My fedora installation was not completed fully because of a corrupt media (disc 3 to be specific, my CD drive cannot fully read the media's last part), and as a result, i think my bootloader was not configured properly, but everything else works fine. I've already tried "grub-install <device>" but to no avail. The grub.conf file is nowhere to be found in /etc, and its link on /boot/grub. I still need to use my bootdisk in order to boot Fedora. Someone suggested that I should create a new grub.conf file. Is there a way I can fix my bootloader without reinstalling the system? Could someone make a correct configuration file using these conditions:

1. Fedora is in a dualboot environment with Win2k bootloader (NTLDR) on the MBR

2. My Fedora system uses only 2 partitions, root partition (ext3fs) on /dev/hda3, and a swap partition on /dev/hda4.

3. The bootloader is installed on the first sector of /boot (located on /dev/hda3 of course).

In fact, I've tried creating one, with the help of a sample config file I found in the web, and when I tried to boot, "GRUB" is displayed on my screen (just like the LILO error message, not a grub shell). Honestly, I'm a newbie regarding that GRUB stuff because I've been using LILO eversince I started using Linux.

Thanks a lot to those who can help.

G'day,

I am not an expert, but I read that the grub.conf file is optional.

Basic information regarding your kernel image location goes into the file /boot/grub/menu.lst

Grub doesn't need info about swap partition etc, only your root partition and your window partition.

Here is an extract from my menu.lst file. It might give you some hints about whats going on.

title Linux, kernel 2.6.2oss
root (hd0,2)
kernel /boot/vmlinuz-2.6.2oss root=/dev/hda3 ro
savedefault

title Windows on /dev/hda1
root (hd0,0)
makeactive
chainloader +1

Hope this helps

Howzit

U must login into rescue mode this is done through by booting with your cd. Once that is done and u get the installer prompt type linux rescue follow the instructions given and mount sysimage. Once u have got a login prompt cd /mnt/sysimage, then /sbin/grub-install <device> this will rebuild your grub. It might sound the same in the way u have mentioned above but with this option u must be in rescue mode.

chow