Thanks guys. After setting the boot disk to "hd(0,0)" (from "hd(0,1)") and removing the "/boot" suffix by editing the grub entry from the boot menu I got finally in and aptitude update then pulled in a working version of grub-pc.
Joh Michael Wagner wrote: > * Johannes Graumann <johannes_graum...@web.de> 30.11.2009 > >> A recent update of both my home machines running sid pulled in an update >> of grub2. Now both machines are stuck with the grub menu showing up fine, >> but no matter which kernel I choose, I always end up with this error: >> >> "error: you need to load the kernel first" >> >> Does anyone here have an idea what might be going wrong and how to fix >> it? > > Hello Johannes, > > at the moment 'grub-pc' is broken in sid. When you have a separate /boot > partition, the package generates a wrong '/boot/grub/grub.cfg'. Look at > the BTS for bug #558042. There is also the workaround for the problem. > > Hth Michael > -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org
