[NTLUG:Discuss] At last, FC6 up and running

[Leroy Tennison]

John K. Taber wrote:
> It turned out all I needed to do was re-install GRUB in the MBR. How FC6
> failed to install it, I do not know.
>
> The sequence that did it was:
>
> 1. FC6 rescue CD and boot.
>
> 2. Start GRUB once I got a command line
> sh# grub
>
> 3. Then this particular sequence of GRUB commands exactly as shown
> grub> root (hd1,0)   
> [grub msg that it recognizes the partition. if you don't get this,
> you're in the wrong disk or partition. I had first tried "root (hd0,0)"
> but that isn't the boot root for GRUB]
>     
> grub> setup (hd0)
> [happy msgs from GRUB]
> grub> quit
>
> 4. Reboot on return to command line from GRUB
> sh# reboot
>
> Just as Dell BIOS completes, I hit a key to get the GRUB menu, I didn't
> need to because the default is FC6. 
>
> Anyhow both FC6 and XP now ok. I went thru the Initial Setup, edited
> grub.conf for a 10 second timeout. 
>
> Tomorrow, after I recover (gasp, gasp) I'll get my web browser and email
> hooked up. Then I can start updating, and looking at gnucash 2.0.x. 
>
> Whew,
> John
>
> PS. Special thanks to Leroy Tennison.
>
> PPS. I still have no idea what went wrong initially.
>
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Wow, that's fascinating.  Now, does FC6 identify that unknown partition 
on hd0?  Still puzzled about it.