In message <43CA8B29.7070201@gmail.com>
          John Nall <jwnall@gmail.com> wrote:

> Just FYI, here is the sequence for the Fedora 4 distro:
> 
> (a)  Download FC4 rescue disk (it is normally right there with the other 
> FC4 ISO's)
> (b)  Boot the FC4 rescue disk, and go through  the steps to mount your 
> FC4 partition (easy to follow directions)
> (c)   Then type the following:
>                chroot /mnt/sysimage
>                grub-install /dev/hda
> (d)  Reboot the system and everything is cool!

I thought it would be something like that. I based my message on my
experiences with the Slackware install CDs - I'm using Fedora on my desktops,
but I've never had to boot using the Rescue part of the install CD. My
network server, OTOH, is running Slackware 10.1 and has been booted from CD
in rescue mode at least three times - once after hosing LILO, once after
hosing the ReiserFS root partition (reiserfsck --rebuild-tables in
single-user mode fixed that) and again after making the machine unbootable
during a botched kernel upgrade...

The saying's true - Linux isn't unfriendly, it's just very picky about who it
considers to be a friend :)

> Great!  Sure gives one a panicky feeling when suddenly nothing works!  
> But it is almost worth it for the good, exhilarating feeling you get 
> when you fix things!  :-)

Isn't it just :)

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