On Sun, Nov 9, 2008 at 4:22 AM, Vandaman vandaman2002-sk@yahoo.co.uk wrote:
There is a Permissions problem, when I try to access /boot/grub/grub.conf and /etc/fstab so I can edit them. How can I do that, using the Live CD's I have? I need root access.
Instead of using a LIVECD, have you tried using the CentOS rescue CD and then using the grub command. I don't have Centos 5 but you can look at the CentOS docs or a quick Fedora example below.
http://dailypackage.fedorabook.com/index.php?/archives/158-System-Recovery-W...
Initially, I was able to boot the CentOS 5 Installation DVD and that is how I reinstalled GRUB, using "linux rescue", after the reinstallation of MS Windows on this dual boot box. Somehow, the CentOS 5 Installation DVD got damaged, as I tried to resolve this problem, so now I am limited to the Live CDs I have and since I am very limited in my knowledge of Linux, I don't know how to get real root privileges, while using the Live CDs.
Seems like I need to solve two (2) problems, in order to get GRUB working properly again on this dual boot box and be able to boot into Linux again: (a) Get real root access, while using Live CD's (b) Modify one or two configuration files (/etc/fstab and /boot/grub/grub.conf) to reflect the fact that now there is only one partition for Windows, where previously there were four Windows partitions.
Question: You mentioned the "CentOS rescue CD". Is there something else, other than the CentOS 5 Installation DVD I have, which is damaged? Our DSL is very slow (550) so it would take me a long time to try to download that.
Note: Sorry for my delay in replying to you. Our ADSL went down yesterday and the phone company just fixed their problem. TIA.