Re: FC6 update trying to boot FC5

[Bob McClure Jr <bob bobcatos com>]

On Sat, Feb 24, 2007 at 02:14:29PM -0800, Harold Hallikainen wrote:
> I just did an update from FC5 to FC6 on my laptop, but the machine is
> trying to boot FC5, which it can't find. How do I fix that?

Not sure, but try this oft-repeated mantra (yeah, I need to put it
into the FAQ):

Boot to rescue mode with your FC6 Disk 1.  (At the boot: prompt,
put "linux rescue".)  Let it mount your Linux installation when it
finds it.  Then

  chroot /mnt/sysimage
  grub-install /dev/hda # or whatever your boot drive is
  exit
  exit

Yeah, exit twice - once from the chroot shell and once from rescue.
Pop out the cd and the normal grub stuff should come up when it
reboots.

> THANKS!
> 
> Harold
> 
> 
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Cheers,
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