Grub install problem

revenge80200 · 05-15-2007, 05:58 PM

Hello there,

Having a bit of a problem getting grub to work again. I moved, as opposed to copied, /boot/grub/menu.lst to my desktop on my debian system to save it. Now supergrub is not able to find the menu.lst and I do not have access to my debian drive, which is where everything is. So, how do I go about restoring grub then? I have both knoppix and the supergurb at hand.

Thanks

Hern_28 · 05-15-2007, 06:06 PM

did you move the whole directory or just the grub subfolder, or just the menu.1st file?

revenge80200 · 05-15-2007, 06:09 PM

just the file menu.lst.

I am trying to move it back with the debian net install disc using rescue. Not too much luck.

Hern_28 · 05-15-2007, 06:24 PM

Can you get into the grub prompt. If so :

root (hdX,X) first X drive, second is partition.

kernel /vmlinuz root=/dev/hdX (X is your root dir)
initrd /initrd.img

boot

revenge80200 · 05-15-2007, 06:32 PM

No, not able to get to a grub prompt. It just keeps repeating GRUB over and over again. Should I try the knoppix way again?

Hern_28 · 05-15-2007, 06:36 PM

I'm on my wifes system atm. give me about 10 mins to put my girl to bed and I will boot mine using super grub again and will be able to give more detailed instructions

. supergrub does not require the menu.1st to boot the linuz system, just the kernel and the initrd which can be manually entered.

revenge80200 · 05-15-2007, 06:40 PM

Okay, I'll load supergrub

Thanks

revenge80200 · 05-15-2007, 07:00 PM

Okay, I've got grub back now.... let me see if it works...

Nope, so soup.

Hern_28 · 05-15-2007, 07:22 PM

would try the knoppix cd or you could use the debian install disk. just set the swap and the drive (don't format) escape back to the main menu, and configure system. Then you can re-install grub or lilo. Thats what I do when I am too lazy to grab another cd

I forgot to modify my super-grub disk. the one i have doesn't support xfs lol.

revenge80200 · 05-15-2007, 07:26 PM

I've tried that with the debian netinstall, though it keeps telling me to determine the root partition. How do I do that?

Hern_28 · 05-15-2007, 07:30 PM

Might want to use that again. If you don't remember and since you are going to restore the original configuration anyway could just use the drive path you are booting to as root for now.

revenge80200 · 05-15-2007, 07:32 PM

find /boot/grub/stage1

hd0,1

...loading netinstall under rescue

Netinstall loaded... ideas?

Hern_28 · 05-15-2007, 07:36 PM

Did it work?

revenge80200 · 05-15-2007, 07:41 PM

No, I did not set a root partition. How do I tell which one is root?

Hern_28 · 05-15-2007, 07:43 PM

What exactly did it do? Haven't gotten the net install before. and for root just set it to whatever partition you are booting too.