[PLUG] Re: Need to reinstall grub

[Art Alexion <art.alexion@verizon.net>]

Art Alexion wrote:

> Grub was installed on my MBR on hda.  It seems that hda has given up 
> the ghost.  Not much lost (win98 that came with computer), but now I 
> can't boot (currently running knoppix).  Boot is a continuous loop 
> from the mem test to going through the BIOS-defined boot drives, then 
> back to the mem test.
>
> How can I get the computer to boot from hdb (where linux, the kernel, 
> and the grub program are located).  To be more precise, I don't really 
> understand where the grub program is located, but I think most of it 
> is in /boot/grub on /dev/hdb2.
>
> If anyone can walk me through this using knoppix, that would be 
> wonderful.  I have the Knoppix 2.6.9 kernel loaded.  I know that the 
> Ubuntu kernel on /dev/hdb2 is a 2.6 kernel, but I am not sure of the 
> exact version.


I mounted /dev/hdb2 and it looks like the Ubuntu kernel that I am using 
is 2.6.8-1

Art
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