Here's a patch that explains to the user why they are being sent to rescue mode in cast normal mode fails.
I've also corrected a grammatical error in the 'entering rescue mode' message. -- Sam Morris http://robots.org.uk/ PGP key id 1024D/5EA01078 3412 EA18 1277 354B 991B C869 B219 7FDB 5EA0 1078
diff -ru grub2-1.96+20080203+orig/kern/main.c grub2-1.96+20080203+sam/kern/main.c
--- grub2-1.96+20080203+orig/kern/main.c 2008-01-05 12:04:35.000000000 +0000
+++ grub2-1.96+20080203+sam/kern/main.c 2008-02-07 08:41:01.000000000 +0000
@@ -102,8 +102,13 @@
/* Load the module. */
grub_dl_load ("normal");
- /* Ignore any error, because we have the rescue mode anyway. */
- grub_errno = GRUB_ERR_NONE;
+ if (grub_errno != GRUB_ERR_NONE)
+ {
+ grub_printf ("Unable to enter 'normal' mode (error %d: %s)\n", grub_errno, grub_errmsg);
+
+ /* We're about to continue into rescue mode, so clear the error. */
+ grub_errno = GRUB_ERR_NONE;
+ }
}
/* The main routine. */
diff -ru grub2-1.96+20080203+orig/kern/rescue.c grub2-1.96+20080203+sam/kern/rescue.c
--- grub2-1.96+20080203+orig/kern/rescue.c 2008-01-30 14:42:09.000000000 +0000
+++ grub2-1.96+20080203+sam/kern/rescue.c 2008-02-07 08:38:46.000000000 +0000
@@ -618,7 +618,7 @@
/* First of all, attempt to execute the normal mode. */
attempt_normal_mode ();
- grub_printf ("Entering into rescue mode...\n");
+ grub_printf ("Entering rescue mode...\n");
grub_rescue_register_command ("boot", grub_rescue_cmd_boot,
"boot an operating system");
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