"Beemer Biker" <antispam@sbcglobal.net> wrote in message news:<10imim7q0fr0k67@corp.supernews.com>...
> This is probably a problem with acronis software, but maybe somebody can
> suggest something.
>
> I have an acronis true image backup of a linux disk that has 3 partition:
> compaq service (39mb), boot (104mb) and root (840mb) total of 1gb disk
> (this is a solid state compact flash type disk, not a hard drive). I need
> to debug a problem, but the core dump exceeds the remaining capacity of the
> flash drive.

What is the compaq service partition -- a hidden compaq tools
partition?

> I tried reinstalling the backup on a larger disk, marking the /boot

What kind of disk -- hard drive?

> partition as active, all the rest as primary. I tried various combinations,

Marking the partition as active means _nothing_ to Linux -- it's
strictly a windows gobblin.

What do you mean by "tried various combinations" -- just
guessing/hoping to find some magical way to "mark" the partition
_type_? Active? What tool?

> all I can do is boot into the grub prompt. Not sure what to do afterwards.
> I also tried acronis partition expert that allows partitions to be copied
> and resized at the same time. Same problem, i boot into that GRUB> prompt
> consistenly.
>
> ..TIA..

What does tab completion offer? "find /boot/grub/grub.conf"? Where
and how is grub installed? MBR? Partition boot sector?

Have a look at the grub info pages for documentation -- it's pretty
complete, but sometimes concise and subtle ;-)
http://www.gnu.org/software/grub/man...index.html#Top

grub> appears when grub cannot locate/load grub.conf (likely in
/boot/grub/grub.conf)

Not sure how grub treats your "disk device" -- hd0? fd0?
Try:
grub> cat /boot/grub/grub.conf

If you get errors whenever trying to access the fs this way, it means
stage1_5 file is not being located and you will have to use grub
notation to point to partitions -- eg., /boot would be called
hd0,1(first hard disk, second partition) and command would be:
grub> cat (hd0,1)/grub/grub.conf

See especially:
http://www.gnu.org/software/grub/man...ml#GNU%2fLinux
for help in "manually" booting from the prompt and here for list of
commands:
http://www.gnu.org/software/grub/man...try%20commands

hth,
prg
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