[NTLUG:Discuss] FW: Problem installing FC 6 (continued)

[Leroy Tennison]

John K. Taber wrote:
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: Leroy Tennison [mailto:leroy_tennison at prodigy.net]
>> Sent: Saturday, April 07, 2007 12:27 AM
>> To: jktaber at charter.net; NTLUG Discussion List
>> Subject: Re: [NTLUG:Discuss] Problem installing FC 6
>>
>> John K. Taber wrote:
>>     
>>> I tried to do a clean install of FC 6, but got unexpected results
>>>       
>> that I
>>     
>>> don't know how to recover from.
>>>
>>> I'm trying to get a dual boot system, with Windows XP on the first
>>>       
>> SATA
>>     
>>> drive, and FC 6 on the second.
>>>
>>> FC 6 seemed to install ok, replacing Windows MBR with GRUB. But on
>>> booting I got a grub command line instead of a grub screen that
>>>       
>> would
>>     
>>> let me select which system I wanted.
>>>
>>> It's text mode only, showing
>>> grub >
>>>
>>> I entered help, which showed the allowed commands but I don't know
>>>       
>> how
>>     
>>> to use them.
>>>
>>> I had to rescue Windows again with fixmbr.
>>>
>>> How on earth do I install FC 6 with grub dual boot? I think FC 6
>>>       
>> *is*
>>     
>>> installed, just somehow grub got messed up.
>>>
>>> John
>>>
>>>
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>> This is anything but a quick fix but you can work with grub to get FC6
>> to boot if it is bootable at all.  First you need a GRUB boot diskette
>> (since you used fixmbr and got rid of the GRUB boot).  If you have
>> another Linux
>> machine this is easy.  
>>     
>
>
> I do have another Linux machine, an older FC3. I take it I'm supposed to
> make a bootable diskette from the older FC3? 
>
> However, the target machine does not have a floppy. 
>
> Can I make a Grub boot CD? Any instructions?
>
> FWIW I tried to re-install FC6, but this time it refuses, absolutely
> refuses, to install grub on sda. For a full install, the boot loader
> screen is skipped. For an update, it refuses to install grub.
>
> Maybe FC6 is still too cranky?
>
> John
>
>
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I've never created a bootable GRUB CD but I Googled and found what 
appears to be exactly what would be needed without any frills:

http://www.gnu.org/software/grub/manual/html_node/Making-a-GRUB-bootable-CD-ROM.html

This also may be an alternative and apparently has the state2_eltorito 
which you need in it, just loop mount the iso and get what you want.