Installation problem

[sushil_sk]

Hi


I was installaling RH linux 4.0 on my system yesterday . Installation was done properly and prompt asking for reboot . I re-booted the system . After tht it haults giving
message : GRUB loading stage 2 . It is not moving further .

I had followed default Installation process . (GUI BASED )
** my system configuration as

P 4 ,
512 MB ram
20 gb HD

i had got sepatate HD for Linux OS .

plz help ,Thnx in advance

[g00rkha75]

Hi,

I guess your MBR (Master Boot Record) becomes corrupted and you need to reinstall GRUB. However, you need boot as a single user first.
Here is how to boot into single:
1. Reboot the system
2. When you find "Booting Red Hat Enterprise Linux in 5 seconds .... "
3. Hit any key or just Enter
4. Then you will be in the GRUB Menu showing "Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server (2.6.18-53.el5)
5. Type a
6. Type single so it would be like the following:
grub append> ro root=/dev/VolGroup00/LogVol00 rhgb quiet single
7. Then your system will boot in single mode then do the following

Fire the command: /sbin/grub-install <boot-device> or you can try the following trick:
1. type command grub and press enter
2. type root (hd0,0)
3. type setup (hd0)
4. type quit
5. reboot, then you're supposed to be able to boot into your Redhat system

Cheers,

[devils casper]

Hi and Welcome !

i had got sepatate HD for Linux OS .

Is there any other HardDisk plugged in? How did you plug-in Linux HD? Primary or Secondary ( Slave) ?

Boot up in Rescue Mode using Installation CD/DVD and post output of fdisk -l command here.

Do you have LiveCD of any Linux Distro?