Re: HELP!!! RE: FW: New 7.3 Install leaves me at the GRUB prompt

[ramakrishna <rk exocore com>]

hi,
> Actually, I didn't select the boot password option.  In fact, when I boot
> up, I go directly to a GRUB prompt, not a password challenge prompt.   If I
> hit the [TAB] button, I can get a list of commands like: Kernel, boot,
> etc...
> 
> I tried typing boot, but then it says to get the Kernel loaded... I type
> Kernel and it asks for a name...
> 
          For one thing is sure that grub is by far most well managed bootloader than lilo
so do not worry about grub giving u a problem
the solution u can try out is 
note: if u know the boot and root partition of your kernel u can directly type it and get along 
      or else u have to press tab and can find out by yourself why grub is so advanced than other 
      boot loaders     

At the grub command prompt type    
          grub> root (hd0,0)                    --> asuming you have hda and first boot partition on hda1
						    remember grub always starts numbering scheme from 0	
						    ie  hda1 --> (hd0,0) hda2 --> (hd0,1) and so on

          grub> kernel (hd0,0)/boot/vmlinuz root=/dev/hda5       --> where /dev/hda5 is / partition
	  grub> initrd /boot/initrd-2.4.18-3.img                --> if u do not know the img file just press <tab> 
								    after typing initrd and u will know what the file is

          grub> boot
 
this should do the trick . once you are able to boot into your linux system then you can type as root
                # grub-install /dev/hda
to activate the changes and to write into the file

note : pls do not forget to read grub man page

cheers
-rk-
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