[plug] Grub Boot Prompt !

[Trent Lloyd]

well edit /boot/grub/menu.lst i guess

also
root(hd0,[123...])
kernel /kernel/file root=/dev/hd??
initrd /path/to/initrd
boot

should get you going at least if you dont knwo that already

On Fri, Aug 02, 2002 at 11:11:50AM +1000, Chris Andre wrote:
> Hi all, 
> 
> I have had the misfortune of bringing my computer down to a grub log on
> screen.
> I was busily looking around for ways to trim off excess and unused files 
> while in Packet Manager and have made a severe mess of it. Looking in the
> installed
> packages section was the listing for kernel-2.4.18-3    kernel-2.4.18-4
> and kernel-2.4.18-5
> I have used RedHat's Up2date tool to install the later two kernels in the
> past as I am not entirely sure with the kernel rebuilding process. Anyway ,
> thinking to myself I
> should be fairly right to uninstall 2.4.18-3 as I boot into -4 I went ahead.
> 
> 
> The uninstall seemed o.k, so just for the hell of it I shut it down to make
> sure it was o.k on the reboot !!
> WRONG.... All I am presented with now is the graphical logon screen and a
> grub prompt.
> 
> grub> 
> 
> typing "grub>help"  gives me a list of valid commands to use at this prompt
> but no obvious answers.
> 
> Could someone please put me out of my misery and tell me if it is only a
> matter of editing a file ? 
> Or something worse ? If further information is required please advise.
> 
> 
> Thanks in advance
> 
> Chris 
> 
> Running RedHat 7.3 Valhalla
> Primary Hard drive 20gig hda ...partitioned with 50meg boot , 500meg swap
> and balance as normal directory structure
> 
> Chris 
>