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Re: grub not working after xfs kernel upgrade

To: Michael Whang <mwhang@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Subject: Re: grub not working after xfs kernel upgrade
From: Cliff Wells <LogiplexSoftware@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: 05 Jun 2003 11:51:22 -0700
Cc: linux-xfs@xxxxxxxxxxx
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Organization: Logiplex Corporation
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On Thu, 2003-06-05 at 11:06, Michael Whang wrote:
> Im dual booting SGI_XFS 2.4.18-18 with windows XP which works fine.  Id 
> like to update the kernel to SGI_XFS 2.4.18-27.  When i rpm -ivh this 
> kernel, it seems to go smoothly.  Grub is also updated.  When I reboot 
> the machine upon boot, all I see is "GRUB" in the upper left corner.  
> Ive been told to reinstall the boot loader by runing the command 
> /sbin/grub-install /dev/hda, but this seems to hang as well.  Any 
> suggestions?  Is there anyone else that has experienced this?

Boot from a rescue disk and run the following:

# grub
grub> root (hd0,0)
grub> setup (hd0)
grub> quit

This assumes /boot  resides on hda1.  If it doesn't, change the (hd0,0)
parameter accordingly (hd0 being hda, hd0,0 being hda1).

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Cliff Wells, Software Engineer
Logiplex Corporation (www.logiplex.net)
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