On Mon, Jan 20, 2003 at 11:32:30PM +0000, Tim wrote: > Maybe the MBR has been altered? Run GrUB from a floppy, and > > root (hd0,0) <-----if hd0,0 is your linux root partition > > setup (hd0) <-----places into MBR >
Where root(hd0,0) defines the partition that the grub files can be found on. In grub terms (hd0,0) corresponds to hda1 in linux terms. (if only an ide system). I am uncertain what order grub considers scsi and ide disks. ie, in a mixed ide/scsi system, I don't know if (hd0) would be the first scsi disk or the first ide disk. Just remember that grubs disk/partition addressing is 0 based, where as the linux partition addressing is 1 based. Geoff Crompton > This worked for me once before...hope it helps you! > > Tim > > will trillich wrote: > > any reason why grub would hang on startup? i see "GRUB" after > > the bios stuff, and then... nothing. > > > > a friend suggested trying windo~1 fdisk to make it a fat32 > > drive, wiping previous linux stuff off, then retrynig with a new > > linux (ext3) partition scheme. i tried that (i think) and still, > > hang on boot after seeing "GRUB". > > > > is there a trick i missed in writing the boot sectors? (lilo > > worked on the machine in the past...) > > > > > > > > > -- > To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] > with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
