FC3T2 - How to reinstall GRUB after boot problem... RTFM didn't help.

[Scott Talbot]

On Sat, 2004-10-02 at 17:36 -0500, Mike Martin wrote:
> Hello.
> 
> I've got a problem that I've not been able to solve via RTFM for two 
> days now. Perhaps someone here could point me in the right direction.
> 
> I'm running both WinXP and FC3T2. My setup is simple. Two ATA drives in 
> my system:
> 
> /dev/hda - Windows disk.
> /dev/hdb - FC3T2 disk. /dev/hdb1=/; /dev/hdb2=swap
> /dev/hdc - CD Burner.
> /dev/hdd - CD Burner.
> GRUB was installed on /dev/hda
> 
> I had problems with Windows and had to reinstall WinXP. The GRUB boot 
> loader was blown away. No problem.
> 
> Try #1) I booted from the FC3T2 ISO image #1 and executed "linux rescue" 
> at the first prompt. Good. It found my FC3T2 install. Good. 
> /mnt/sysimage had it all. Good.
> 
> I then typed "chroot=/mnt/sysimage" and then type "grub-install
                     ^^^

I'm no expert, but I have successfully re-installed grub, but I never
put an "=" in this command.  Otherwise this is how I remember it
working.

do you get the prompt sh# or was it bin-sh#  ?

HTH 
Scott


>  
> /dev/hda". The system complained that /dev/hda with either read-only or 
> didn't exist. I then typed "ls /dev | grep -i hda" and hda was not found.
> 
> I exited the chroot env and then tried to execute 
> /mnt/sysimage/sbin/grub-install and it complained "grub not found."
> 
> Next I typed "ln -s /mnt/sysimage/sbin/grub /sbin" and then typed 
> "grub-install /dev/hda" and it said 
> "/usr/share/grub/blah-blah-blah/stage1 not found".
> 
> Spent 4 hours RTFMing and obviously didn't search well as I found 
> nothing that would help.
> 
> 
> Try #2) Booted KNOPPIX 3.4 and attempted to install GRUB.
> 
> Mounted /dev/hdb1 /mnt/hdb1. Good. All my files are there.
> 
> Typed "ls -alR /mnt/hdb1/boot" and all the grub files were there.
> 
> grub-install didn't work with the same song and dance from above.
> 
> Spent all afternoon today searching for info, but again it is obvious 
> I'm not looking in the right directions.
> 
> 
> 
> All I want to do is just put GRUB back on /dev/hda so I can resume my 
> FC3T2 stuff.
> 
> Can someone help me in pointing out what I'm doing wrong?
> 
> Thanks for your time,
> 
> -mm
> 
> 
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