From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from mailman by lists.gnu.org with archive (Exim 4.43) id 1OaYAv-000129-No for mharc-grub-devel@gnu.org; Sun, 18 Jul 2010 14:01:17 -0400 Received: from [140.186.70.92] (port=57915 helo=eggs.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1OaYAt-00011y-K8 for grub-devel@gnu.org; Sun, 18 Jul 2010 14:01:16 -0400 Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1OaYAs-0007HV-8n for grub-devel@gnu.org; Sun, 18 Jul 2010 14:01:15 -0400 Received: from qsmtp6.america.net ([69.60.160.249]:40368) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1OaYAs-0007HM-2y for grub-devel@gnu.org; Sun, 18 Jul 2010 14:01:14 -0400 Received: from [74.221.59.233] (helo=[192.168.1.64]) by qsmtp6.america.net with esmtp (Exim 4.68) (envelope-from ) id 1OaYAq-0000lM-L7 for grub-devel@gnu.org; Sun, 18 Jul 2010 14:01:12 -0400 Message-ID: <4C434166.3010106@jamadots.com> Date: Sun, 18 Jul 2010 14:01:10 -0400 From: "Henry W. Peters" User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (X11; U; Linux i686; en-US; rv:1.9.1.10) Gecko/20100619 Icedove/3.0.5 ThunderBrowse/3.2.8.1 MIME-Version: 1.0 To: The development of GNU GRUB References: <4C42CB2D.1080003@duboucher.eu> <4C432627.7050701@jamadots.com> <20100718174201.GJ21862@riva.ucam.org> In-Reply-To: <20100718174201.GJ21862@riva.ucam.org> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit X-detected-operating-system: by eggs.gnu.org: Solaris 9 Subject: Re: Grub update? X-BeenThere: grub-devel@gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list Reply-To: The development of GNU GRUB List-Id: The development of GNU GRUB List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Sun, 18 Jul 2010 18:01:16 -0000 On 07/18/2010 01:42 PM, Colin Watson wrote: > On Sun, Jul 18, 2010 at 12:04:55PM -0400, Henry W. Peters wrote: > >> Running Debian Squeeze. Just got an update,& now my terminal is hung up >> with the following message: >> >> >> Configuring grub-pc ├──────────────────────────┐ >> │ │ >> │ which devices you'd like grub-install to be automatically run for, if >> │ any. >> │ >> │ It is recommended that you do this in most situations, to prevent the >> │ installed GRUB from getting out of sync with other components such as >> │ grub.cfg or with newer Linux images it will have to load. >> │ >> │ If you're unsure which drive is designated as boot drive by your BIOS, >> │ it is often a good idea to install GRUB to all of them. >> │ >> │ Note: It is possible to install GRUB to partition boot records as well, >> │ and some appropriate partitions are offered here. However, this forces >> │ GRUB to use the blocklist mechanism, which makes it less reliable, and >> │ therefore is not recommended. >> │ >> │ >> │ >> >> No options are given, the " " is not a real return button. I tried >> restarting (had to give password to do so)...& then re updating, it >> goes back to this same message& hangs up. It's been about 20 minutes >> now... I only have two HD's. What to do? >> > The next screen after that should have a set of drives to select; this > has worked perfectly in my testing. If it doesn't then that's a problem > at some other layer ... > > (You may have to use Tab to get to the OK button before pressing Return, > or something.) > > In any case, this isn't really a GRUB problem, but more a problem with > Debian; you should ask about it in some Debian context, perhaps > debian-user. > Thanks for reply Colin. I needed to hit the tab button to highlight "" but now I get the list, & it has a red cursor, that when I hit return in the appropriate item, it goes to "" & I hit return, & get this: ─────────────────────────┤ Configuring grub-pc ├──────────────────────────┐ │ │ │ You chose not to install GRUB to any devices. If you continue, the boot │ │ loader may not be properly configured, and when your computer next │ │ starts up it will use whatever was previously in the boot sector. If │ │ there is an earlier version of GRUB 2 in the boot sector, it may be │ │ unable to load modules or handle the current configuration file. │ │ │ │ If you are already running a different boot loader and want to carry on │ │ doing so, or if this is a special environment where you do not need a │ │ boot loader, then you should continue anyway. Otherwise, you should │ │ install GRUB somewhere. │ │ │ │ Continue without installing GRUB? │ │ │ │ Of course, I select & it brings me back to the option lists, etc. again.How do I select an option? I think this is a grub problem (insufficient (& rather non standard (?) instructions to select options!). Thanks again. Henry