On 03/08/2014 01:13 AM, Bigby James wrote:
On Sat, Mar 08, 2014 at 03:56:28AM +0000, Cao, Renzhi (MU-Student) wrote:
I plan to use :
dd if=/dev/hda bs=512 count=1 2>&1 | grep GRUB
dd if=/dev/hda bs=512 count=1 2>&1 | grep LILO
to check the bootloader I have. I am really new to arch linux, but I want to fix that problem. It seems I almost fix the problem, just solve the lilo and grub-common problem. If I reinstall arch linux, that could be more difficult for me, and I am afraid of losing my data in the system.
Renzhi Cao
Email : rcrg4@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
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Well, obviously you're going to make backups before you go about messing with
highly sensitive parts of your system, especially when using dd, right? And take
my word, and the word of every other Archer for it: If reinstalling by following
the *Beginner's Guide* is too difficult for you, the previously posted, advanced
update guide will be much harder, and Arch is likely not the right distribution
for you.
Ditto what Bigby says.
I've been refraining from making a similar post. But honestly, Renzhi, your best bet at
this stage of the game is to backup and re-install Arch. By the time you slug through all
the suggestions in this thread, you could already have a new box up and running, one that
you can be sure is trim and solid.
Good luck.
--
Kinney
