From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from mailman by lists.gnu.org with archive (Exim 4.43) id 1JYVPw-0003X6-39 for mharc-grub-devel@gnu.org; Sun, 09 Mar 2008 19:59:00 -0400 Received: from mailman by lists.gnu.org with tmda-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1JYVPu-0003Wt-PL for grub-devel@gnu.org; Sun, 09 Mar 2008 19:58:58 -0400 Received: from exim by lists.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1JYVPr-0003Wg-AE for grub-devel@gnu.org; Sun, 09 Mar 2008 19:58:57 -0400 Received: from [199.232.76.173] (helo=monty-python.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1JYVPr-0003WZ-6r for grub-devel@gnu.org; Sun, 09 Mar 2008 19:58:55 -0400 Received: from c60.cesmail.net ([216.154.195.49]) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtps (TLS-1.0:RSA_ARCFOUR_SHA1:16) (Exim 4.60) (envelope-from ) id 1JYVPr-00054k-2X for grub-devel@gnu.org; Sun, 09 Mar 2008 19:58:55 -0400 Received: from unknown (HELO relay.cesmail.net) ([192.168.1.81]) by c60.cesmail.net with ESMTP; 09 Mar 2008 19:58:51 -0400 Received: from [192.168.1.21] (static-72-92-88-10.phlapa.fios.verizon.net [72.92.88.10]) by relay.cesmail.net (Postfix) with ESMTP id 311CC619058; Sun, 9 Mar 2008 19:58:51 -0400 (EDT) From: Pavel Roskin To: The development of GRUB 2 In-Reply-To: References: Content-Type: text/plain Date: Sun, 09 Mar 2008 19:58:50 -0400 Message-Id: <1205107130.2142.10.camel@dv> Mime-Version: 1.0 X-Mailer: Evolution 2.12.3 (2.12.3-3.fc8) Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-detected-kernel: by monty-python.gnu.org: Genre and OS details not recognized. Cc: Jelle Geerts Subject: Re: GRUB-1.96 won't boot, boots into rescue prompt X-BeenThere: grub-devel@gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list Reply-To: The development of GRUB 2 List-Id: The development of GRUB 2 List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Sun, 09 Mar 2008 23:58:58 -0000 On Mon, 2008-03-10 at 00:07 +0100, Jelle Geerts wrote: > After installing Gentoo + GRUB 1.96 and rebooting; I get a > "grub rescue>" prompt. I've ran `grub-install /dev/sda' and > `update-grub'. > > I had to modify `/etc/grub.d/10_linux' in order to let it find > `/boot/kernel-2.6.23-gentoo-r9'. I don't think that this should > matter since `update-grub' displayed a message that Linux was > found (and the exact kernel filename matched the one I wanted). > > Now some debugging information. In the "grub rescue>" prompt, > `insmod normal' resulted in `error: unknown device'. > > `set' returned: > prefix=(hd0,2)/boot/grub > root=hd0,2 Try the "ls" command without arguments. It will show the available drives. -- Regards, Pavel Roskin