Gimme a few minutes, let me boot into my CentOS partition and see if I can help ya out.
Fix Grub???
I am trying to fix an install of CentOS 5.2 and it is turning out to be a nightmare. I have reinstalled it a few times and I keep getting the same thingI go through the install process every thing seems to be fine but then I try to boot up the machine I just get “ GRUB: “ so I assumed that for some reason grub didn’t install to the MBR so I put the install cd back in and load it up in “ linux rescue “ and issued the fallowing commands
When it reboots I get some grub interface. So I did some more reasearch and found that there is a menu.lst file, so I went back into linux rescue mode and found that that was missing, so I then went into VI and created this menu.lst file as per one that I found on the netCode:# chroot /mnt/sysimage # grub-install /dev/had # reboot
But when I rebooted the machine I still got to the same grub interface.Code:default=0 timeout=5 splashimage=(hd0,0)/grub/splash.xpm.gz hiddenmenu title CentOS (2.6.18-92.1.1.el5) root (hd0,0) kernel /vmlinuz-2.6.18-92.1.1.el5 ro root=/dev/VolGroup00/LogVol00 initrd /initrd-2.6.18-92.1.1.el5.img title CentOS (2.6.18-92.el5) root (hd0,0) kernel /vmlinuz-2.6.18-92.el5 ro root=/dev/VolGroup00/LogVol00 initrd /initrd-2.6.18-92.el5.img
Dose anyone know how I can fix this problem? did I miss a step? Im really hit a brick wall on this one
Oh and I know that this isn’t remotely related to backtrack, but I find the response time and quality of answers on this forums to be better than others I have been to...
Cheers
Gimme a few minutes, let me boot into my CentOS partition and see if I can help ya out.
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mmm thanksOriginally Posted by streaker69
I just had a thought, could the fact that i ran the "grub-install /dev/hda" before i created the menu.lst file effect this?
Here's mine.
I'm dual booting XP and centOS.Code:# grub.conf generated by anaconda # # Note that you do not have to rerun grub after making changes to this file # NOTICE: You have a /boot partition. This means that # all kernel and initrd paths are relative to /boot/, eg. # root (hd0,1) # kernel /vmlinuz-version ro root=/dev/VolGroup00/LogVol00 # initrd /initrd-version.img #boot=/dev/hda default=2 timeout=5 splashimage=(hd0,1)/grub/splash.xpm.gz hiddenmenu title CentOS (2.6.18-92.1.10.el5xen) root (hd0,1) kernel /xen.gz-2.6.18-92.1.10.el5 module /vmlinuz-2.6.18-92.1.10.el5xen ro root=/dev/VolGroup00/LogVol00 rhgb quiet module /initrd-2.6.18-92.1.10.el5xen.img title CentOS (2.6.18-92.el5xen) root (hd0,1) kernel /xen.gz-2.6.18-92.el5 module /vmlinuz-2.6.18-92.el5xen ro root=/dev/VolGroup00/LogVol00 rhgb quiet module /initrd-2.6.18-92.el5xen.img title Other rootnoverify (hd0,0) chainloader +1
A third party security audit is the IT equivalent of a colonoscopy. It's long, intrusive, very uncomfortable, and when it's done, you'll have seen things you really didn't want to see, and you'll never forget that you've had one.
That is simmlar to what i have, but the problem i am having is that i dont think that grub is even using the file
There is an additional line at the bottom of each section in mine. Let me see what else I can dig up.That is simmlar to what i have, but the problem i am having is that i dont think that grub is even using the file
There is a grub.conf that appears to be a duplicate of menu.lst in /boot/grub. Have you looked at that?
menu.lst is a symbolic link to grub.conf, didn't notice that before.
A third party security audit is the IT equivalent of a colonoscopy. It's long, intrusive, very uncomfortable, and when it's done, you'll have seen things you really didn't want to see, and you'll never forget that you've had one.
and i dont think there is a grub.conf file on the box i am trying to fix...
ok... so that might be where my problem is.
i might copy your file, with out the Other option...
I think it might be wiser to rename your file to grub.conf and then make a symbolic link to menu.lst.
you're welcome to use my file, just make sure it matches up with yours.. That you have the same kernals on the machine and such.
A third party security audit is the IT equivalent of a colonoscopy. It's long, intrusive, very uncomfortable, and when it's done, you'll have seen things you really didn't want to see, and you'll never forget that you've had one.
ok so i changed " menu.lst " to " grub.conf " and made a sym link. i then changed root to /mnt/sysimage and ran "grub-install /dev/hda" and rebooted.
grub now loads fine. but i think there is an error in my grub.conf file.
i get the error
i then tried to boot up in the second option and got the fallowing errorCode:kernel /vmlinuz-2.6.18-92.1.1.el5 ro root=/dev/VolGroup00/LogVol00 ERROR 15: File not found
do you know how to find the location of the correct files and find what are the right kernalsCode:initrd /initrd-2.6.18-92.el5.img ERROR 15: File not found
Yeah, those files are supposed to be in /boot.
Here's what should be in /boot
Code:drwxr-xr-x 4 root root 1024 Sep 6 22:29 . drwxr-xr-x 25 root root 4096 Oct 16 20:55 .. -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 65292 Aug 5 09:11 config-2.6.18-92.1.10.el5xen -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 65287 Jun 10 20:21 config-2.6.18-92.el5xen drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 1024 Sep 6 22:29 grub -rw------- 1 root root 3112145 Sep 6 22:29 initrd-2.6.18-92.1.10.el5xen.img -rw------- 1 root root 3112059 Sep 6 19:39 initrd-2.6.18-92.el5xen.img drwx------ 2 root root 12288 Sep 6 15:32 lost+found -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 94600 Jan 8 2007 memtest86+-1.65 -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 80032 Nov 22 2007 message -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 93266 Aug 5 09:11 symvers-2.6.18-92.1.10.el5xen.gz -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 93281 Jun 10 20:21 symvers-2.6.18-92.el5xen.gz -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 908503 Aug 5 09:11 System.map-2.6.18-92.1.10.el5xen -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 908390 Jun 10 20:21 System.map-2.6.18-92.el5xen -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 2162426 Aug 5 09:11 vmlinuz-2.6.18-92.1.10.el5xen -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 2161376 Jun 10 20:21 vmlinuz-2.6.18-92.el5xen -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 328764 Aug 5 07:35 xen.gz-2.6.18-92.1.10.el5 -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 328755 Jun 10 18:42 xen.gz-2.6.18-92.el5 -rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 714720 Aug 5 09:56 xen-syms-2.6.18-92.1.10.el5 -rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 714716 Jun 10 21:07 xen-syms-2.6.18-92.el5
A third party security audit is the IT equivalent of a colonoscopy. It's long, intrusive, very uncomfortable, and when it's done, you'll have seen things you really didn't want to see, and you'll never forget that you've had one.
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