Linux boot question

Posted by: StigOE

Linux boot question - 30/12/2004 17:46

Hi all.

My firewall is running Linux and I have a problem getting it to boot after I have ghost'ed the bootdisk. It just get stuck on showing GRUB (when trying to boot from the new bootdisk)... I have tried to search, but it seems my search-fu is very weak... Is there anyone that can tell me how I can get it to boot again?

Stig

Posted by: andym

Re: Linux boot question - 30/12/2004 17:55

So GRUB is appearing then? When you select from the boot list what does it do?

Posted by: StigOE

Re: Linux boot question - 30/12/2004 19:18

I don't get to select anything... It looks like just the POST screen and the word GRUB at the bottom...

Stig

Posted by: SuperQ

Re: Linux boot question - 30/12/2004 20:03

ghost is not a good tool for using with linux systems.

What linux distribution are you trying to use as a firewall?

Posted by: StigOE

Re: Linux boot question - 30/12/2004 21:36

It's Clarkconnect 2.2 Home (Redhat 9 based).

Stig

Posted by: Roger

Re: Linux boot question - 31/12/2004 09:14

Quote:
It looks like just the POST screen and the word GRUB at the bottom

If GRUB is anything like LILO, it prints each one of the letters as a progress report. Basically, you need to boot with a rescue disk and get GRUB to rebuild its map file / boot sector / whatever it uses.

You probably need to boot from a CD, mount your hard disk and then run something like:

Code:

grub-install --root-directory=/mnt /dev/hda

But I've not tried this, so no promises.