RE: Problems with Compaq DL380G2 running Redhat 7.2

[Jeremy Katz]

On Fri, 2002-05-31 at 03:44, Yeo Eng Hee wrote:
> The main problem I encounter was that grub did not seem to recognise the
> changes I did to /etc/grub.conf (I edited it manually).  This is what I
> thought would have worked:

That's the right thing to do, assuming the kernel config is correct.
 
> I have a new option now, which is to upgrade this system to RedHat 7.3,
> and let the RedHat installer to correct the MBR in the process.  Would
> this be a better idea than to waste time figuring out how to set the MBR
> manually on the command line?

Are you currently just getting the GRUB command line when you boot or
are you just getting GRUB and then a hang?  If the former, then it
should be relatively easy to figure out what's going on without having
to reinstall or anything.  If the latter, then it's more curious and I
would be somewhat interested to know what the current contents of your
/boot/grub/device.map file are.  You can get to it by booting into
rescue mode (see the Red Hat Linux documentation for more information on
rescue mode) from which you should be able to get to the file and see if
it looks correct.

Cheers,

Jeremy