[ltp] GRUB crash

[Alex Deucher]

On Apr 5, 2005 9:27 AM, Bert Haskins <bhaskins@chartermi.net> wrote:
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>  Alex Deucher wrote:
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>  On Apr 4, 2005 11:39 PM, Bert Haskins <bhaskins@chartermi.net> wrote:
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>  I just had one of my systems crash ( badly ) and
> now it boots up to "GRUB " and hangs right there.
> This box uses the W2K boot loader if that makes
> any difference.
> Has anyone on the list seen this one before?
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> Thanks,
>  Bert
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>  Does grub chainload ntldr or vice versa?
>  This box came with W2k so it does start with NT and boot.ini
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>  It sounds like perhaps your
> MBR got messed up. you can boot off a linux cd and assuming you want
> grub int he mbr, run either grub-install /dev/hda (or whatever your
> drive is) or install from the grub terminal.
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> rough steps:
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> boot linux cd. 
> switch to a shell
> mount your linux paritions
> chroot to your installation
> run grub and re-install from the grub terminal or run grub-install
> (see grub manual for more info)
>  Thanks, Alex, I will try this today.
>    Bert
>  

if you have grub installed on the primary linux partition make sure to
install it there rather than in the MBR or you may hose your ntldr
setup.

Alex

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