Linux won't boot. Giving me a grub prompt

[err]

Hi, I am a linux newbie

My machine is not booting up. When I power up the machine, it only gives me the

Grub >

Prompt.

What should I do in order to make the system boot ? Is there a specific Grub command that I should use?

Thank you 🙂

eRr

 

[mcveigh]

need more info, like is this a fresh install, what version of inux, machine specs etc...

 

[Goosemaster]

what filesystems are you using, and did oyu make sure to compile support into the kernel?


Also, post in the Operating systems topic so you get better results

 

[err]

Thanks for the try... I've decided to reinstall instead 🙁

It should be easier for me.

eRr

 

[Kk4JC]

Did you try enter?
Some systems will ask for ADDITIONAL boot-up commands, if you have none, enter should work.

Kk

 

[jonmullen]

I dont know about grub, but for LILO it is mostlikely asking for what kernal image to use.

what filesystems are you using, and did oyu make sure to compile support into the kernel?

If this was the case would he not be getting some error msg's before this point?

Just my two sense, never really messed with GRUB

 

[Nothinman]

I dont know about grub, but for LILO it is mostlikely asking for what kernal image to use.

It's not really that simple. When GRUB can't find it's config file (it has the ability to read the filesystem itself, hence no need to reinstall it everytime you edit it like lilo) it just drops you to a command prompt. The command prompt is decent with tab completion and things, but it's not that simple if you don't know what you're doing.

what filesystems are you using, and did oyu make sure to compile support into the kernel?

This is irrelevant, GRUB loads before the kernel so you're limited to what filesystems GRUB supports no matter what your kernel supports.

 

[Goosemaster]

Originally posted by: Nothinman

I dont know about grub, but for LILO it is mostlikely asking for what kernal image to use.

It's not really that simple. When GRUB can't find it's config file (it has the ability to read the filesystem itself, hence no need to reinstall it everytime you edit it like lilo) it just drops you to a command prompt. The command prompt is decent with tab completion and things, but it's not that simple if you don't know what you're doing.

what filesystems are you using, and did oyu make sure to compile support into the kernel?

This is irrelevant, GRUB loads before the kernel so you're limited to what filesystems GRUB supports no matter what your kernel supports.

I am a certified bonefied nooB so my bad....

It was a while ago since I had the same problem installing Gentoo. I believe it might have been something wrong in fstab. Either way good luck.