> Please help ... this is kinda scary because it seems
> like I could break something if I pick the wrong one!
>
> Thanks!
>
> Erin
It has been some time since you wrote this so I assume all is well and
you've chosen wisely. However, when things go wrong with grub-pc or
in my case, grub2-pc as
On Tue, 15 Feb 2011 00:24:59 -0500 (EST), Charles Kroeger wrote:
>
> If you have grub2 then use Rescatux..doesn't everyone use grub2 anyway?
Everyone most assuredly does *not* use grub2. There's grub-legacy,
extlinux, lilo, and others. I don't use grub2. As for a rescue disk,
for as often as I
> I like this one: http://www.supergrubdisk.org/
If you have grub2 then use Rescatux..doesn't everyone use grub2 anyway?
I had to use Rescatux just recently after an upgrade whilst avoiding
dist-upgrade until the nvidia-glx 260 driver moves into unstable.
After one of those 'upgrade' solution
On Mon, Feb 14, 2011 at 10:49:29AM -0800, Erin Brinkley wrote:
> Greg Madden wrote:
>
> > The default suggestion , sda, works for most people , If you don't know
> > you want grub installed in another place. sda is the same as the older
> > 'mbr' question.
>
> Ok, this makes sense. I know the
On Monday 14 February 2011 09:49:29 am Erin Brinkley wrote:
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> I installed over the net with apt! So basically I have no install media.
>
> Should I be making some kind of emergency disk before trying this??
Not sure what you mean by 'no install media' AFAIK, you have to have one of
the
On Lu, 14 feb 11, 10:06:51, Erin Brinkley wrote:
> Ok, I lied!
:)
> So what do I pick for this, /dev/sda or /dev/sda1?
Maybe a bit of snipping might help ;)
> Here is what's on the screen:
...
> If you're unsure which drive is designated
> as boot drive by your BIOS, it is often a
> good idea
Greg Madden wrote:
> The default suggestion , sda, works for most people , If you don't know
> you want grub installed in another place. sda is the same as the older
> 'mbr' question.
Ok, this makes sense. I know the /boot dir is in /dev/sda1. I'll try the
default now.
> Don't worry, you c
On Monday 14 February 2011 09:06:51 am Erin Brinkley wrote:
> Ok, I lied!
>
> As part of the Lenny to Squeeze upgrade, I guess
> there's a whole new grub boot process!
>
> It tells you that when your system settles down,
> you should run "upgrade-from-grub-legacy" ... ok,
> I just did that now an
Ok, I lied!
As part of the Lenny to Squeeze upgrade, I guess
there's a whole new grub boot process!
It tells you that when your system settles down,
you should run "upgrade-from-grub-legacy" ... ok,
I just did that now and I am STUCK!
I guess I have to pick out what device that
grub-install will
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