Re: Continuous Reboot

Ed Patterson adjusted his/her tinfoil beanie and donned asbestos
underwear to post:


> How does one go about repairing grub? I came into the office this
> morning and my PC was in a continuous reboot cycle. The Dell splash> screen appears, the screen goes blank like it is going to boot then> the splash screen reappears. Switching between the SATA normal and
> combination modes had no effect.
>
> I booted from CD in repair mode but did not see a 'fix grub for
> dummies' option :-).
>
> Ed

There should be an option to repair the bootloader.

HTH
--
Mark
Novell Support Forums SysOp
Twixt hill and high water
N. Wales, UK.
Skype <my nick> text only please

With out sounding too stupid.

I boot from the CD and select Boot Rescue System. I select English
then the
PC boots. It prompts Rescue Login: I enter root with no password and
it
stops at the Rescue:~# prompt.

No menu is displayed and I haven't a clue what to enter to fix the
boot
loader.

Ed


"baskitcaise" <baskitcaise@gmx.co.uk> wrote in message
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> Ed Patterson adjusted his/her tinfoil beanie and donned asbestos
> underwear to post:
>
>
> > How does one go about repairing grub? I came into the office this> > morning and my PC was in a continuous reboot cycle. The Dell
splash
> > screen appears, the screen goes blank like it is going to boot
then
> > the splash screen reappears. Switching between the SATA normal and

> > combination modes had no effect.
> >
> > I booted from CD in repair mode but did not see a 'fix grub for
> > dummies' option :-).
> >
> > Ed
>
> There should be an option to repair the bootloader.
>
> HTH
> --
> Mark
> Novell Support Forums SysOp
> Twixt hill and high water
> N. Wales, UK.
> Skype <my nick> text only please
>

Ed Patterson wrote:

> With out sounding too stupid.
>
> I boot from the CD and select Boot Rescue System. I select English
then
> the PC boots. It prompts Rescue Login: I enter root with no password
and
> it stops at the Rescue:~# prompt.
>
> No menu is displayed and I haven't a clue what to enter to fix the
boot
> loader.

You should select new install go through the initial setup screens and

finally you will be offered the option to repair the already installed

system. Select repair grub.

--
Freek

Thanks, the problem was SATA. It had somehow reverted to Normal. I had
tried
switching it back to combination but that didn't fix it. Setting to
combination and repairing the boot loader fixed it.

Ed

"Freek" <f_dekruijf@hotmail.com> wrote in message
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> Ed Patterson wrote:
>
> > With out sounding too stupid.
> >
> > I boot from the CD and select Boot Rescue System. I select English
then
> > the PC boots. It prompts Rescue Login: I enter root with no
password and
> > it stops at the Rescue:~# prompt.
> >
> > No menu is displayed and I haven't a clue what to enter to fix the
boot
> > loader.
>
> You should select new install go through the initial setup screens
and
> finally you will be offered the option to repair the already
installed
> system. Select repair grub.
>
> --
> Freek