Help me with GRUB. please read my post.

-Art- · n00b Joined: 05 Nov 2004 Posts: 4

Oh my god, this is so hard to install!

I did everything the install guide said (i think), I reboot, I get GRUB ....?

Why do i get GRUB when the installation is finished and rebooted while the docs say the GUI is supposed to be starting? I tried doing a CD boot again, it said the CD could not be found. So I can't do it all over again.

Please help me, my mom is making me go crazy!

:cry:

PS. This is the first time i use linux. Please, if you post something hard for a n00b, explain!

I'm going back into the corner and cry. :cry:

PS2. If you have MSN, please add me, it is much easier for me. and faster, I don't know how long i can stay online since I'm on dialup now. (had cable before but lost CD, cant install it) please, add me! wizza_of_oz[at]hotmail[dot]com

Robelix · Posted: Fri Nov 05, 2004 12:40 pm Post subject:

A simple explanation how a linux-system boots:

1) You switch on the box and it automatically starts the BIOS.
2) The BIOS starts the master boot record, in the mbr it finds grub - so the BIOS starts grub.
3) Grub loads and starts a linux-kernel
4) The kernel starts init
5) and init starts everything else - including X (the GUI)

So if you want help you need to be more specific where your problem is.

Most propably a search in this forum will help you.

robelix
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-Art- · n00b Joined: 05 Nov 2004 Posts: 4

Hmm.. I start my box, I get GRUB, nothing else...

Can you tell me some grub commands to start the linux-kernel? I tried every command but it gave errors, I don't know how to use grub, I'm a n00b. :cry:

Aggut · n00b Joined: 05 Nov 2004 Posts: 5

If you by misstake changed boot device order in BIOS to the harddrive first the CDROM after that (Some do that to not need to eject the CD and still get to the installed SysOp) then I recomend you to switch back to boot from CD first. If this is not the case you have some serious problem with your CD and/or CDROM. Try another CD, any bootable, and see if that one fires up. If it don't go into the bios and check. If it still doesn't work I sure would cry, and then try with another CDROM device.. =P
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Robelix · Posted: Fri Nov 05, 2004 1:20 pm Post subject:

in the grub-commandline you can enter the same commands as you put into grub.conf. Even autocomplete with the tab key works.
for example:

-Art- · n00b Joined: 05 Nov 2004 Posts: 4

Robelix · Posted: Fri Nov 05, 2004 1:57 pm Post subject:

What you are looking for is the kernel

If you used genkernel then it's kernel-version, if you installed it manually it's most propably bzImage.

Try: kernel (hd0,0)/ and then [tab] twice - and it shows you all files.
Try also other partitions (hd0,1 0,2...) and also (hd0,0)/boot/

robelix
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-Art- · n00b Joined: 05 Nov 2004 Posts: 4

Mmkay., I found my kernel, got an error now.