Subj : Re: grub prompt
To   : comp.os.linux
From : Jeroen Geilman
Date : Mon Aug 23 2004 10:12 pm

R. A. "Ralph" Caraballo, BSN, RN wrote:

> When I am presented with the following, what do I need to do to boot into
> Linux.     "grub >"

Type "root (". Press TAB.
You will be presented with a list of possible disks in your system.
Type the one that holds your Linux /boot partition (or /root, if you 
don't have a /boot partition)
Type a comma. Press TAB again.
You will be presented with a list of partitions on the drive you 
selected, and their filesystems - choose the partition that has your 
kernel on it.
Type ")" and ENTER.
GRUB should tell you the filesystem type of the partition, and the 
partition type - for Linux, this should always be 0x83.
Now type "kernel /" and press TAB.
You will be presented with a list of possible files.
Type the one that represents your kernel, probably called 
"kernel-x.y.z-something" or "linux-x.y.z-something".
Press ENTER.
GRUB should respond with a "Linux-bzImage setup=xxx size=xxx" message, 
meaning that you have, in fact, selected a kernel and not something else.
Type "boot" and ENTER.
Ta-da ;-)

Do fix your GRUB install / GRUB config file before exiting Linux again!

-- 
J

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