There are reasons why most of the old e-mail list forums are now locked
down and managed. Simply too much of the advise is hostile.
On Tue, Nov 22, 2016 at 2:06 PM, jd1008 <jd1008(a)gmail.com> wrote:
On 11/22/2016 10:35 AM, Pete Travis wrote:
>
> On Nov 20, 2016 4:55 PM, "jd1008" <jd1008(a)gmail.com <mailto:
> jd1008(a)gmail.com>> wrote:
>
> >
> >
> >
> > On 11/20/2016 02:15 PM, peterlesterhuis(a)telfort.nl <mailto:
> peterlesterhuis(a)telfort.nl> wrote:
> >>
> >> Hi,
> >> After a Windows update my (dual boot) system won't boot into fedora
> anymore.
> >> Somehow the grub bootloader doesn' t start.
> >>
> >> After booting this is what I see:
> >>
> >> /Minimal Bash-like line editing is supported. For the first word TAB
> lists possible command completions. Anywhere else TAB lists possible device
> or file completions.
> >>
> >> grub>_/
> >>
> >>
> >> When I issue the command "exit" the Windows bootloader pops up.
> >>
> >> I googled on this subject, but found many completely different answers.
> >> I would appreciate any suggestion. How can I recover my system?
> >
> > The Solution:
> > 01. Boot a live fedora cd or dvd
> > 02. mount your on-disk fedora linux on .... say /fedora, like so:
> > mkdir /fedora
> > mount /dev/sd?? /fedora # where ?? is the disk and partition
> where your fedora is installed.
> > 03. tar cf - dev | tar -C /fedora -xpvf -
> > 04. chroot /fedora
> > 05. grub2-install --recheck /dev/sd??
> > 06. grub2-mkconfig -o /etc/grub2.cfg
> >
> > When the command (at point 8) returns, then
> > 07. cd /dev
> > 08. rm -rf *
> > Why? because /dev/ is populated dynamically at boot time.
> >
> > Let the list know how it went.
> >
> > _______________________________________________
>
> This tar+rm business with dev looks confusing and dangerous. Use bind
> mounts to place the virtual filesystems in the chroot path.
>
> -- Pete
>
>
> What's so dangerous about it?
Unless one is so absent minded and is not watching what one is typing ....
:) :)
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