Reinstalling grub?
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From: Muppet on 14 Dec 2008 12:26 I have (or *did* have) a dual-booting system, with Windows XP and PCLinuxOS, each OS on its own HD. I've lost GRUB and now cannot boot into Linux so I need to reinstall GRUB. I've done it once before, but can't remember how. How do I reinstall GRUB please?
From: Neil Ellwood on 14 Dec 2008 13:15 On Sun, 14 Dec 2008 17:26:45 +0000, Muppet wrote: > I have (or *did* have) a dual-booting system, with Windows XP and > PCLinuxOS, each OS on its own HD. I've lost GRUB and now cannot boot > into Linux so I need to reinstall GRUB. I've done it once before, but > can't remember how. > > > How do I reinstall GRUB please? Use your PCLinuxOS disc to repair grub. Do it when booting. -- Neil reverse ra and delete l Linux user 335851
From: Martin Gregorie on 14 Dec 2008 13:23 On Sun, 14 Dec 2008 17:26:45 +0000, Muppet wrote: > > How do I reinstall GRUB please? info grub -- martin@ | Martin Gregorie gregorie. | Essex, UK org |
From: Martin Gregorie on 14 Dec 2008 13:25 On Sun, 14 Dec 2008 17:26:45 +0000, Muppet wrote: > > How do I reinstall GRUB please? http://www.gnu.org/software/grub/manual/ -- martin@ | Martin Gregorie gregorie. | Essex, UK org |
From: Will Kemp on 14 Dec 2008 16:50
Martin Gregorie wrote: > On Sun, 14 Dec 2008 17:26:45 +0000, Muppet wrote: > >> How do I reinstall GRUB please? > > info grub That's not much use when you can't boot into Linux, is it? Anyway, the grub info docs barely make sense to me, and i've been running linux systems for over 13 years, so i doubt a newish user's likely to make much sense of them. Grub documentation is particularly horrible. In fact, grub is a particularly horrible thing to have to deal with at all. It's got one or two points that are better than lilo, but give me lilo any day, i reckon! Anyway, http://www.sorgonet.com/linux/grubrestore is a reasonably straightforward guide to restoring it. A google search turns up a few useful links: http://www.google.co.uk/search?q=grub+rescue+linux I dunno about that distro's installation/recovery disk, but you can download and burn a rescue CD from http://sysresccd.org which looks ok to me, although i've never actually had to use it yet. -- http://NovemberEchoRomeoDelta.com |