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mkbutan Joined: Apr 16, 2008 Posts: 2 Other Topics	Posted Apr 16, 2008 at 8:53:22 PM Subject: grub geom error i have p4 with win XP & Fedora -8 with 1GB RAM ; 160 GB HDD' now something has happen it is giving GRUB Geom ERROR pl help' mkbutan@gmail.com mkbutan@indiatimes.com +91-9987687631 (Mumbai ; India)
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supratik Joined Apr 10, 2008 Posts: 9 Other Topics	Posted: Apr 17, 2008 5:31:01 AM Subject: grub geom error Hi ! Please provide details of the GRUB error. If you are unable to boot Fedora try reinstailling the GRUB. - boot linux with your installation disk and choose the rescue mode - when you get the command propmt use the following command chroot /mnt/sysimage grub-install /dev/hda alternate method--- You can try restoring GRUB from the GRUB prompt by running the following set of commands grub grub> root (hd0,1) # Assumes your / ( or /boot ) partition is hda2 grub> install (hd0,1)/boot/grub/stage1 d (hd0) (hd0,1)/boot/grub/stage2 p (hd0,1)/boot/grub/grub.conf If you have a separate /boot partition try the following command. grub> install (hd0,1)/grub/stage1 d (hd0) (hd0,1)/grub/stage2 p (hd0,1)/grub/grub.conf
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Synthead Joined Apr 17, 2008 Posts: 12 Location:Seattle Other Topics	Posted: Apr 18, 2008 12:40:59 AM Subject: grub geom error Please post /boot/grub/menu.lst and the output of "fdisk -l /dev/sda" www.archlinux.org
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