[GLLUG] Grub Error

[Rocky Lichen]

If the windows partition you deleted was on the same hard drive, and a lower partition number than your linux partition, grub is now pointing to the wrong partition.

For example, if your old menu.lst said "root     (hd0,1)" and you deleted the windows partition that *was* (hd0,0), you now need root to be (hd0,0) to boot linux.

The easier fix is to recreate a partition in (some of) the free space where you deleted the windows partition with the same partition number as the one you deleted.  You won't even need to put a filesystem on it, but the old grub in your MBR should boot linux again.


--- On Tue, 4/1/08, Deepan <codeshepherd at gmail.com> wrote:

> From: Deepan <codeshepherd at gmail.com>
> Subject: [GLLUG] Grub Error
> To: linux-user at egr.msu.edu
> Date: Tuesday, April 1, 2008, 5:55 PM
> Hi All,
> I deleted my windows partition using live CD. Now
> my machine won't boot into linux. It stops at the
> grub prompt with the error operating system not
> found. How do I reinstall grub using live CD? Or
> should I boot into my linux operating system with
> root, kernel and initrd option in grub and then
> install grub ?
> Regards 
> Deepan 
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