From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from mailman by lists.gnu.org with archive (Exim 4.43) id 1JMCgJ-0001cb-Iy for mharc-grub-devel@gnu.org; Mon, 04 Feb 2008 20:33:03 -0500 Received: from mailman by lists.gnu.org with tmda-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1JMCgF-0001aL-5n for grub-devel@gnu.org; Mon, 04 Feb 2008 20:32:59 -0500 Received: from exim by lists.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1JMCgD-0001Yc-PF for grub-devel@gnu.org; Mon, 04 Feb 2008 20:32:58 -0500 Received: from [199.232.76.173] (helo=monty-python.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1JMCgD-0001YU-Kw for grub-devel@gnu.org; Mon, 04 Feb 2008 20:32:57 -0500 Received: from main.gmane.org ([80.91.229.2] helo=ciao.gmane.org) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtps (TLS-1.0:RSA_AES_256_CBC_SHA1:32) (Exim 4.60) (envelope-from ) id 1JMCgD-0003Pm-K2 for grub-devel@gnu.org; Mon, 04 Feb 2008 20:32:58 -0500 Received: from list by ciao.gmane.org with local (Exim 4.43) id 1JMCgA-0002ZG-Fd for grub-devel@gnu.org; Tue, 05 Feb 2008 01:32:54 +0000 Received: from crypt.ethx.net ([82.165.27.140]) by main.gmane.org with esmtp (Gmexim 0.1 (Debian)) id 1AlnuQ-0007hv-00 for ; Tue, 05 Feb 2008 01:32:54 +0000 Received: from sam by crypt.ethx.net with local (Gmexim 0.1 (Debian)) id 1AlnuQ-0007hv-00 for ; Tue, 05 Feb 2008 01:32:54 +0000 X-Injected-Via-Gmane: http://gmane.org/ To: grub-devel@gnu.org From: Sam Morris Date: Tue, 5 Feb 2008 01:32:46 +0000 (UTC) Message-ID: References: <1202161005.7223.38.camel@xerces> <20080204224338.GC28299@thorin> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit X-Complaints-To: usenet@ger.gmane.org X-Gmane-NNTP-Posting-Host: crypt.ethx.net User-Agent: Pan/0.132 (Waxed in Black) Sender: news X-detected-kernel: by monty-python.gnu.org: Linux 2.6, seldom 2.4 (older, 4) Subject: Re: grub2 and Linux software RAID devices 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, 05 Feb 2008 01:32:59 -0000 On Mon, 04 Feb 2008 23:43:38 +0100, Robert Millan wrote: >> Debian's post-install script has actually been written to substitute >> 'pc gpt' if the partmap probing fails, > > Actually, this was reverted a while ago. > >> manually. However, I now hit the second problem: the menu that grub >> presents has no text! It seems to have an entry, however, as there is a >> highlighted line. > > Which version did you try? Is it more recent than 1.96 ? We fixed bugs > producing this result recently. This now works fine (and looks nice and pretty!) with version 1.96 +20080203-1. :) >> The third problem is that if I press enter, or wait for the timeout to >> finish, or the screen blanks, and I get the message "Booting '". The >> system then freezes and I have to use the hardware reset switch to >> continue (ctrl+alt+del does not work). Pressing 'e', or the up or down >> keys also freeze the system, without the "Booting '" message. > > Where does GRUB get its grub.cfg from? What are its contents? (from the > POV of GRUB; use 'cat' to determine). Version 1.96+20080203-1 behaves differently; I am simply dropped to the rescue shell, and I can't load any modules (because root is set to (hd1,2) which does not show up when I run 'ls'). I guessed that this is because 'pc' is not in the list of modules included when grub-install creates core.img. If I add 'pc' to core.img then things are much healthier: I am still dropped into the rescue shell, but I can load the 'normal' module, issue the 'normal' command and then I get the (pretty!) menu and am able to boot normally. I'm still not sure why I'm dropped into the rescue shell in the first place, however. There's a flash of text before the prompt appears, but the screen is cleared much to fast to read any of it. ISTR that when I tried Jeroen Dekkers' patch before, I was no longer booted into the rescue shell; but I can't remember (and I don't understand why, if I was kicked into the rescue shell becuase grub tried to read past the 'end' of my disk, why I can immediatly issue the 'normal' command to go to the menu and have everything working). Anyway, I'll wait to see how things improve after a new grub-pc is uploaded. Thanks for your help & advice so far! -- Sam Morris http://robots.org.uk/ PGP key id 1024D/5EA01078 3412 EA18 1277 354B 991B C869 B219 7FDB 5EA0 1078