From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from mailman by lists.gnu.org with archive (Exim 4.43) id 1IceOe-0007te-6x for mharc-grub-devel@gnu.org; Tue, 02 Oct 2007 05:50:32 -0400 Received: from mailman by lists.gnu.org with tmda-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1IceOb-0007t2-Kt for grub-devel@gnu.org; Tue, 02 Oct 2007 05:50:29 -0400 Received: from exim by lists.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1IceOa-0007sd-Ia for grub-devel@gnu.org; Tue, 02 Oct 2007 05:50:29 -0400 Received: from [199.232.76.173] (helo=monty-python.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1IceOa-0007sT-AX for grub-devel@gnu.org; Tue, 02 Oct 2007 05:50:28 -0400 Received: from cas-mta4-fe.casema.nl ([83.80.1.32] helo=mta-fe.casema.nl) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.60) (envelope-from ) id 1IceOZ-0007qx-M2 for grub-devel@gnu.org; Tue, 02 Oct 2007 05:50:27 -0400 Received: from localhost (cas-filter4.mgmt.casema.nl [10.42.32.99]) by mta-fe.casema.nl (Postfix) with ESMTP id 057344797 for ; Tue, 2 Oct 2007 11:50:23 +0200 (CEST) X-Virus-Scanned: amavisd-new at casema.nl Received: from mta-fe.casema.nl ([10.42.32.32]) by localhost (cas-filter4.mgmt.casema.nl [10.42.32.211]) (amavisd-new, port 20024) with ESMTP id ERKMjvIDVNFr for ; Tue, 2 Oct 2007 11:50:22 +0200 (CEST) Received: from [83.87.24.35] (53571823.cable.casema.nl [83.87.24.35]) by mta-fe.casema.nl (Postfix) with ESMTP id 8A61F3F9E for ; Tue, 2 Oct 2007 11:50:22 +0200 (CEST) Message-ID: <47021457.7030909@casema.nl> Date: Tue, 02 Oct 2007 11:50:15 +0200 From: willem User-Agent: Thunderbird 1.5.0.13 (X11/20070824) MIME-Version: 1.0 To: The development of GRUB 2 References: <1191279802.3351.30.camel@athene.bestsolution.at> In-Reply-To: <1191279802.3351.30.camel@athene.bestsolution.at> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Detected-Kernel: Solaris 9 Subject: Re: a FAQ that probably isn't that trivial to answer ... 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: Tue, 02 Oct 2007 09:50:30 -0000 Udo Rader wrote: > Hi, > > for various reasons I decided to give grub2 a try and now I am caught in > the "my system doesn't boot" trap. > > The problem is probably a bit more complex then it seems at first hand, > because my system doesn't even start into grub at all but "freezes" > somewhere between hard disk detection and starting up grub. Absolutely > no message is displayed after the POST is complete. > > The only chance I can currently somewhat revive my system is by > unplugging the hard drive before powering up the system, inserting some > kind of boot CD (in my case a debian etch installation CD), plug in the > hard drive and then boot into rescue mode. > > In rescue mode I see the the hard drive itself (and the data on it) is > completely OK and so after many hours of trying I am completely lost ... > > Things were working absolutely OK before I tried to install grub2. Yet > now, reinstalling whatever bootloader does not bring my system back into > normal booting again. So far I have tried to reinstall grub legacy and > even lilo, but all without success. > > grub-install/update-grub gives this: > > ------CUT------ > % grub-install --recheck /dev/sda > Installation finished. No error reported. > This is the contents of the device map /boot/grub/device.map > Check if this is correct or not. If any of the lines is incorrect, > fix it and re-run the script `grub-install'. > > (hd0) /dev/sda > % > % update-grub > Searching for GRUB installation directory ... found: /boot/grub > Testing for an existing GRUB grub.cfg file ... > found: /boot/grub/grub.cfg > Searching for splash image ... found: /boot/grub/splash.xpm.gz > Found kernel: /vmlinuz-2.6.22-12-generic > Found kernel: /memtest86+.bin > Updating /boot/grub/grub.cfg ... done > ------CUT------ > > The hints on http://grub.enbug.org/GettingStarted also did not bring me > anywhere, so any ideas are greatly appreciated ... > > If my box hadn't worked without problems before, I would consider a > firmware issue, but I can hardly believe that to be the case ... > So it wise to save the MBR with dd before trying GRUB 2 . regards > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > > _______________________________________________ > Grub-devel mailing list > Grub-devel@gnu.org > http://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/grub-devel >