RE: [edlug] The Grub ate my Boot

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Thanks for your reply unfortunetly I have already had to reinstall windows
as its boot record seemed to have been completely wiped out. The system
seems to have some kinda issues with grub in a lot of the latest distros.

I have just installed Debian 3.1 Sarge on it and after adding a simple
entry for windows to the grub/menu.lst file it works great. This is also
the first distro I have used that has detected and set up every piece of
hardware in my system :).

I do have one problem with it that I havent experianced for a few years
now so cant remember how to deal with it. My system has 1024M of memory
but only 800 odd is being detected. Im sure with lolo i just had to add
mem=XXXX to lilo.conf how do I do this with grub.




>
> Sorry for not responding earlier - might have saved
> you some grief. I think this will solve your problem.
>
> boot Knoppix ( http://www.knoppix.net/ , tested
> version 3.4)
> mount your MDK partitions
> copy grub files from /usr/lib/grub/ to
> /mdk-mount/boot/grub/
> edit /mdk-mount/boot/grub/grub.conf
> launch "grub"
> in the grub console, enter
> "root (hdx,y)"
> where x refers to the hard disk having the slackware
> install, starting at 0 = /dev/hda, 1 = /dev/hdb etc.
> y is the number of the partition containing /boot,
> starting at 0 = /dev/hdx1, 1 = /dev/hdx2 etc.
> setup (hdz)
> where z is the drive or partition where you want the
> boot loader, usually z = 0.
>
> I'm sure you'll have no trouble finding grub.conf
> samples on the web to help you!
>
> Regards,
>
> Samsara
>
>
>
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