On Mon, 10 Nov 2014 10:16:59 +0200 Jarle Aase <j...@jgaa.com> wrote: > I have been using "testing" for quite some time. Saturday, I upgraded to > the latest version. That was a disaster. Eventually I gave up fixing the > upgrade and performed a fresh install (with encrypted root file system). > No matter what I did (I tried 5 - 6 fresh installs on two disks, and a > few boots into rescue mode to try to execute grub-install or update-grub > manually), I was unable to boot after the upgrade. > > After the upgrade, I have a black screen with a little cursor blinking > in the upper, left corner. No messages from grub. No response when I > press keys on the keyboard. No time-out. It just stays there. > > I installed Linux Mint (kde edition) without any issues late yesterday > night - so the hardware seems to be OK. However, I'm doing some C++14 > programming, and the compilers in Mint are too old for my code. I can't > compile. That's the reason I was using testing on my main machine. > > I still have a free SSD disk where I can install and trouble-shoot the > problem. Please advice. > > Hardware: > - Lenovo w520 laptop with 2 SSD´s and one HDD > - 24" HP LA240wg monitor on the Display Port connector > - 24" Philips 240BW monitor on the VGA connector > > Jarle > >
Boot from Install CD/DVD and choose rescue mode. Than you can review grub options and reinstall. Alternatively, you can try lilo. Is your boot partition not encrypted? -- http://markorandjelovic.hopto.org One should not be afraid of humans. Well, I am not afraid of humans, but of what is inhuman in them. Ivo Andric, "Signs near the travel-road" -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: https://lists.debian.org/20141110150123.62247...@sbb.rs
