On Sun, Jul 03, 2011 at 02:14:28AM +0800, Bret Busby wrote: > On Fri, 1 Jul 2011, Joel Roth wrote: > > > > >On Sat, Jul 02, 2011 at 03:07:24AM +0800, Bret Busby wrote: > >>Hello. > >> > >>I have a "laptop" computer with winXP Pro, Unbuntu 8.04 and Debian 5 (I > >>think it is 5), installed. > >> > >>With a recent electricity supply failure, I ran an orderly shutdown > >>on the computer. > >> > >>Since that shutown, each time that I reboot the computer, it takes > >>me to the GRUB prompt (rather than the GRUB boot menu), and > >>I cannot boot the computer into any operating system. > > > > > >>How do I get GRUB to configure itself, to detect the installed operating > >>systems so the computer is usable once again? > > > >I would suggest burning a copy of the Grub Super Boot Disk > >and booting from that. Once you get the OS booted, you can > >re-install Grub. > > > >http://www.supergrubdisk.org/ > > > >>Or, has GRUB destroyed the software build of the computer, and all of the > >>data, requiring a complete reinstallation of all of > >>the operating systems installed on the computer? > >> > >>Thank you in anticipation. > >> > >>-- > >>Bret Busby > >>Armadale > >>West Australia > >>.............. > >> > > > > Hello. > > Thank you for that. > > In going to that URL, there are two SuperGRUB downloads, and a > "Rescatux" download. > > Would I be better to use the SuperGRUB thing, or the RescaTux thing? > > Thank you in anticipation.
There are different disks for GRUB and GRUB2. I've never used RescaTux. Might as well have them all! > -- > Bret Busby > Armadale > West Australia > .............. > > "So once you do know what the question actually is, > you'll know what the answer means." > - Deep Thought, > Chapter 28 of Book 1 of > "The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy: > A Trilogy In Four Parts", > written by Douglas Adams, > published by Pan Books, 1992 > > .................................................... > > > -- > To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a > subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact > listmas...@lists.debian.org > Archive: > http://lists.debian.org/alpine.deb.1.10.1107030211480.27...@bretnewworkstation.busby.net > -- Joel Roth -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/20110702182156.GA13182@sprite
