[olug] grub doesn't show up
Andrew Holm-Hansen
olug at einer.org
Fri Apr 11 14:55:43 UTC 2003
Maybe try grubconf?
http://sourceforge.net/projects/grubconf/
Ryan O'Rourke wrote:
>I just installed RH 8.0 but when I try to boot the machine I just get
>the word "GRUB" with a flashing cursor in the upper left-hand corner of
>my screen where the Grub splash screen and options should be. I can use
>a floppy boot disk to boot the system, but I don't think that boots the
>SMP kernel - therefore I really need Grub to work.
>I believe the system is using the MBR.... whatever the default is on
>RedHat 8.0 installation.
>The partition table is somewhat complicated but you can view it here if
>it helps:
>http://docs.ch-gifts.com/itdocs/linux/raid.html
>
>Right now grub.conf looks like this:
>#boot=/dev/sda
>default=0
>timeout=10
>splashimage=(hd2,1)/grub/splash.xpm.gz
>title RedHat 8.0 SMP (2.4.18-14smp)
> root (hd2,1)
> kernel /vmlinuz-2.4.18-14smp ro root=/dev/md1
> initrd /initrd-2.4.18-14smp.img
>
>Any ideas what causes this or how I can fix it?
>Thank you.
>
>-- Ryan
>
>
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