[LBo] Re: Grub wont come up

[Rafi Gabzu]

I boot from  a floppy disk that contain GRUB , without it (suddenly) I boot
straight to Windows, which works
The error I'm getting  when trying to find /usr/sbin  "Error 15 : file not
found " or "Error 17:cannot mount selected partition" when I'm using tab.
When I look at the partitions through gparted I see
1. /dev/hda1 ntfs 19 GiB - my windows partition
2. /dev/hda2  unknown 17Gib
3. 1Gib - unallocate -  I do not know where this came from ....  probably
used to be  part  of the Linux partition and maybe  is causing me all the
trouble
4. Swap - 588 M

Item 2 should have been my Linux ext3 partition but it wont recognize it as
any fs. When I try to resize /combine item 2 and/or 3
it won't let me .
Thanks,
Rafi













On 3/1/07, Anita Lewis <a.lewis at linuxbasics.org> wrote:
>
> Rafi Gabzu wrote:
> > I boot from disk with grub, I tried to follow the "Grub from the ground
> > up "
> > but I'm still at ground level ...
> > I keep getting errors when trying to find /sbin/init or trying to use
> > tab to
> > complete.
> > Does this mean I should give up or maybe there are more ways to go ?
>
>
> Try this:
>
> Boot.  When the grub list shows up, type 'c' for 'command line'. This
> will give you the prompt for GRUB 'grub>'
>
> Do you get a grub menu when you boot? If you are not getting the grub
> menu, then you will not be able to do this. If you get the grub menu and
> then the prompt after typing "c", then type:
>
> find /sbin/init
>
> If you get an error at this point, tell us what the error is.
>
>
> Anita
>
>
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