Archie Ferrier wrote: > Hi Everyone > > I hope someone can help me with a problem that has just reared its ugly > head. When I booted up my Linux box, running Fedora 10, the other day it > just displayed the word GRUB over and over. I have booted it with the > Fedora 10 disc and I can run grub from the command line but I am at a > loss as to what to do next. That is other than re-installing Fedora and > losing all my data. > > I would be grateful for any assistance. > > Regards > > Archie Ferrier >
The correct way to re-write the MBR and GRUB on Fedora is to use the rescue mode. Insert the fedora install CD/DVD and reboot. When you see the boot prompt, type linux rescue (if the GUI appears, hit Escape to get back to the boot prompt) Follow the instructions and accept the defaults. If it finds your Fedora parrtitons it will mount them It then drops in to a shell, type df -kh You should see /mnt/sysimage chroot /mnt/sysimage fdisk -l If disk is hda or hdb etc use grub-install /dev/hda (or whatever it lists, e.g. /dev/hdb) If disk is sd then use grub-install /dev/sda (or whatever it lists, e.g. /dev/sdb) Reboot and remove the CD/DVD This is a more verbose way http://dailypackage.fedorabook.com/index.php?/archives/158-System-Recovery-Week-Rescue-Mode-and-Reinstalling-Grub.html -- -------------------------------------------------------------- Discover Linux - Open Source Solutions to Business and Schools http://discoverlinux.co.uk -------------------------------------------------------------- -- Dorset LUG: http://dorset.lug.org.uk/ irc://irc.blitzed.org:6667/dorset List info: https://mailman.lug.org.uk/mailman/listinfo/dorset Next meeting: Bournemouth, Wednesday 2009-04-01 20:00
