-
Grub/lilo boot problems
I made a new computer (yay), and proceeded install the Fedora Core. After playing with it for a little while, I thought "No, I don't think so", and did a hard disk install of my trusted knoppix CD (which served me so well in the past).
Everything was fine until reboot time, when it booted into grub, and stayed there. No kernel or os booted, I just got this grub prompt.
It goes into knoppix when I use the boot floppy, but not when it boots from hd. I'm assuming this is because Fedora wrote a boot sector that wasn't deleted by the knoppix install.
I tried looking into fdisk and cfdisk to see if I could wipe the hd and start again, but all the talk of cylinders and partitions confused me. If you write a partition, does it delete all data on the hd?
I also tried uninstalling grub using dselect. I assume that the grub that I uninstalled was a debian grub, not the one that is booting my system.
Is there an easy way to make the hd blank, as new, so that I can install knoppix again? Or a way to make lilo boot instead of this grub thing?
Similar Threads
-
By nhoxanh in forum General Support
Replies: 1
Last Post: 01-13-2005, 10:43 AM
-
By ocean in forum Hdd Install / Debian / Apt
Replies: 2
Last Post: 10-01-2004, 01:26 PM
-
By phantomshado in forum General Support
Replies: 1
Last Post: 02-14-2004, 06:45 AM
-
By keava in forum General Support
Replies: 3
Last Post: 10-20-2003, 05:24 PM
-
By jamesgf in forum Hdd Install / Debian / Apt
Replies: 6
Last Post: 03-27-2003, 05:16 PM
Posting Permissions
- You may not post new threads
- You may not post replies
- You may not post attachments
- You may not edit your posts
-
Forum Rules
Lenovo M70q Gen 2 USFF Core i9-10900t - 8GB RAM - 128GB SSD - NO HDD
$295.55
Dell OptiPlex 7050 SFF Core i7-7700 CPU 8GB DDR4 Ram 256GB M.2 SSD Win 11 Pro
$150.00
HP Z2 Mini G5 i7-10700 8-Core 32GB 512GB SSD Win 11 Pro Wifi AC Adapter
$449.00
Windows 11 Home Mini PC Intel N4100 Quad Core 2.7GHz 8GB RAM DDR4 256GB SSD
$89.59
NEW OEM Tray AMD Ryzen 7 5700X 8-Core 16-Thread 3.4GHz Socket AM4 CPU Processor
$149.00
Intel Core i7-12700KF - Alder Lake 12-Core (8P+4E) 3.6 GHz LGA 1700 125W CPU
$256.98
Intel Xeon E5-2667 v2 SR19W 3.30GHz 25M 8GT/s 8-Core LGA2011 CPU Processor
$24.99
Intel Xeon E5-2690 2.9GHz 8 Core 20MB 8GT/s 135W Processor SR0L0
$8.69
Dell OptiPlex 3060 MT Core i5 8th Gen 16GB Ram 480 GB SSD Windows 11 Computer
$239.00
HP Chromebase Desktop PC 21.5" FHD Core i3-10110U Intel UHD 8GB DDR4 128GB SSD
$356.19