Booting HD without grub

[Shlomi Fish]

Hi Eli,

On Wed, Sep 11, 2013 at 7:37 PM, Eli Marmor <eli at netmask.it> wrote:

> Hi,
>
> I have an old PC (with an old Mandrake), and its grub screwed up.
> I want to boot it WITHOUT re-installing the grub (I don't want to touch
> the HD till I see it works again, but boot it manually from a
> Live-CD/floppy).
> How can I do it from a Live-CD or floppy?  (both work under this PC).
> What Live-CD/floppy is recommended for this purpose?
> Can I do it from the boot prompt?
>

The GRUB command prompt allows you to enter any arbitrary GRUB command and
boot the machine however you like. So if the LiveCD contains a working GRUB
installation, you can use the GRUB command prompt there to boot it like you
would boot from the hard disk.

Regards,

-- Shlomi Fish


>
> Thanks,
> Eli Marmor
>
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