RESCUE MODE not working for me

[cubes]

Hi guys!

I installed fedora 8 on my pc and it was working fine until i installed the mplayer. the mpleyer was working but the next day my pc won't boot up. it directs me to the grub shell.

i tried the rescue mode but this is what i get after setting up the network interface:

RESCUE MODE

You don't have any Linux partitions. Press return to get a shell. The system will reboot automatically when you exit from the shell.


I also tried re-installing fc8 but i get this error message on the formatting/file system screen:

An error occurred trying to format VolGroup00/LogVol00. This problem is serious, and the install cannot continue.

What do you think caused this problem?

I appreciate all your help.

[jaijai]

To repair it:
If you didn't create the boot disk, boot with the Red Hat Linux CD number 1 and choose rescue mode typing:
linux rescue

Now you need to repair the ext3 filesystem because now it's bigger than before and the journal file must be created again

First, check the filesystem:

fsck.ext3 /dev/hda2

Now, create again the journaling ext3 file:

tune2fs -j /dev/hda2

Now mount the root filesystem on /mnt/sysimage and run grub

mount -t ext2 /dev/hda2 /mnt/sysimage
cd /mnt/sysimage
cd sbin
grub

Once started, GRUB will show the command line interface. First, set the GRUB's root device1 to the boot directory, like this:
grub> root (hd0,1)
If you are not sure which partition actually holds these files, use the command find, like this:
grub> find /boot/grub/stage1
This will search for the file name /boot/grub/stage1 and show the devices which contain the file.

If you are using a separate /boot partition, as the official documentation says:
"... if you have the partition /boot and you install GRUB images into the directory /boot/grub, GRUB recognizes that the images lies under the directory /grub but not /boot/grub"
Then if 'find /boot/grub/stage1' does not find the file, try 'find /grub/stage1'

Once you've set the root device correctly, run the command setup:
grub> setup (hd0)
This command will install GRUB on the MBR in the first drive.

[cubes]

hi jai!

Thanks for your reply.

I used the commands you gave me but when i got to the mounting part, it failed.

# mount -t ext2 /dev/hda2 /mnt/sysimage
mounting /dev/hda2 /mnt/sysimage failed.

when i checked the /mnt there was no sysimage file in it. what would be my next move?

thanks for your help.