[clug] GRUB error

[Rodney Peters]

On Saturday 29 January 2005 23:00, linux-request at lists.samba.org wrote:
> From: Andreas Bauer <baueran at in.tum.de>
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>  Date: Sat, 29 Jan 2005 10:24:45 +0100
>  To: Dennis M Gray <dmgray0325 at yahoo.com>
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> On Thu, Jan 27, 2005 at 01:34:10PM -0800, Dennis M Gray wrote:
> > Error 13: Invalid or unsupported executable format.
> >
> > I installed Fedora Core 3 on a spare drive. Now I am
> > unable to boot my RedHat 7.1. I get the above error. I
> > have done a quick search but haven't found a solution
> > yet. Any suggestions at where to start?
>
> While I am not quite sure what is going on and what this error really
> means, I can only state my experiences: I've seen this before with a
> messed up MBR / partitiona table, respectively.  You may have to
> rewrite these onto the boot disk, e.g. using Knoppix.
>
> Andi.
>
I had the same message when I pointed GRUB to the uncompressed image of my 
newly compiled kernel.  Can't quite see how that would apply to your old RH 
7.1, but I have found that installation programs tend to mess up when you 
declare that you don't want any bootloader installed at all.  Suggest you 
boot from a recovery CD and have a look at the statements in GRUB's menu.lst 
file.

Alternatively, a successful boot can often be achieved via tab-completion at 
the GRUB command line, if you have a floppy or CD that boots GRUB.

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Rod