Grub

[Christopher Chan]

Willis Taylor wrote:
> I have a grub/menu.lst on dev/sda16 that i cannot update, Shell only,
> and a great installation on dev/sda1 that has updated to the latest
> kernel and I do not access it on boot.  I sent the following message to
> the local ubuntu team;
>     I installed Hardy and then put in the Hardy U-Studio disk.  I now
> have
>         one totally unusable studio installation that is occupying half
>         my hdd
>         and I need to recover it.  Gparted reads;
>         
>         Parition     FS    Mount   Size        used
>         /dev/sda1   ext3    /      37.07gb     11.51gb
>         /dev/sda2 extended         37.46gb      --
>         /dev/sda6   ext3           37.92gb     918.2mb
>         /dev/sda7 linux-swap       1.46gb
>         /dev/sba5 linux-swap       3,08gb
>         
>         Can anyone tell me how to get out of this mess and still be able
>         to
>         boot?
>         
> the reply was:
> Actually, all you need is something that can access grub on the hd this
> is on, that way you can delete the entries for linux and simply delete
> the partition. This will leave grub on there, but it will work just the
> same
>
>
> As harsh as it seems, will deleting the faulty installation from the
> harddrive cause it to default to sda1?
>         
>
>
>   


You will need to reinstall grub. I believe grub is installed on the mbr 
in your case what you need to do to boot up the system in /dev/sda1 is:

After grub loads up, hit ESC.
Hit C for console.
Type

root (hd0,0)
configfile /boot/grub/menu.1st


Boot up and reinstall grub.