Re: Odd GRUB Error

[Quinn Madson]

nevermind.  i figured it out.

all you have to do is boot off of a live cd and execute grub from the command 
line
root (hd0,0)
setup (hd0)

for some reason norton has problems with the mbr.

Quinn Madson 
ITPS Supervisor
CSC/IT Purchasing and Support 
I&MT/Student Technology Services 
University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee 
address@hidden 


Quoting Quinn Madson <address@hidden>:

> I installed Gentoo on a Gateway e4200 with GRUB.
> 
> I used Norton Ghost 7.5 (supports ext2/3) to create an image.  I put the
> image 
> on a different e4200.
> 
> When the machine boots, after the BIOS screen, it displays "GRUB 3 " and 
> hangs.  No other error messages are displayed.
> 
> I took a look at the hard drive from a LiveCD.  /dev/hda1 is bootable. All
> the 
> files are on /dev/hda1 and /dev/hda3 are where they should be (and they are
> in 
> tact).
> 
> I Google'd around to see if "GRUB 3 " meant anything to no avail.
> 
> If you have any ideas, I'd appreciate it.  I know it's an odd error most
> likely
> 
> due to Norton Ghost; However, I hope that you have some insight.
> 
> Thanks,
> 
> Quinn Madson 
> ITPS Supervisor
> CSC/IT Purchasing and Support 
> I&MT/Student Technology Services 
> University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee 
> address@hidden 
> 
> 
> 
>