Re: GRUB update problems

["Henry W. Peters" <hwpeters@jamadots.com>]

Ok, not getting any response here, probably means either:

1.) This is not the correct forum for someone NOT knowledgeable in the 
inner workings of GRUB2,

2.) & or no one give a flying fig if someone has a serious problem 
involving GRUB (1 or 2).

Would someone be so kind as to explain... & perhaps, if necessary, 
direct me to a forum that might actually be able to help me problem 
solve here?

Thank you.

Henry

Henry W. Peters wrote:
> Henry W. Peters wrote:
>> Felix Zielcke wrote:
>>> Am Dienstag, den 05.01.2010, 13:58 -0500 schrieb Henry W. Peters:
>>>  
>>>> Then I did check the /etc/default/grub file, & this is what I got 
>>>> (I took out the '# at the GRUB_GFXMODE=1440x900' & changed the 
>>>> resolution... I tried doing an '#update-grub' both in the terminal
>>>> while booted & at startup in the recovery mode. Nothing seems to 
>>>> change... maybe it's the 'install_device not specified.' problem??
>>>>     
>>>
>>> Well if running update-grub shows an error about video.lst, then you
>>> must run grub-install first.
>>>
>>> Else check the generated /boot/grub/grub.cfg
>>> It should contain something like that:
>>>
>>> if loadfont /usr/share/grub/unicode.pf2 ; then
>>>   set gfxmode=1440x900
>>>   insmod gfxterm
>>>   insmod vbe
>>>   if terminal_output gfxterm ; then true ; else
>>>     # For backward compatibility with versions of terminal.mod that 
>>> don't
>>>     # understand terminal_output
>>>     terminal gfxterm
>>>   fi
>>> fi
>>>
>>>   
>> Felix,
>>
>> Thanks very much, I will try this.
>>
>> Henry
>
>
> Well now I'm in deep ...., fortunately, I had some trouble installing 
> Debian Lenny, & someone recommended 'PMagic' CD & it allowed me to 
> boot in to my Linux OS.
>
> In booting up this afternoon, I first got:
>
> "Grub loading
> error the symbol 'grub_puts' not found
> grub rescue>_" (the under score here was a blinking cursor)
>
> Then I made some changes in the BIOS to set another hd to boot... & got:
>
> "GRUB loading please wait...
> Error 15" (& right here, all stop as far as loading went).
>
> When I got back on line via the PMagic disk, I tried reinstalling GRUB 
> via the synaptic package manager... that didn't work either
>
> Previously, I looked at the file Felix suggested 
> (/boot/grub/grub.cfg), & there was no such parameters as he indicated 
> there might be.
>
> I tried to follow the grub_install suggestions, to no avail (& 
> probably messed something up).
>
> What is recommended fix... & can I go back to the previous version of 
> grub some how...? It, at least connected with my startup manager 
> (i.e., changed the given, but limited resolutions of the GRUB & start 
> up, making my 1440 x 900 monitor useable at that res.).
>
> Thanks,
> Henry
>
>
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