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@xxxxxxxxxxx> 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 > -- Regards Bill -- fedora-list mailing list fedora-list@xxxxxxxxxx To unsubscribe: https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-list
