On Wed, 2008-05-07 at 13:52 -0400, William Case wrote: > Hi Bradely; > > On Wed, 2008-05-07 at 12:03 -0500, Bradley Pursley wrote: > > Bruno Wolff III wrote: > > > On Wed, May 07, 2008 at 06:51:45 -0400, > > > William Case <billlinux@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > > > > >> Is it not possible to make a Red Hat utility that just repeats the grub > > >> part of the Anaconda installation process. Perhaps it could have a gui > > >> frontend in order to make some simple adjustments, but nonetheless a > > >> user/administrator could re-install just the grub part of their system > > >> without having to run the entire Fedora installation. > > >> > > > > > > You can run grub to reinstall the part that is in the MBR. > > > You use the 'root' command to tell it what partition has the config file > > > and 'setup' to write to the MBR of a particular hard drive. (If you are > > > using software raid 1, you want to do this manually as the install only > > > writes the MBR of one drive.) > > > Otherwise the grub.conf file is plain text and you can use your favorite > > > text editor to edit it. > > 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. > > > > Bradley > > > Actually the question is "how do you install / configure grub (for dual > booting was the specific question) with or *without* previous grub.conf > file and knowledge or experience with grub". As I have pointed out, I > do have some grub experience and I did get thinks working just fine. I > was able to install grub from the grub shell and install with 'run' and > 'setup' from my rescue disk, and then mount '/boot' and write a > grub.conf file with emacs. > > My question was based on the steep learning curve of the first couple of > times I manually installed grub. Why isn't there a simple Red Hat or > Fedora utility that duplicates the Anaconda installer actions? It would > save on the learning curve for new users and get users back in action > faster when they run into grub problems and wipeouts. Since the basic > code already exists, it would seem a simple utility to create. I could > be used from either the 'root user' login or the rescue disk. > > I ask here because I have been wrong before about how simple it actually > is to en something. There is a way to do it. Boot the install ( comparable disk) into rescue mode. Mount your partions containing / and /boot. chroot to the / partition. then create the /boot/grub.conf file if there is not one. Then run: grub-install /dev/sdx x=a,b,etc. -- ======================================================================= jogger, n.: An odd sort of person with a thing for pain. ======================================================================= Aaron Konstam telephone: (210) 656-0355 e-mail: akonstam@xxxxxxxxxxxxx -- fedora-list mailing list fedora-list@xxxxxxxxxx To unsubscribe: https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-list
