Cannot boot after the last updates

Joel Rees joel.rees at gmail.com
Sat Aug 16 01:31:18 UTC 2008


On Aug 16, 2008, at 9:52 AM, Paul Smith wrote:

> On Fri, Aug 15, 2008 at 8:12 PM, Craig White  
> <craigwhite at azapple.com> wrote:
>>> After the last updates were installed, I cannot boot in my  
>>> machine: it
>>> stops when the line
>>>
>>> GRUB
>>>
>>> appears on the screen. Any ideas how to repair the problem? I am  
>>> running F9.
>> ----
>> probably too much to ask people to search the archives...
>>
>> https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-list/2008-August/msg01404.html
>
> I do not have any rescue/installation disk. Can it be done with
> Knoppix?  If so, how?  I have tried
>
> # grub-install /dev/sda
> Probing devices to guess BIOS drives. This may take a long time.
> Could not find device for /boot: Not found or not a block device.
> #

Well, let's hope that means grub left the drive alone.

How did you install?

And, if you've booted the box under knoppix, can you mount the  
partitions with knoppix?






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