grub is not working

[diazden]

Hi;
I have been using linux, xp and me on different partitions on my hd all controlled
by grub for about 1 year now, the problem is that the other day window$ refused to load properly (system files scramble) then I tried to reboot the system into linux with grub and it worked ok. But when I have tried to fix the
problem with windows cd (I choose not not carry on with the reformatting of the hd and exit the windows intall) after that the systems boot on ME , but grub does not come up.
can you please shed some light on this?
thank you very much
sorry about the long post
mariano

[Dapper Dan]

Hi mariano, welcome to Linuxforums.

Sounds to me you need to re-install grub. How you do this will depend on which distro you are running.

[diazden]

thank you for the quick reply
Im running RH 9

mariano

[devils casper]

boot up from RH installation CD/DVD and execute this code at boot: prompt

linux rescue
chroot /mnt/sysimage
grub-install /dev/hda

press Ctrl+D two times. Machine will reboot.





casper

[diazden]

thanks again I will try that, but will it damage any files on the xp drive?
mariano

[devils casper]

No ! it will re-install GRUB in Master Boot Record. Windows and its files are safe.






casper

[diazden]

can you please specify step by step? , as how to execute the code?- as soon as I type the linux rescue <enter> the system start to execute the rh install
thanks
mariano
ps perhaps I should change my name to brain dead http://www.linuxforums.org/forum/images/icons/icon7.gif
Smile

[devils casper]

after executing linux rescue, system loads a few recovery modules and returns 'shell prompt'. execute next code at that prompt.





casper

[diazden]

it works! thank you very much, now to repair the window$ installation
regards
mariano

[devils casper]

isn't windows booting up? post the contents of /boot/grub/grub.conf file and output of 'fdisk -l' command.






casper