On 01/14/2012 03:46 PM, Stephen Powell wrote:
> On Sat, 14 Jan 2012 05:06:33 -0500 (EST), Panayiotis Karabassis wrote:
>>
>> On my desktop, which is running Squeeze, I tried to upgrade some
>> packages to their Wheezy version. I have now reverted the upgrade, but I
>> am alarmed.
>>
>> One of the packages was grub2 which was at version
>> 1.98+20100804-14+squeeze1 and was upgraded to 1.99-14.
>>
>> To cut a long story short, I ended with an unbootable system. Grub
>> refused to install on the MBR. I do not remember the message exactly,
>> but it mentioned that the record was unusually short, and core.img could
>> not fit into it. Then it told me that the only option was to use
>> blocklists but that was discouraged as unreliable.
>>
>> What am I going to do when Wheezy becomes stable. This is a new computer.
>
> Yet another grub2 problem! This is yet another example of why I gave
> up on grub2 long ago and switched to lilo! And I've been glad I did
> many, many times! Here is my lilo web page, in case you're interested:
>
> http://users.wowway.com/~zlinuxman/lilo.htm
>
> Even if you decide not to switch to lilo, the above web page contains
> a lot of background information about the boot process itself, which
> you may find educational. And it also contains a link to a useful
> diagnostic utility that will tell you a lot about the capabilities of
> your computer's BIOS. So even if you're determined to stick with grub-pc,
> taking a look at the above web page may not be a complete waste of time.
Thanks. I'll exhaust the possibilities with grub first. Nice page, very
thorough.
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Best regards,
Panayiotis Karabassis
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