Generating a new grub.conf ?? can't read my own hand writeing -- typo fix
William Case
billlinux at rogers.com
Wed May 7 19:15:56 UTC 2008
On Wed, 2008-05-07 at 14:58 -0400, William Case wrote:
> Hi Bruno;
>
> On Wed, 2008-05-07 at 13:23 -0500, Bruno Wolff III wrote:
> > On Wed, May 07, 2008 at 12:03:42 -0500,
> > Bradley Pursley <pursley001 at comcast.net> wrote:
> > > If I understood the question properly, I believe it was how do you install
> > > / configure grub (for dual booting was the specific question) with no
> > > previous grub.conf file and no knowledge or experience with grub. The
> > > question was not how to re-install grub. I am also awaiting the answer to
> > > this question because I also had this problem and had to totally re-install
> > > Fedora just because the grub.conf file got hosed and, as of yet, no one has
> > > answered this question.
> >
> > Assuming you want to boot from grub then you would still need to install it
> > on the MBR of the drive you are booting off of and you could still edit
> > the grub.conf file with your favorite text editor. The tricky part would
> > be creating an entry for the other other system you want to boot. There is
> > a way to chain boot where you point grub to the boot loader for the other
> > os. I don't use this myself, so I don't have exact advice, but I have seen
> > the documentation in grub. "info grub" will allow you to read it.
> >
>
> As I think about it, the Fedora 8 rescue disk starts with 5 options;
>
> "
> Install or Upgrade existing system
> Install or Upgrade existing system (text mode)
Rescue installed system
> Boot from local drive
> Memory test "
>
> I am thinking of asking as a Request for Enhancement that a sixth rescue
> option line be added:
>
> "Re-install Grub"
>
> The reinstall grub option would just run Anaconda as far as grub
> installation and then quit before implementing reformatting or changing
> any other partition configurations. No new kernels or other programs
> would be installed.
>
> It seems quick and easy with little or no learning curve. If more
> changes were wanted one of the other options could be used instead.
>
>
> --
> Regards Bill
>
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Regards Bill
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