[ale] What is grub > and I Killed Access to Desktop

[Marc Ferguson]

Still no luck. I did get "Parted Magic". It has a PXE boot option I can
use. The problem I'm having right now is I don't know how to setup the
command options. So far I have the following, but it then says it can find
RAMDISK. Is anyone familiar with setting this up?

/boot/ipxe/ipxe.krn initrd=
http://www.gtlib.gatech.edu/pub/fedora.redhat/linux/releases/18/Fedora/x86_64/os/images/pxeboot/


On Wed, Jan 16, 2013 at 8:38 PM, Marc Ferguson <marcferguson at gmail.com>wrote:

> I downloaded the minimal install (netinstall) ISO to a CD-R for Fedora 18.
> I booted my machine and it starts the "plymouth boot screen" (whatever that
> is), reaches the "target basic system" and then dumps me into emergency
> mode with the following error:
>
> dracut-initqueue[303]: Warning: Could not boot.
> dracut-initqueue[303]: Warning: /dev/root does not exist
>
> I'm scouring the web now to see what this means. It looks like some folks
> got it during beta. I'm also downloading the full DVD ISO to see if that
> makes a difference. I crossed my fingers while booting the CD-ROM, it can
> be a bit temperamental.
>
>
> On Wed, Jan 16, 2013 at 11:52 AM, Marc Ferguson <marcferguson at gmail.com>wrote:
>
>> Will do Jack. Thanks.
>>
>>
>> On Wed, Jan 16, 2013 at 11:28 AM, Jack Schneider <puck at dp-indexing.com>wrote:
>>
>>> On Wed, 16 Jan 2013 08:30:11 -0500
>>> Marc Ferguson <marcferguson at gmail.com> wrote:
>>>
>>> > Hi folks,
>>> >
>>> > I really screwed the pooch on this one. I have two issues: 1) how to
>>> > use GRUB recovery console and 2) non-bootable LiveUSB. So; here's my
>>> > first issue. I have two hard drives and my original setup was:
>>> >
>>> > * sda1 - windows (marked as boot)
>>> > * sda2 - /boot
>>> > * sda3 - lvm (fedora)
>>> > * sdb1 - data
>>> >
>>> > With the release of Fedora 18 I figured I'll finally remove my Windows
>>> > partition and turn it into a home directory. I fire up gparted and do
>>> > just that. I'm not familiar with UUID so I simply changed the "label"
>>> > to "home." I then use rsync to copy my existing /home directory into
>>> > the new partition. All seems well...
>>> >
>>> > I reboot and after GRUB selects the latest instance of Fedora 17 I'm
>>> > sent to some sort of recovery mode. I can only log in as root. My
>>> > data partition is still mounted, but my newly created home partition
>>> > no longer shows any data in it. I wonder if it has something to do
>>> > with me changing it from NTFS to ext4.
>>> >
>>> > Either way I'm thinking that my GRUB is pointing to the wrong
>>> > partition and stupidly run "grub install /dev/sda1". Now when I
>>> > reboot and GRUB fires it immediately goes into a GRUB recovery
>>> > console and I'm completely lost at this point.
>>> >
>>> > At this point I feel I've gone way down into the rabbit hole. I dont'
>>> > mind losing the home directories since my data partition is still
>>> > functioning. I want to just start fresh and do a clean install of
>>> > Fedora 18. My main beef is I can't boot from the newly created Fedora
>>> > 18 LiveUSB. It works on my laptop, but not on my desktop. When in
>>> > GRUB recovery I ran "grub> usb" and it's supposed to show any USB's
>>> > plugged in, but nothing shows up.
>>> >
>>> Hi, Marc
>>>
>>> Try  pmagic_2012_12_25,  Free-be! Runs in memory! More tools than ever
>>> needed. Looks like Gentoo derivative.  Should allow you to rebuild
>>> booting and anything else!.
>>>
>>> Jack
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>>
>>
>>
>> --
>> *Marc Ferguson*
>>
>> www.fergytech.com | www.digitalalias.net
>>
>> *"When life gives me lemons... I make Linuxaide, hmm good stuff!"*
>>
>
>
>
> --
> *Marc Ferguson*
>
> www.fergytech.com | www.digitalalias.net
>
> *"When life gives me lemons... I make Linuxaide, hmm good stuff!"*
>



-- 
*Marc Ferguson*

www.fergytech.com | www.digitalalias.net

*"When life gives me lemons... I make Linuxaide, hmm good stuff!"*
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