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Old January 14th, 2003, 04:12 AM
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reinstalling linux boot loader - lilo / grub ?
hello, i can't reinstall the boot loader as i have a windows me on the 1st partition and RH8.0 on another partition.

i tried to rerun lilo or grub


after i boot using a diskette, lilo replied.

can't install on partition 0 * 388

or when i was in grub

grub> root (hd0,1)
grub> setup (hd0)

it also replied - cant install ?


how can i do it ?

i dont want to reinstall RH from the cd and overwrite my data files
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if you can login in RH8 the do this:

- from a dos prompt do "fdisk /mbr" to clean the boot record
- login in rh8 and from shell type "grub-install 'hd(0,1)'"

this will reinstall grub on the first partition
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yes, i can do a grub-install

but after the grub menu comes up, and when i choose RH8

it says

kernel /boot/vmlinuz-2.44.18-14 root=LABEL=/

Error 15 : File not found

but when i go there,

the file is there ???

very strange

also, when i try to install LILO, it says

Boot sector of /dev/hda doesn't have a LILO signature
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Observation:

By any chance, is your kernel name supposed to be:

/boot/vmlinuz-2.4.18-14

Not:

/boot/vmlinuz-2.44.18-14

?

Also, which did you install first, and which system is on which partition/disk?
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mmmh...i think it's time to MANUAL EDIT...tadaaaaa!!!
here is a sample config for grub.conf file:
Code:
#boot=/dev/hda
default=0
timeout=10
#splashimage=(hd0,0)/grub/splash.xpm.gz
title Redhat Linux 8
	root (hd0,0)
	kernel /vmlinuz ro root=/dev/hda2
	initrd /initrd-2.4.18-3.img

modify it as you need...don't forget to install grub as the bootloader
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