[ale] GRUB issue on boot

[Jeff Hubbs]

What is meant by "installing grub" may be confusing you.  Installing 
grub-the-package isn't the same as installing the grub utility on a disk 
drive.

Once grub.conf is set up, you install grub in the MBR as follows (given 
that /dev/hda1 is supposed to be /boot):

# grub
grub> root (hd0,0)          (Specify where your /boot partition resides)
grub> setup (hd0)           (Install GRUB in the MBR)
grub> quit                  (Exit the GRUB shell)


Note:  This is taken right out of the Gentoo installation handbook.  
I've been installing and using grub for single and dual boots for years 
now under Gentoo and it Just Works.

Jef

Ryan Fish wrote:

>Thank you Jerald.  I have the same issue after reinstalling grub.  Where should I look next?
>
>Thank you.
>-Ryan
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>>From: Jerald Sheets <jsheets at yahoo.com>
>>Date: 2006/04/13 Thu AM 10:03:56 EDT
>>To: FishR at bellsouth.net, 
>> Atlanta Linux Enthusiasts <ale at ale.org>
>>Subject: Re: [ale] GRUB issue on boot
>>
>>rpm -ivh packagename.rpm --force
>>
>>
>>On Apr 13, 2006, at 10:02 AM, Ryan Fish wrote:
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>>>How do I reinstall grub?  When I try to use RPM it just tells me  
>>>the package is already installed (of course it is...).
>>>
>>>Thank you.
>>>-Ryan
>>>
>>>
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>>>>From: "James Sumners" <james.sumners at gmail.com>
>>>>Date: 2006/04/13 Thu AM 09:39:54 EDT
>>>>To: FishR at bellsouth.net,  "Atlanta Linux Enthusiasts" <ale at ale.org>
>>>>Subject: Re: [ale] GRUB issue on boot
>>>>
>>>>Install lilo. I don't know why distributions are moving to Grub. I
>>>>have never seen an installation of it that doesn't screw up at some
>>>>point. I recently added a kernel switch to the Grub config on my SuSE
>>>>10.0 box and it caused my machine to reboot every time Grub  
>>>>started to
>>>>load. I reinstalled Grub several times and the same thing kept
>>>>happening. Surprise, surprise, I installed lilo, with a basic config,
>>>>and I could boot my machine again.
>>>>
>>>>Just grab a copy of SysRecueCd (http://www.sysresccd.org/Main_Page),
>>>>boot from it, mount your root partition, and chroot to it. Then you
>>>>can try to re-install Grub or install a boot manager that is more
>>>>stable (doesn't suck).
>>>>
>>>>On 4/13/06, Ryan Fish <FishR at bellsouth.net> wrote:
>>>>        
>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>Hello all,
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>I have a RHEL3 ES server that is scrolling "grub" across the  
>>>>>screen after a
>>>>>reboot (I installed the latest kernel the other day).  What would  
>>>>>cause this
>>>>>and how can I fix it?
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>Thank you!
>>>>>
>>>>>-Ryan
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>>>>>          
>>>>>
>>>>--
>>>>James Sumners
>>>>http://james.roomfullofmirrors.com/
>>>>
>>>>"All governments suffer a recurring problem: Power attracts
>>>>pathological personalities. It is not that power corrupts but that it
>>>>is magnetic to the corruptible. Such people have a tendency to become
>>>>drunk on violence, a condition to which they are quickly addicted."
>>>>
>>>>Missionaria Protectiva, Text QIV (decto)
>>>>CH:D 59
>>>>
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