On Mon, 04 Feb 2008 23:43:38 +0100, Robert Millan wrote: >> Debian's post-install script has actually been written to substitute >> 'pc gpt' if the partmap probing fails, > > Actually, this was reverted a while ago. > >> manually. However, I now hit the second problem: the menu that grub >> presents has no text! It seems to have an entry, however, as there is a >> highlighted line. > > Which version did you try? Is it more recent than 1.96 ? We fixed bugs > producing this result recently.
This now works fine (and looks nice and pretty!) with version 1.96 +20080203-1. :) >> The third problem is that if I press enter, or wait for the timeout to >> finish, or the screen blanks, and I get the message "Booting '". The >> system then freezes and I have to use the hardware reset switch to >> continue (ctrl+alt+del does not work). Pressing 'e', or the up or down >> keys also freeze the system, without the "Booting '" message. > > Where does GRUB get its grub.cfg from? What are its contents? (from the > POV of GRUB; use 'cat' to determine). Version 1.96+20080203-1 behaves differently; I am simply dropped to the rescue shell, and I can't load any modules (because root is set to (hd1,2) which does not show up when I run 'ls'). I guessed that this is because 'pc' is not in the list of modules included when grub-install creates core.img. If I add 'pc' to core.img then things are much healthier: I am still dropped into the rescue shell, but I can load the 'normal' module, issue the 'normal' command and then I get the (pretty!) menu and am able to boot normally. I'm still not sure why I'm dropped into the rescue shell in the first place, however. There's a flash of text before the prompt appears, but the screen is cleared much to fast to read any of it. ISTR that when I tried Jeroen Dekkers' patch before, I was no longer booted into the rescue shell; but I can't remember (and I don't understand why, if I was kicked into the rescue shell becuase grub tried to read past the 'end' of my disk, why I can immediatly issue the 'normal' command to go to the menu and have everything working). Anyway, I'll wait to see how things improve after a new grub-pc is uploaded. Thanks for your help & advice so far! -- Sam Morris http://robots.org.uk/ PGP key id 1024D/5EA01078 3412 EA18 1277 354B 991B C869 B219 7FDB 5EA0 1078 _______________________________________________ Grub-devel mailing list Grub-devel@gnu.org http://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/grub-devel
