Re: LVM on debian

[Robert Millan <rmh@aybabtu.com>]

On Tue, Jan 08, 2008 at 11:21:43AM +0100, Martin Braure de Calignon wrote:
> > Yes, but first I need to understand better what you saw.  Does "graphical"
> > mean it was in VESA mode?  You can tell that because "terminal" command would
> > return "gfxterm" rather than "console".  Or does it simply mean you had a
> > menu?
> > When you say "with no entry", does this mean you didn't see any text
> at all
> > (including the messages at the top and bottom)?  Or just that there were no
> > options in the menu?
> > 
> I've just reinstall the default configuration files of grub2 and reboot.
> What I have is a black and white screen with "GNU GRub Version 1.95",
> then a menu without any entry and then the message on the bottom saying
> me that I can do some commands.

Ok, so you have fonts.  What are the color settings?  (run "set" and check
for menu_color_* variables)

> Then I go in 'command mode', do a insmod lvm, then
> configFile /boot/grub/grub.cfg and it works perfectly.

When you're in command mode, is "normal" module inserted?  (use lsmod)

What happens if you don't insmod lvm and try configfile /boot/grub/grub.cfg
directly?

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Robert Millan

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