Vector Help!

[elvisuk]

H! Mikkh,

I installed Vector Linux today and it will not let me in when I put my name and password in? Also I cannot get into Linux Mint I cannot get to my user name and password? M$ W7 is OK as I am typing this with it. Is teir any way I can get my Mint bootloder back.

Thanks

[mikkh]

if you boot from the vector CD, you'll see a command line option to boot other systems

it goes something like..... (it's shown on the screen)

linux root=/dev/hda? ro

(where ? is the number of the partition that Mint is installed on

Start typing straight away to stop the automatic boot process

hda is mostly replaced by sda if it's a SATA drive

so you'll need to type

linux root=/dev/sda9 ro

(assuming partition 9 is where Mint lives)

[elvisuk]

H! Mikkh,

Well i gave it a try but i did not get anywhear i will give it anouther go Thursday.

(assuming partition 9 is where Mint lives) "
linux root=/dev/sda9 ro" No it's on SDA4 Primary Linux EXT2 so i just swaped the 9 for a 4 is that OK? it did not work

[mikkh]

That should have been fine yes, but you MUST use lower case

linux root=/dev/sda4 ro

(for SATA)

linux root=/dev/hda4 ro

(for IDE (PATA))

If it's a second hard drive, that would be sdb4

The last character is lowercase O, not a 0 (zero) - ro meaning read only

[elvisuk]

H! Mikkh,

I put "linux root=/dev/sda4 ro (for SATA)" all i get is (see piccy)

I also put the linux live Mint CD in and got most of my stuff off Linux Mint 8 64 bit but i could not find my Bookmarks anywher is their a way to copy them with out going in to FireFox and exporting them.

It looks like i will have to reinstall Linux Mint 8 64 bit which will not be a problem and i will then get my Mint bootloader back i am not botherd about Vector Linux i will just put that down as a bit of an experiance

I will not do anything till i hear from you.

Thanks

[mikkh]

Try this

download.linux-live-cd.org/Super_Grub_Disk/download/binaries/sgd/cdrom/super_grub_disk_0.9798.iso


You'll need to burn it to CD first, then boot from it

(it's only 4 MB or so)

[elvisuk]

H! Mikkh,

Well i try the cd and it did show Linux mint 8 but wuold not let me into it, W7 yes Mint no, vector is not their?

had a look round the CD i will keep a copy you never no ;D

[elvisuk]

H! Mikkh,

Well i have just got Mint 8 64bit back intact by installing Mint 8 32bit i have everything back to normal again ;D

Thanks for your help