[Ilugc] puppy wont boot
- From: lawgon@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx (Kenneth Gonsalves)
- Date: Wed Feb 24 16:48:04 2010
On Wednesday 24 Feb 2010 12:34:11 pm Rajagopal Swaminathan wrote:
But it is not booting. I just get a prompt with 'GRUB>', and I do not
know what to do next.
1. boot from livecd
2. note the contents of /boot/grub/menu.lst
3. type out those contents line by line like 'root hd(0,0)', 'vmlinuz
<mumble> etc.
Is it able to boot after typing out all the commands?
Do a grub-install /dev/<your-hdd>
Tab expansions are possible in grub command prompt.
I think it is something to do with numbers (that is what puppy says). I have
two partitions - mandriva had called them /dev/sda1 and /dev/sda6 and in grub
they are referred to as hd(0,0) and hd(0,5). But in menu.lst there is a
reference to /dev/sda6 - should I change this to /dev/sda5? or to /dev/hda5? -
I am asking all this because I do not have access to the machine right now.
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regards
kg
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