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I have a multi-boot system and have been unable to get fedora to boot after the initial install without using its grub. At the moment, I have windows, suse 10.0 64 bit and suse 10.0 32 bit using the suse grub loader. The first time, I let fedora update my original core 1. All seemed fine, then noticed the fedora grub loader and when fedora tried to boot, it craped out. I restored my original suse grub loader with super grub disk. I then removed the fedora partition and let it format the free space. I did an install with an internet file update. At reboot using super grub disk to boot the fedora partition, I received an error (this would be the first boot after a fresh install). I am about to give up on fedora. Is there a fedora boot disk image to use, or do I need it to install its oun grub?
you can use the fedora 6 install cd, and boot it using "linux rescue"
that will then ask a couple of questions (like, language, keyboard networking, mount installed system)
then it should give you a prompt and have your installation mounted in /mnt/sysimage (it tells you the actually mountpoint ... despite typing it quite a few times last night i'm now not sure ... i blame lack of sleep :P ).
From there you can then chroot to your FC install, fix grub and go from there.
That said, i'd just point out: be sure that it mounted FC6, rather that nuking one of your other installs.
Oh yeah, and one final point, you should be able to edit the grub start configuration in grub on boot... provided grub is installed right that is ...
I followed your directions and was able to mount fc6 in rescue mode. It looks like everything is intact, it just needs to be jump started. I found the grub directory which contained only splash.xpm.gz. Under the root folder was: system.map, config, grub, initrd, symvers and vmlinuz. I am not sure how to proceed with a repair or what to look for that is out of the ordinary. I wrote down the fedora core type: (2.6.18-1.2798.fc6). Do I need to create a new grub.conf file and if so, under which directory?
Root (hd0,2)
Filesystem type is ext2fs, partition type 0x83
Kernel /boot/vmlinuz-2.6.18-1.2798.fc6 ro root=LABEL=/
error 15: file not found
I am thinking that maybe my cd image was bad. I remember they did not pass the checksum test during install due to the checksum not found on any of the media.
I have worked on getting core 6 to boot and need some additional help. I know now how to use the install disk as a rescue disk. Once in the linux native mode, I become lost due to not being familiar with command line syntax. I need to see what the command line syntax would be to search for the core 6 kernel once I log in as root. Then I would be able to edit the suse boot loader. I know it has to be there. When I did the install, I included the fedora extras option over the internet. The install then said I only needed disk one and disk two to do the install, while the rest of the files I am assuming came from the Fedora extras. Is that a normal install since the complete set consists of 6 cds? Can fedora be booted from the command prompt after booting the rescue cd? The installer gave me a choice of where boot would reside. My choices were:
/
/boot
and so on. I chose /. Any other choice and a message pop up said I had to fix my choice. Why does the installer give those options and how do they matter?
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