Subj : Re: grub prompt To : comp.os.linux From : rdgentry1 Date : Mon Aug 23 2004 08:17 am "R. A. \"Ralph\" Caraballo, BSN, RN" wrote in message news:... > When I am presented with the following, what do I need to do to boot into > Linux. "grub >" Sounds like you did not install grub properly and now can't get into your Linux :-( If you don't have a boot disk, you can try your installtion disk (rescue mode) to get in ;-) Then again, if you need grub documentation to load Linux from the command prompt (always a good idea to have it handy -- at least the info for booting from the grub prompt) then you can go here: http://www.fifi.org/cgi-bin/info2www?(grub)GNU/Linux Take a look at these info pages and if questions remain, get back with pertinent info for us, like: -- Linux distro/version -- how you _intended_ to install grub (where? MBR? dual-boot?) -- your disk partition layout (df -h should be enough) The rescue mode from install cd (#1) is probably the best way to go. Rather than repeat, look at this: http://www.redhat.com/docs/manuals/linux/RHL-7.3-Manual/custom-guide/s1-rescuemode-boot.html You shouldn't have any problems getting to this point. You will likely want to: chroot /mnt/sysimage so that your _hard_disk's_ root directory becomes / -- till you do this you are using the cd's root and have to mount your hard disk partitions by hand. Take a look at /boot/grub/grub.conf -- this is the "boot menu" that you normally get instead of a grub prompt. We may need to see it, so copy it. My guess is that you just need to (properly) re-install grub -- but we're not sure just what that is (lack of info). hth, prg email above disabled .