hi,
> Actually, I didn't select the boot password option. In fact, when I boot
> up, I go directly to a GRUB prompt, not a password challenge prompt. If I
> hit the [TAB] button, I can get a list of commands like: Kernel, boot,
> etc...
>
> I tried typing boot, but then it says to get the Kernel loaded... I type
> Kernel and it asks for a name...
>
For one thing is sure that grub is by far most well managed bootloader than
lilo
so do not worry about grub giving u a problem
the solution u can try out is
note: if u know the boot and root partition of your kernel u can directly type it and
get along
or else u have to press tab and can find out by yourself why grub is so advanced
than other
boot loaders
At the grub command prompt type
grub> root (hd0,0) --> asuming you have hda and first
boot partition on hda1
remember grub always starts
numbering scheme from 0
ie hda1 --> (hd0,0) hda2 -->
(hd0,1) and so on
grub> kernel (hd0,0)/boot/vmlinuz root=/dev/hda5 --> where /dev/hda5
is / partition
grub> initrd /boot/initrd-2.4.18-3.img --> if u do not know
the img file just press <tab>
after typing
initrd and u will know what the file is
grub> boot
this should do the trick . once you are able to boot into your linux system then you
can type as root
# grub-install /dev/hda
to activate the changes and to write into the file
note : pls do not forget to read grub man page
cheers
-rk-
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