Re: [CentOS] Need help in "repairing" the booting of my Linux 4 server

2011-03-22 Thread Timothy Murphy
Digimer wrote: > On 03/21/2011 08:13 PM, Todd Cary wrote: >> How can I determine the device on which the mbr is placed? I tried the >> following: >> >> # chroot /mnt/sysimage >> >> # grub-install /dev/hda > > Read further down, and read the grub man page (from a good system); > 'grub-install'

Re: [CentOS] Need help in "repairing" the booting of my Linux 4 server

2011-03-21 Thread Digimer
On 03/21/2011 08:13 PM, Todd Cary wrote: > How can I determine the device on which the mbr is placed? I tried the > following: > > # chroot /mnt/sysimage > > # grub-install /dev/hda Read further down, and read the grub man page (from a good system); 'grub-install' is not recommended. I generall

Re: [CentOS] Need help in "repairing" the booting of my Linux 4 server

2011-03-21 Thread Todd Cary
On 3/21/2011 5:37 PM, Les Mikesell wrote: > On 3/21/11 7:13 PM, Todd Cary wrote: >> How can I determine the device on which the mbr is placed? I >> tried the following: >> >> # chroot /mnt/sysimage >> >> # grub-install /dev/hda >> >> However, I am not sure if hda is correct (no error messages thou

Re: [CentOS] Need help in "repairing" the booting of my Linux 4 server

2011-03-21 Thread Todd Cary
On 3/21/2011 5:37 PM, Les Mikesell wrote: > On 3/21/11 7:13 PM, Todd Cary wrote: >> How can I determine the device on which the mbr is placed? I >> tried the following: >> >> # chroot /mnt/sysimage >> >> # grub-install /dev/hda >> >> However, I am not sure if hda is correct (no error messages thou

Re: [CentOS] Need help in "repairing" the booting of my Linux 4 server

2011-03-21 Thread Les Mikesell
On 3/21/11 7:13 PM, Todd Cary wrote: > How can I determine the device on which the mbr is placed? I > tried the following: > > # chroot /mnt/sysimage > > # grub-install /dev/hda > > However, I am not sure if hda is correct (no error messages though). I'm pretty sure you said it was /dev/hdc last

Re: [CentOS] Need help in "repairing" the booting of my Linux 4 server

2011-03-21 Thread Todd Cary
How can I determine the device on which the mbr is placed? I tried the following: # chroot /mnt/sysimage # grub-install /dev/hda However, I am not sure if hda is correct (no error messages though). When I reboot, I get the black with the words GRUB Todd On 3/21/2011 4:47 PM, Digimer wrote:

Re: [CentOS] Need help in "repairing" the booting of my Linux 4 server

2011-03-21 Thread Digimer
On 03/21/2011 07:43 PM, Todd Cary wrote: > As I shared on this forum last week, I did a bad boo boo when I erased > my /boot/ directory without a backup - all of the things I caution other > NOT to do. Nevertheless, after trying to put things back in order, > today I decided to try a reboot and I

[CentOS] Need help in "repairing" the booting of my Linux 4 server

2011-03-21 Thread Todd Cary
As I shared on this forum last week, I did a bad boo boo when I erased my /boot/ directory without a backup - all of the things I caution other NOT to do. Nevertheless, after trying to put things back in order, today I decided to try a reboot and I get a GRUB prompt. Next I have put my Linux