On Sat, Jul 02, 2011 at 03:07:24AM +0800, Bret Busby wrote: > Hello. > > I have a "laptop" computer with winXP Pro, Unbuntu 8.04 and Debian 5 (I think > it is 5), installed. > > With a recent electricity supply failure, I ran an orderly shutdown > on the computer. > > Since that shutown, each time that I reboot the computer, it takes > me to the GRUB prompt (rather than the GRUB boot menu), and > I cannot boot the computer into any operating system.
> How do I get GRUB to configure itself, to detect the installed operating > systems so the computer is usable once again? I would suggest burning a copy of the Grub Super Boot Disk and booting from that. Once you get the OS booted, you can re-install Grub. http://www.supergrubdisk.org/ > Or, has GRUB destroyed the software build of the computer, and all of the > data, requiring a complete reinstallation of all of > the operating systems installed on the computer? > > Thank you in anticipation. > > -- > Bret Busby > Armadale > West Australia > .............. > > "So once you do know what the question actually is, > you'll know what the answer means." > - Deep Thought, > Chapter 28 of Book 1 of > "The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy: > A Trilogy In Four Parts", > written by Douglas Adams, > published by Pan Books, 1992 > > .................................................... > > > -- > To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a > subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact > listmas...@lists.debian.org > Archive: > http://lists.debian.org/alpine.deb.1.10.1107020303000.6...@bretnewworkstation.busby.net > -- Joel Roth -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/20110702071859.GB6365@sprite