Package: grub Version: 0.97-4 Followup-For: Bug #345931 Hi,
I can confirm the same behaviour. When I try to install grub into my MBR then it doesn't fail at all. Then I tried to reboot and nothing appears on the screen. Attached my menu.lst Regards, Matthijs Mohlmann -- System Information: Debian Release: testing/unstable APT prefers unstable APT policy: (500, 'unstable'), (1, 'experimental') Architecture: i386 (i686) Shell: /bin/sh linked to /bin/bash Kernel: Linux 2.6.15 Locale: LANG=en_US.UTF-8, LC_CTYPE=en_US.UTF-8 (charmap=UTF-8) Versions of packages grub depends on: ii libc6 2.3.5-12 GNU C Library: Shared libraries an ii libncurses5 5.5-1 Shared libraries for terminal hand grub recommends no packages. -- no debconf information
# # Sample boot menu configuration file # # Boot automatically after 30 secs. timeout 5 # By default, boot the first entry. default 0 # Fallback to the second entry. fallback 1 # Pretty colours color cyan/blue white/blue ### BEGIN AUTOMAGIC KERNELS LIST ## lines between the AUTOMAGIC KERNELS LIST markers will be modified ## by the debian update-grub script except for the default options below ## DO NOT UNCOMMENT THEM, Just edit them to your needs ## ## Start Default Options ## ## default kernel options ## default kernel options for automagic boot options ## If you want special options for specific kernels use kopt_x_y_z ## where x.y.z is kernel version. Minor versions can be omitted. ## e.g. kopt=root=/dev/hda1 ro ## kopt_2_6_8=root=/dev/hdc1 ro ## kopt_2_6_8_2_686=root=/dev/hdc2 ro # kopt=root=/dev/hda2 ro vga=791 ## default grub root device ## e.g. groot=(hd0,0) # groot=(hd0,1) ## should update-grub create alternative automagic boot options ## e.g. alternative=true ## alternative=false # alternative=true ## should update-grub lock alternative automagic boot options ## e.g. lockalternative=true ## lockalternative=false # lockalternative=false ## additional options to use with the default boot option, but not with the ## alternatives ## e.g. defoptions=vga=791 resume=/dev/hda5 # defoptions= ## altoption boot targets option ## multiple altoptions lines are allowed ## e.g. altoptions=(extra menu suffix) extra boot options ## altoptions=(recovery mode) single # altoptions=(recovery mode) single ## controls how many kernels should be put into the menu.lst ## only counts the first occurence of a kernel, not the ## alternative kernel options ## e.g. howmany=all ## howmany=7 # howmany=all ## should update-grub create memtest86 boot option ## e.g. memtest86=true ## memtest86=false # memtest86=true ## ## End Default Options ## title Debian GNU/Linux, kernel 2.6.15 root (hd0,1) kernel /boot/vmlinuz-2.6.15 root=/dev/hda2 ro vga=791 savedefault boot title Debian GNU/Linux, kernel 2.6.15 (recovery mode) root (hd0,1) kernel /boot/vmlinuz-2.6.15 root=/dev/hda2 ro vga=791 single savedefault boot title Debian GNU/Linux, kernel 2.6.14 root (hd0,1) kernel /boot/vmlinuz-2.6.14 root=/dev/hda2 ro vga=791 savedefault boot title Debian GNU/Linux, kernel 2.6.14 (recovery mode) root (hd0,1) kernel /boot/vmlinuz-2.6.14 root=/dev/hda2 ro vga=791 single savedefault boot ### END DEBIAN AUTOMAGIC KERNELS LIST # For booting Windows NT or Windows95 title Windows XP rootnoverify (hd0,0) makeactive chainloader +1
