Problems re-installing GRUB on Redhat 8, Please Help!
AmigaRocks
I have had redhat 7 through 8 installed over the years on a dual booting system, had problems
with windows xp (imagine that?) and was able to re-install and recover the os... My main concern now is that I no longer have Grub anumore? :-(
I am alomost certain it was not installed on the MBR but on one of the linux partitions....
Another major problem I have is that I am having probs with my floppy drive, so I am unable to
boot from disk.
I tried running "linux-rescue" via the redhat 8 install cd, but instead of detecting my linux partitions
os the redhat 8 install rather, it continued to install like it was doing a clean install? I even tried selecting upgrade, and got the error, no linux partitions found.....
I tried switching to virtual console 2, then at the bash I tried using the grub-install command to try re-installing grub.... Sound simple enough I thaught to myself.... But I can't find the command any where...
I even went as far as creating mount point for the linux partitions, and manually mounted them, and was able to navigate through the various directories no problem, but the grub command is no where to be found??
Again I am no linux guru, but have been playing with redhat for a few years now.... I desperately need some help resolving this grub thing, I've been at it for two days now, and I'm stumped...
If I do a fdisk -l and look at the partition tables everything is still there, in fact my "grub.conf" file show my multi boot setup fine, only prob is I think windows took over when I reinstalled it and rewrote the mbr ....
I really loved grub, I was able to easily switch between windows xp and my different kernel builds of redhat with such ease, now it's g one... Is there a was to just add it to the boot.ini on windows, or do I have to do some crazy stuff like I've read such as exporting the the linux loader using the dd command then copy it to windows... arggh, I want my Grub back.,.. I even tried installing the rpm, but got huge dependency problems....
Is there a way to boot into my linux partition using the cdrom? maybe then I'll be able to install grub and then fix this mess...
Any help is appreciated, Thanx in advance!