot command should be something like; chroot /mnt/sysimage
Your right nothing is presented on screen afterwards when use the command, but this expected and normal. When you used the the grub-install command the you get an output when done. The grub-install utility cannot work with read-only filesystems. Sample output from the grub-install command; # grub-install --recheck /dev/hda Probing devices to guess BIOS drives. This may take a long time. Could not find device for /dev/mapper/* Could not find device for /dev/mapper/* Could not find device for /dev/mapper/* Installation finished. No error reported. This is the contents of the device map /boot/grub/device.map. Check if this is correct or not. If any of the lines is incorrect, fix it and re-run the script `grub-install'. (fd0) /dev/fd0 (hd0) /dev/hda Please modify the grub-install command to match your system your first(only) hard drive might be known as something like sda in Linux, to find out type; fdisk -l . |
hey
i know this time i tried the command with the right spacing and i am getting the error unrecognized command when i type # grub-install --recheck(space)/dev/hda i get no file or directory when i type #grub-install --recheck(no space)/dev/hda i get the msg unrecognized something then the grub help is loaded defining the correct way to put the syntax i guess the recheck command is not working ok. cauz its not recognizing the recheck syntax or something... grub-install --recheck/dev/hda i even tried hdb and sda and hda9 still nothing...... mabe im not able to use the recheck command.. thats the truth.. in the help its stated --reccheck to map the device something how do i choose or USE THE COMMAND... and finaly use the grub ;-) |
Do you have an IDE drive in place as the master drive on the primary IDE channel???
Take a look at the typed commands; fdisk -l cat /boot/grub/grub.conf The second one should give you a clue; Code:
# grub.conf generated by anaconda |
:-) ill try though things rnt clear...
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