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Old 02-20-2008, 04:42 AM
s. keeling
 
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Default Re: grub error 2

Huub <"v.niekerk at hccnet.nl">:
> >
> > Sure you can; do that rescue CD thing again, write the information
> > *carefully* to paper, unless the rescue will allow you to use a printer


Do what he says.

> Ok, I booted into rescue mode, but now grub is only on dvd. Unless I
> know how to mount /, and find the place where the menu.lst is, I can't
> do much. Any suggestions?


As root:

fdisk -l /dev/[sh]d[a-d] # should tell you everything 'bout ptns.

mkdir /mnt/root

mount -t ext3 /dev/hda1 /mnt/root # just a guess.

Grub is now in /mnt/root/boot/grub/, and you're looking for menu.lst or
grub.conf.


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