Grub Loading Stage 1.5 prompt

[dylunio]

hmm, I'm not sure how one does these things form a live cd

OK, I think it's a an idea to install grub from within the installed partiton.

1) Boot up any live cd

2) mount mepis someware I'll call the device /dev/hdb2 and the mountpoith /mnt/hdb2 -- change as neccessary.

3) chroot the mountpoint with

su -
[rootpass if needed]
chroot /mnt/hda2

this will turn /mnt/hda2 into / -- it's like being inside that partition if it is booted.

4) mount /boot with

mount /dev/hda5 /boot

5) now install GRUB manually with

/sbin/grub-install hda

(replace hda with the name of the disk windows and /boot is on - don't put any partition numbers)

6) make sure your /boot/grub/grub.conf is ok for booting, the section on linux should read somthing like

title mepis
      kernel (0,4)/boot/vmlinuz  root=/dev/hdb2

look in you mepis /boot to see the full name of the kernel it should be vmlinuz<somthing> and the root=/ part should be connect already.

now save it, and exit, and try and reboot.

[squimmy]

I get this after running /sbib/grub-install hda

Format of install_device not recognized.
Usage: grub-install [OPTION] install_device
Install GRUB on your drive.

-h, --help print this message and exit
-v, --version print the version information and exit
--root-directory=DIR install GRUB images under the directory DIR
instead of the root directory
--grub-shell=FILE use FILE as the grub shell
--no-floppy do not probe any floppy drive
--force-lba force GRUB to use LBA mode even for a buggy
BIOS
--recheck probe a device map even if it already exists

INSTALL_DEVICE can be a GRUB device name or a system device filename.

grub-install copies GRUB images into the DIR/boot directory specfied by
--root-directory, and uses the grub shell to install grub into the boot
sector.

Report bugs to <bug-grub@gnu.org>.


if i then go to /boot/grub/grub.conf it says the file doesnt exist.

[budman7]

Try
grub-install /dev/hda

as root