Re: How to restore the boot partition?

[Aaron Konstam <akonstam Trinity Edu>]

On Sat, Jun 07, 2003 at 01:25:09PM +0800, Ciba LO wrote:
> Hello All Shrike-list Members,
> 
> I have installed a new copy of RedHat 9.0 workstation with all the package 
> groups on my IBM Aptiva.  My IBM Aptiva is a multiboot computer of 
> Windows98SE/MSDOS/RedHat Linux.  The RedHat installation was successful 
> with the RedHat GRUB boot loader on /dev/hda9.  And it has been working 
> okayed for more than one month.  Now I cannot boot up the RedHat 
> Linux.  But I can enter the Linux root partition, /dev/hda10, via "linux 
> rescue" booted from the shrike install disc 1.  Obviously, the boot 
> partition is corrupted.  I have no idea how I make it corrupted, because 
> both the Windows98SE and the MSDOS are working fine.
> 
> Is it possible to restore the boot partition from the shrike install disc 1?
> 
> Please help!!!
> 
> Thank you very much for your assistance.
It would help to know what errors you get when to try to boot linux.
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