On Sat, 2003-02-22 at 22:59, Matthew Larson wrote: > /dev/hda1 is my windows partition > /dev/hda5 is my linux partition. > > should I run 'grub-install /dev/hda1' or 'grub-install /dev/hda5' ???
Probably /dev/hda, since you most likely want grub in the main boot record area of the disk. Otherwise it will never get booted. Michael > > Thanks for the help > > On Sat, 2003-02-22 at 15:52, Phillip Hellewell wrote: > > > > 1. Boot with RedHat in rescue mode or knoppix or a boot disk or whatever > > until you can get to a login shell. > > > > 2. Login as root and then follow these steps: > > a. mkdir /hd > > b. mount /dev/hda1 /hd > > (replace hda1 with the correct partition where linux is stored) > > c. chroot /hd > > ( Now your root directory / corresponds to /dev/hda1 ) > > > > 3. Run /sbin/grub-install /dev/hda1 > > > > > > Good luck. Hope it is not too complicated. > > > > Phillip > > > > > > On Sat, Feb 22, 2003 at 10:50:12AM -0700, Matthew Ryan Larson wrote: > > > A re-installation of windows ate my boot-loader, and I can't get back into > > > linux. I figured the install CD's would fix this. So, I went through the RH 8 > > > wizard, picked the option to add features to my current installation, picked to > > > re-install my boot loader, followed the options, but got an error stating > > > something to the effect of "No kernal packages were installed on your computer, > > > your boot loader will not be modified" and was told that the installation was > > > complete. > > > > > > Thinking that re-installing a kernal would fix this, I went back through the > > > installation wizard, picked the option to customize packages to be installed, > > > picked a kernal to install in addition to re-installing the boot-loader, and got > > > the same error message as above. > > > > > > What should I do? > > > > > > Matthew Larson > > > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > > newbies mailing list > > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > http://phantom.byu.edu/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/newbies > > > > _______________________________________________ > > newbies mailing list > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > http://phantom.byu.edu/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/newbies > > > > _______________________________________________ > newbies mailing list > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > http://phantom.byu.edu/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/newbies _______________________________________________ newbies mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://phantom.byu.edu/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/newbies
