Grub woes

[Collins Richey]

On Wed, 3 Nov 2004 16:23:31 -0500, David Bandel <david.bandel at gmail.com> wrote:
> Folks,
> 
> My brother installed Debian on a system and installed GRUB as the boot
> loader.  While I was in updating everything, the power went down.
> 
> Now, this is what he sees:
> GRUB Loading stage1.5.
> 
> GRUB loading, please wait...
> Error 22
> 
> then stops.  Can't boot _anything_.  Anyone know how to fix this?
> 
> Gotta get LILO installed ASAP.
> 

Get your favorite LiveCD and fix it - your choice LILO or GRUB.
Assuming your /boot/grub directory is intact including grub.conf aka
menu.lst, all you should need to do is

1. boot from LiveCD
2. mount your debian partition at /mnt/xxx
3. chroot /mnt/xxx /bin/bash
4. /sbin/grub
    root (hd?,?)      grub definition for hd?? - partition where /boot
    setup (hd0)
    quit
5. reboot and enjoy


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