Hi Sam, Boot from a rescue disk, snoop around: mount /dev/hdaX /tmp/mt ls /tmp/mt .... Make notes on what is the root fs partition, fs type: cat /proc/mounts Then try booting off the rescue disk, but with root=/dev/hdaX added as a kernel parameter(your root fs). So basically, you want to boot the rescue CD kernel, but tell the kernel to use your parition(root=/dev/hda4) as the root fs. Karl. On Mon, Feb 02, 2004 at 07:42:20AM -0600, Samuel MacDonald wrote: > Anyone think this is a problem that can be fixed? > > It finds Grub but can't get Linux to boot. > > Sam. > > Samuel MacDonald wrote: > > >It is I fat fingered the typing of it. > > > >Sam. > > > >Larry Greenwald wrote: > > > >>Try: > >>kernel (hd0,0)/kernel-2.4.22 root=/dev/hda4 vga=788 > >>Needs to be (hd0,0) not (hda0,0) > >> > >>Larry > >> > >>On Sun, 2004-02-01 at 22:47, Samuel MacDonald wrote: > >> > >> > >>>I mounted boot and edited grub.conf replacing the 3 with the 4 > >>> > >>>endless restarting of the machine. > >>> > >>>The Wandering Dru wrote: > >>> > >>> > >>> > >>>>Samuel MacDonald wrote: > >>>> > >>>> > >>>> > >>>>>Grub has > >>>>> root (hd0,0) > >>>>> kernel (hda0,0)/kernel-2.4.22 root=/dev/hda vga=788 > >>>>>BUT, I made a mistake "root=/dev/hda3" should be root=/dev/hda4 > >>>>> > >>>>>I did "e" to edit and changed the "3" to a "4" > >>>>>I did a "b" to boot it does the same thing. > >>>>> > >>>> > >>>>Make sure you hit "enter" after you edit the line. Otherwise it > >>>>won't take. If all else fails, boot from the install disk again, > >>>>mount the boot partition somewhere and edit the grub.conf file. > >>>> > >>>>Easy fix on this one. > >>>> > >>>> > >>> > >>>_______________________________________________ > >>>TCLUG Mailing List - Minneapolis/St. Paul, Minnesota > >>>http://www.mn-linux.org tclug-list at mn-linux.org > >>>https://mailman.real-time.com/mailman/listinfo/tclug-list > >>> > >>> > >> > >> > >> > >>_______________________________________________ > >>TCLUG Mailing List - Minneapolis/St. Paul, Minnesota > >>http://www.mn-linux.org tclug-list at mn-linux.org > >>https://mailman.real-time.com/mailman/listinfo/tclug-list > >> > >> > >> > > > >_______________________________________________ > >TCLUG Mailing List - Minneapolis/St. Paul, Minnesota > >http://www.mn-linux.org tclug-list at mn-linux.org > >https://mailman.real-time.com/mailman/listinfo/tclug-list > > > > _______________________________________________ > TCLUG Mailing List - Minneapolis/St. Paul, Minnesota > http://www.mn-linux.org tclug-list at mn-linux.org > https://mailman.real-time.com/mailman/listinfo/tclug-list > _______________________________________________ TCLUG Mailing List - Minneapolis/St. Paul, Minnesota http://www.mn-linux.org tclug-list at mn-linux.org https://mailman.real-time.com/mailman/listinfo/tclug-list