what is the grub step?!

[jackc]

hi les,

i tried that and the mount of the cd would not release so i could remove
it before a reboot. i was left facing install fresh or update
and having been down that road a half dozen times since last friday,
was disinclined to feed the cd's through again.

any other ideas? tia,jackc...


On Mon, 2006-01-09 at 15:13 -0600, Les Mikesell wrote:
> On Mon, 2006-01-09 at 15:11, jackc wrote:
> > well, its looking like fc4 just isnt ready for prime time.
> > 
> > i have  a dell 2200 and its a criteria for a new desktop to 
> > load/test on that platform first.
> > 
> > after a number of trials, the reboot during cd#4 is constantly
> > returning to grub. 
> > 
> > trying the below works fine, but the reboot just returns to
> > the install dialog to start the whole thing over.
> 
> By 'below' do you mean the boot into 'linux rescue' and
> the steps to 'grub-install'.   What happens when you
> remove the CD and reboot after that?
> 
> 
> 
> > its no closer to working.
> > 
> > any final diagnostics i can try for this problem?
> > 
> > my goal is not difficult, i am selecting everything
> > to install, auto partition w/remove all linux partitions.
> > 
> > this box has successfully hosted many netbsd flavors and RH ES 4,
> > so i gotta be suspect of the fc4(i checked the cd sums too).
> > 
> > frustrated and disappointed, jackc...
> > 
> > On Thu, 2006-01-05 at 17:47 -0700, Craig White wrote:
> > > On Thu, 2006-01-05 at 16:42 -0800, jackc wrote:
> > > > hi gang,
> > > > 
> > > > so i load the 4 fc 4 cd's and after loaded the it says it wants to do a
> > > > graphical portion, reboots and i am looking a
> > > > 
> > > > grub> 
> > > > 
> > > > prompt!!
> > > > 
> > > > what the heck is supposed to happen now?! is this normal?!
> > > > 
> > > ----
> > > no - not normal
> > > 
> > > sounds as if you didn't allow grub to install the necessary stuff
> > > into /dev/hda
> > > 
> > > try this...
> > > 
> > > boot disk 1
> > > skip media check
> > > type 'linux rescue' and press enter at boot prompt
> > > 
> > > when finished loading...
> > > 
> > > type 'chroot /mnt/sysimage'
> > > type 'grub-install -v /dev/hda'
> > > 
> > > type 'exit'
> > > type 'exit'
> > > 
> > > see if it reboots
> > > 
> > > note - don't include the single quotes - they were for your
> > > identification only
> > > 
> > > Craig
> > > 
> > -- 
> > Jack Craig
> > 
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