Ok, new at this and stuck in grub!

some1 · 07-18-2004, 02:56 PM

I downloaded the lastest ISOs from slackware and i thought i installed it correctly. After boot the install instructed me to reboot the machine and when i did i get tossed into grub and i don't know where to go from here.

Did a couple quick searches but i haven't found anything that's worked.

Does anyone have any ideas on how can get this thing to boot?

someone.

bulliver · 07-18-2004, 04:02 PM

Do you mean the grub command line?

If so there are three things you need to type in. The first is root. This is where you keep your kernels, typically your /boot partition. So if /boot is on /dev/hda1, in grub terminology it is (hd0,0) so:

Code:

root (hd0,0)

It should give you an ok message telling you the type of partition. Next is kernel. You specify a kernel relative to the root you just entered, also add any kernel command line arguments. Tab autocompletion will work here. so:

Code:

kernel bzImage root=/dev/hda2 foo=bar etc...

Then you just type boot:

Code:

boot

Your next step is to figure out why grub isn't using your grub.conf to create a menu so you don't have to do this everytime

If you give us a few more specifics about your setup we can help more.

XavierP · 07-19-2004, 03:36 AM

Doesn't Slack use LILO by default? Try running liloconfig as root.

some1 · 07-19-2004, 05:58 PM

Thanks for all the help, but i got frustrated with Slackware and switched to Mandrake.

Thanks again!

320mb · 07-19-2004, 11:53 PM

Quote:

Originally posted by some1
Thanks for all the help, but i got frustrated with Slackware and switched to Mandrake.

Thanks again!

LOL, Mandrake will help you USE linux, when you want to LEARN linux come
on back to Slackware..........we will be here to help you ..........

linda · 08-11-2004, 04:23 PM

Quote:

Originally posted by 320mb
LOL, Mandrake will help you USE linux, when you want to LEARN linux come
on back to Slackware..........we will be here to help you ..........

That's for sure... I've learned an awful lot by making mistake after mistake!

Right now I have Suse for fun and Slack to learn. Slack seems much better control-wise.... in my very noob opinion!

ddsnags · 08-12-2004, 06:58 PM

XavierP, yes, slackware only offers you to use LILO. My assumption here is that some1 had a previous version of linux installed on his system, and it used GRUB and that's why you're booting into a GRUB screen. I had the very same problem. I had redhat on my system using GRUB to boot between redhat and XP and when I had installed slackware, it booted me into a GRUB screen, it was very frustrating. I did manage to get the problem fixed though.

All you need to do is reinstall slackware and let them write LILO to the MBR and when it is finished, you would be a-Ok. If you have any other problems, don't hesitate to post.

Cheers