There are reasons why most of the old e-mail list forums are now locked down and managed. Simply too much of the advise is hostile.
On Tue, Nov 22, 2016 at 2:06 PM, jd1008 <jd1...@gmail.com> wrote: > > > On 11/22/2016 10:35 AM, Pete Travis wrote: > >> >> On Nov 20, 2016 4:55 PM, "jd1008" <jd1...@gmail.com <mailto: >> jd1...@gmail.com>> wrote: >> >> > >> > >> > >> > On 11/20/2016 02:15 PM, peterlesterh...@telfort.nl <mailto: >> peterlesterh...@telfort.nl> wrote: >> >> >> >> Hi, >> >> After a Windows update my (dual boot) system won't boot into fedora >> anymore. >> >> Somehow the grub bootloader doesn' t start. >> >> >> >> After booting this is what I see: >> >> >> >> /Minimal Bash-like line editing is supported. For the first word TAB >> lists possible command completions. Anywhere else TAB lists possible device >> or file completions. >> >> >> >> grub>_/ >> >> >> >> >> >> When I issue the command "exit" the Windows bootloader pops up. >> >> >> >> I googled on this subject, but found many completely different answers. >> >> I would appreciate any suggestion. How can I recover my system? >> > >> > The Solution: >> > 01. Boot a live fedora cd or dvd >> > 02. mount your on-disk fedora linux on .... say /fedora, like so: >> > mkdir /fedora >> > mount /dev/sd?? /fedora # where ?? is the disk and partition >> where your fedora is installed. >> > 03. tar cf - dev | tar -C /fedora -xpvf - >> > 04. chroot /fedora >> > 05. grub2-install --recheck /dev/sd?? >> > 06. grub2-mkconfig -o /etc/grub2.cfg >> > >> > When the command (at point 8) returns, then >> > 07. cd /dev >> > 08. rm -rf * >> > Why? because /dev/ is populated dynamically at boot time. >> > >> > Let the list know how it went. >> > >> > _______________________________________________ >> >> This tar+rm business with dev looks confusing and dangerous. Use bind >> mounts to place the virtual filesystems in the chroot path. >> >> -- Pete >> >> >> What's so dangerous about it? > Unless one is so absent minded and is not watching what one is typing .... > :) :) > > _______________________________________________ > users mailing list -- users@lists.fedoraproject.org > To unsubscribe send an email to users-le...@lists.fedoraproject.org >
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