On Fri, May 11, 2012 at 03:13:52PM +0800, Bob wrote: > So I ran an apt-get dist-upgrade today and it broke booting > > gurb-pc wasn't updated (it was last updated on my system on the 2nd > of march) linux-image-3.2.0-2-amd64 however was updated & it ran > update-grub as it should. > > https://help.ubuntu.com/community/Grub2#Command_Line_and_Rescue_Mode > When I turn my PC on I end up at the grub> prompt & if I folow the > instructions on the page above & type > > set root=(hd0,1) > linux /vmlinuz root=/dev/sda1 ro > initrd /initrd.img > boot > > the system boots. once booted I run one of the commands below & reboot > update-grub2 > grub-install --root-directory=/ /dev/sda > dpkg-reconfigure grub-pc > > only to end up at the grub> prompt again. > > I have nice sata removable hard drive bays so when I'm doing this > the USB drive is the only drive connected to the system > > >root@USBHDebian:~# uname -a > >Linux USBHDebian 3.2.0-2-amd64 #1 SMP Mon Apr 30 05:20:23 UTC 2012 x86_64 > >GNU/Linux > > >root@USBHDebian:~# update-grub2 > >Generating grub.cfg ... > >Found background image: /usr/share/images/desktop-base/desktop-grub.png > >Found linux image: /boot/vmlinuz-3.2.0-2-amd64 > >Found initrd image: /boot/initrd.img-3.2.0-2-amd64 > >Found memtest86 image: /boot/memtest86.bin > >Found memtest86+ image: /boot/memtest86+.bin > >Found memtest86+ multiboot image: /boot/memtest86+_multiboot.bin > >done > > >root@USBHDebian:~# ls -la /dev/disk/by-id/ > >total 0 > >drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 160 May 10 22:40 . > >drwxr-xr-x 6 root root 120 May 10 22:40 .. > >lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 9 May 11 02:40 ata-ST1000LM010-9YH146_Z110VXRS -> > >../../sda > >lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 10 May 11 02:40 > >ata-ST1000LM010-9YH146_Z110VXRS-part1 -> ../../sda1 > >lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 9 May 11 02:40 scsi-SSeagatePortable -> ../../sda > >lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 10 May 11 02:40 scsi-SSeagatePortable-part1 -> > >../../sda1 > >lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 9 May 11 02:40 wwn-0x5000c500464bb542 -> ../../sda > >lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 10 May 11 02:40 wwn-0x5000c500464bb542-part1 -> > >../../sda1 > >root@USBHDebian:~# cat /boot/grub/device.map > >(hd0) /dev/disk/by-id/scsi-SSeagatePortable > >root@USBHDebian:~# grub-install --root-directory=/ /dev/sda > >Installation finished. No error reported. > > > Any help would be greatly appreciated. > Thank you for your time. > Best Regards > Bob > >
Probably want to skip that "--root-directory" option, unless you're trying to avoid the mbr for some valid reason... Might want to stick with genuine Debian documentation, too, unless you're actually running Ubuntu... HTH! -- ❤ ♫ ❤ ♫ ❤ ♫ ❤ Indulekha -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/20120511105700.GA11353@radhesyama
