Jeremy Merritt wrote: > I need help figuring out what is going on with my > Debian / GRUB bootloader. Because of some Windoze > issues, I had to re-install XP on my machine. It > discarded the grub loader and now you can only boot to > XP from hda1. I consulted with another Debian user who > said to simply run 'grub-install /dev/hda1' off of a > live CD. I tried that with hda, hda1, and hdb2 (debian > partition) just to be sure, and it gave the same error > every time. Here is an example of the error it gave. > >> [EMAIL PROTECTED]:/mnt/hdb2/sbin # grub-install /dev/hda1 >> Probing devices to guess BIOS drives. This may take >> a long time. >> Could not find device for /boot: Not found or not a >> block device. > > fdisk -l returns the following when run from the live > CD: > > Disk /dev/hda: 40.0 GB, 40020664320 bytes > 255 heads, 63 sectors/track, 4865 cylinders > Units = cylinders of 16065 * 512 = 8225280 bytes > > Device Boot Start End Blocks Id System > /dev/hda1 * 1 2433 19543041 7 HPFS/NTFS > /dev/hda2 2434 4865 19535040 5 Extended > /dev/hda5 2434 3197 6136798+ 83 Linux > /dev/hda6 3198 3337 1124518+ 82 Linux swap > /dev/hda7 3338 4865 12273628+ 83 Linux > > Disk /dev/hdb: 61.4 GB, 61492838400 bytes > 255 heads, 63 sectors/track, 7476 cylinders > Units = cylinders of 16065 * 512 = 8225280 bytes > > Device Boot Start End Blocks Id System > /dev/hdb1 1 3188 25607578+ c W95 FAT32 (LBA) > /dev/hdb2 * 3189 7298 33013575 83 Linux > /dev/hdb3 7299 7476 1429785 5 Extended > /dev/hdb5 7299 7476 1429753+ 82 Linux swap > > Disk /dev/hdd: 30.0 GB, 30020272128 bytes > 255 heads, 63 sectors/track, 3649 cylinders > Units = cylinders of 16065 * 512 = 8225280 bytes > > Device Boot Start End Blocks Id System > /dev/hdd1 * 1 3649 29310561 83 Linux > > Any help is appreciated. > Hi Jeremy!
fdisk says hda2 is an extended partition that contains three Linux partitions. My *guess* is that your boot partition is hda5 and that's probably where grub is hiding. Roby -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
