Novell LINUX ENTERPRISE SERVER 10 - INSTALLATION AND ADMINISTRATION 04-08-2006 Installation Manual page 950

versions are exactly the same (which is unlikely). So you cannot access a sound
card, for example. It is also not possible to start a graphical user interface.
Also note that you leave the "change root" environment when you switch the
console with
Modifying and Reinstalling the Boot Loader
Sometimes a system cannot boot because the boot loader configuration is corrupted.
The start-up routines cannot, for example, translate physical drives to the actual locations
in the Linux file system without a working boot loader.
To check the boot loader configuration and reinstall the boot loader, proceed as follows:
1 Perform the necessary steps to access the installed system as described in
2 Check whether the following files are correctly configured according to the
3 Reinstall the boot loader using the following command sequence:
4 Unmount the partitions, log out from the "change root" environment, and reboot
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+ to
Alt F1
"Accessing the Installed System"
GRUB configuration principles outlined in
(page 401).
• /etc/grub.conf
• /boot/grub/device.map
• /boot/grub/menu.lst
Apply fixes to the device mapping (device.map) or the location of the root
partition and configuration files, if necessary.
grub --batch < /etc/grub.conf
the system:
umount -a
exit
reboot
+ .
Alt F6
(page 949).
Chapter 21, The Boot Loader
Section