[Ilugc] Not able to boot in Linux

[Parthan SR]

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gowri shankar wrote:
> where hda1 and hda2 are C and D drive of Win resp. hda3 is /boot ,hda5
is swap,hda6 is /(root).

> As you suggested
>   i tried the following command
>             #grub-install /dev/hda

>   i got the error as /dev/hda does not have any corresponding BIOS
drive. The same error repeats even when i mention the partition No (i.e
/dev/hda{1-6} )


> Regards
> Gowrishankar
> +91 9916704945

Hi,

Once you get the shell prompt, try this...

# grub (press enter)
grub> root (hd0, 2) (this will specify where to find the /boot partition
grub> setup (hd0)  (this specifies which is your hard disk to install
grub to)
grub> quit
# reboot

Now you should get a proper grub menu. HTH :)
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