aries...@clearmail.com.au wrote: >> Frank <beacon <at> videotron.ca> writes: >> >>> I have googled the problem but can't make head nor tail of the >>> solutions. >>> >>> During today's update on my testing machine I was asked whether I wanted >>> to >>> update to grub2. I said OK - after the re boot I picked the chain >>> option. The >>> boot went well, so I ran the update-from-grub-legacy script. Now I am >>> getting >>> Grub 1.5 error and the boot goes nowhere. >>>
> > Did the same thing and when asked which hda[] it should boot from just hit > enter. I should have put "3" into those brackets in my case, First of all just fixed my problem...by purging grub-pc in a chroot, then running a cd of supergrub disc. Dam good thing I had that. That allowed me to reinstall grub-legacy and everything **seems** to be fine now. I didn't even see those brackets on the question!!! I too hit enter figuring the choice was between hda and sda. Sloppy sloppy. but didn't. > So reinstalled but can't download anyting to get the system going again, > because it's missing glibc-2.9-1 which is a virtual package apparently. > > So my system is down for the count, and considering installing again, but > Lenny this time, because it will work. > I used to run Sid but got tired of it being broken a lot of the time so I switched to Squeeze. I guess Lenny is really the safest for those of us who don't want to spend their lives fixing problems. > So wait to see if someone has a fix before you attempt to install testing > again. Because you may hit the same wall. > No need for that thank God. What happened to glibc ??? -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org
