RE: FC5 GRUB setup

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[mailto:redhat-list-bounces@xxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of John Ackley
Sent: Tuesday, June 27, 2006 2:48 PM
To: General Red Hat Linux discussion list
Subject: FC5 GRUB setup

upgraded workstation Red Hat 9.0 to FC-5
selected defaults
yum update

on reboot blank screen except "GRUB" displayed upper left hand corner of

screen
and computer stalls

linux rescue brings system up AOK

how do I edit / fix grub?
"grub> help"
is not much help

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Boot the system from a rescue disk, start grub and then type:

find /boot/grub/stage1

From that response enter

root (hd0,1)

but replace the hd0,1 with whatever your machine returns, then enter

setup (hd0)

Again using the hd value that came up before

Reboot and you should be good. HTH

Regards, Marshall

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