scripsit Mark Haney: > I haven't tried Knoppix yet, but I messed up my MBR just the other day > and was able to fix it with the Woody install CD #1, which can also > serve as a rescue CD. I booted to the CD, and then entered: > > 'rescbf24 root=/dev/hda3' > > at the prompt. This started up the 2.4 kernel (I had trouble trying to > rescue with the default kernel; don't think it can read Reiserfs) and > set root to my Woody partition. Then I just edited my menu.lst file for > grub, reset the MBR with the 'update-grub' command, and rebooted. > Everything worked fine after that.
I just had to do this recently, too, after I dist-upgraded a box from Woody to Sarge and forgot to run lilo. I learned an important lesson, too-- write down what your partitions are, because going through booting six partitions to find where you put the root one is a pointless waste of time. If you're using lilo, verify that your /etc/lilo.conf points to the right kernel etc. and run lilo as root. I also had to use the rescbf24 kernel instead of rescue; I can't say why, because it's an ext2 filesystem. Is there some incompatibility between Sarge's init and the Woody bootfloppies' 2.2 kernel? -- Pax vobiscum; pax cum omnibus. Thanasis Kinias tkinias at asu.edu Doctoral Student, Department of History Arizona State University Tempe, Arizona, U.S.A. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]