Chris H Posted November 24, 2008 Report Share Posted November 24, 2008 Had a go with Intrepid Ibex on me spare partition, didn't like it and decided to write Mandriva's grub setup back to the mbr using the mcc. However, there are errors occuring on boot. Is there an easy way to reinstall or redo the whole grub setup from scratch? Ta. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chris H Posted November 24, 2008 Author Report Share Posted November 24, 2008 (edited) Both the vmlinuz and initrd.img in the boot directory and referenced in grub aren't linked to anything. Shouldn't these be linked to something?? Ignore the above for now, need to find out what the errors are first!! What's the best way to find the information that's generated during boot? Edited November 24, 2008 by Chris H Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dexter11 Posted November 24, 2008 Report Share Posted November 24, 2008 I don't know how to retrieve GRUB error messages. I guess there is a way to start it in debugging mode. Anyway if you can't boot Mandriva to reinstall GRUB then you have to use a different media e.g. a live CD to boot then chroot to the Mandriva / partition and then reinstall Grub. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
medo3891 Posted November 24, 2008 Report Share Posted November 24, 2008 If you have the Free DVD boot it and choose rescue system, and reinstall the boot loader. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
scarecrow Posted November 24, 2008 Report Share Posted November 24, 2008 Any bootCD should do. You just boot from it, chroot to the installed Mandriva version, and run grub-install /dev/sdx Where "x" should be replaced with your actual drive letter. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chris H Posted November 24, 2008 Author Report Share Posted November 24, 2008 Thanks for the advice all! The issue caused by installing intrepid ibex reminds me of how functional my mandriva install actually is. So I think I'll try and find the error message which I see by pressing esc during boot and see if I can fix it. So how do I access what whizzes past on the screen during boot? Ta. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
medo3891 Posted November 26, 2008 Report Share Posted November 26, 2008 Press scroll lock. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chris H Posted November 26, 2008 Author Report Share Posted November 26, 2008 Press scroll lock. Cheers, will try it next boot. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
theYinYeti Posted November 26, 2008 Report Share Posted November 26, 2008 I thought it was Ctrl+Q to stop scrolling, and then Ctrl+S to resume (or the reverse maybe)… Yves. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Recommended Posts
Create an account or sign in to comment
You need to be a member in order to leave a comment
Create an account
Sign up for a new account in our community. It's easy!
Register a new accountSign in
Already have an account? Sign in here.
Sign In Now