Help... Can't boot!

[Stuart Sears]

On 03/01/09 14:47, John Aldrich wrote:
> Quoting Stuart Sears <stuart at sjsears.com>:
>>
>> okay, what I would do here is use the grub console to find /boot...
>>
>> in case you don't know how:
>>
>> hit 'c' to bring up the console
>>
>> type root (hd <TAB>
>> grub should fill in the disks it can see (hopefully hd0/1/2)
>>
>> for each of those, try
>> root (hdX,<TAB>
>>
>> which should give you the partition layouts and types
>>
>> then for each of the (hdX,0) partitions, try
>>
>> kernel (hdX,0)/ <TAB>
>>
>> one of them should have your vmlinuz-2.6.27.5-117.fc10.x86_64 file on
>> it. use that one in your "root (hdX,0)" statement.
>>
>> hit <ESC> to get back to the menu and edit the 'root' statement
>> accordingly. See if it works after that.
>>
>> I think, from your previous post, that you may be pointing grub at what
>> you think is sdc, which may only have
>> sdc1 - Extended
>> sdc5 - first logical partition
>>
>> on it.
>>
>>
>> I had a similar issue with the installer seeing my disks in a different
>> order to what I expected.
>>
>>
> Well, when I boot off the install DVD in rescue mode, it shows up
> correctly. I'm reinstalling yet again, this time, I told the installer
> to swap the disk order from what is in bios. We'll see how that goes...
> Hopefully I didn't just end up wiping my /home (and all my MP3 files! <G>)

did you actually try what was suggested?

I'm fairly certain this is fixable without repeated reinstalls.


Stuart

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