-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 Mathias Krause wrote: > Hi list, > > still .. no running system back ... > >> Mathias Krause wrote: >>> the line says "root (hd0,2)" >>> so ... in my view: this is correct, as it should be the second partition >>> on hda... or is this entry zero-based? Then it might be (hd0,1), as the >>> root partition should be mapped to /dev/sda2 >>> >> (hd0,2) means /dev/sda3 ;) >> >> Now you found the mistake :). >> >> Correct, it's zero-based and has to be (hd0,1). > > okay ... i corrected that with knoppic in /boot/grub/menu.lst > > but still, i cannot install grub back > > when i do > grub-install --root-directory=/mnt/hda2 /dev/hda > it says: > cannot create folder /mnt/hda2/boot/grub, is already existing
Did you use a root account or sudo? The default knoppix user should not have permission to do this. I have not used grub in a while, I prefer the systemrescuecd but it is not as friendly as knoppix. -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.9 (GNU/Linux) Comment: Using GnuPG with Mozilla - http://enigmail.mozdev.org iEYEARECAAYFAkuFe+IACgkQwRXgH3rKGfM8EwCfUsz758OUfo6kMezqRZuuyf/Y /IUAmwQDhIet/k3JklFmGAFRCQUBh2gy =4LWp -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- _______________________________________________ 64studio-users mailing list 64studio-users@lists.64studio.com http://lists.64studio.com/mailman/listinfo/64studio-users
