On Friday 23 April 2004 04:17 pm, you wrote: > I am using Grub as the loader and the latest kernel of RH9 ....".30" I > believe. > > I will try the rescue method, however, now that you know the loader and > os version is thery anything else critical I need to know before trying > the rescue method???? > Thanks Please when replying, reply to the list also so that others can both benefit and contribute the discussion. Also, it's easier to read if you don't top post. OK, assuming the following new drive connected as primary master, /boot partition is: /dev/hda1 / partition is: /dev/hda2 all you need to do is go to the recue mode, then try the following: 1. Mount the root partition of the drive $> mkdir /mnt/realroot $> mount /dev/hda2 /mnt/realroot 2. Change root to that mounted partition $> chroot /mnt/realroot $> cd / 3. run grub-install, and install it to the MBR of /dev/hda (ref: https://www.redhat.com/docs/manuals/linux/RHL-9-Manual/ref-guide/s1-grub-installing.html) $> /sbin/grup-install 4. reboot and see what happens RDB -- Reuben D. Budiardja Department of Physics and Astronomy The University of Tennessee, Knoxville, TN --------------------------------------------------------- "To be a nemesis, you have to actively try to destroy something, don't you? Really, I'm not out to destroy Microsoft. That will just be a completely unintentional side effect." - Linus Torvalds - -- redhat-list mailing list unsubscribe mailto:redhat-list-request@xxxxxxxxxx?subject=unsubscribe https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/redhat-list
