Grub clarification

[Craig White]

On Mon, 2007-12-03 at 19:13 -0800, Daniel B. Thurman wrote:
> >Craig White wrote:
> >just for S&G's
> >
> >try booting DVD or cd and going to rescue mode...
> >
> >once you get command line,
> >
> >chroot /mnt/sysimage
> >grub-install /dev/sda
> >exit
> >exit
> >
> >and see if it boots
> >
> >Craig
> >
> 
> Can I do this with F8-Live CD?
> 
> I tried in F1:
> 
> > grub-install /dev/sda
> Probing devices to guess BIOS drives. This may take a long time.
> Could not find device for /dev/mapper/livecd-rw
> Could not find device for /dev/mapper/livecd-rw
> Could not find device for /dev/mapper/livecd-rw
> /dev/mapper/livecd-rw: Not found or not a block device.
> 
> Otherwise, I'll have to download and burn a rescue CD.
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I don't know but I think Live CD supports rescue mode...

at first screen, press <TAB> key to edit boot parameters and 'Edit'
kernel line the words...

linux rescue

though perhaps there is a rescue mode you can choose from live cd

Craig