Re: F18 grub hang with blinking cursor after kernel update [SOLVED]

2013-03-01 Thread Mike Zingale
Turns out that if you update the kernel with an external USB disk plugged in, grub gets hosed. When I originally did the system yum update I had a disk plugged in, that broke it the first time. I still had that external disk plugged in for each attempt at rescue/grub2 reinstall. Finally it dawne

Re: F18 grub hang with blinking cursor after kernel update

2013-02-27 Thread poma
On 02/27/13 14:44, Mike Zingale wrote: > yes, I did > > grub2-mkconfig -o /boot/grub2/grub.cfg > > then > > grub2-install --boot-directory=/boot /dev/sda > > no issues reported, but it doesn't fix things. > > In rescue mode, I also tried uninstalling are reinstalling the kernel, and > no chang

Re: F18 grub hang with blinking cursor after kernel update

2013-02-27 Thread Germán A. Racca
On 02/27/2013 11:09 AM, Reindl Harald wrote: Am 27.02.2013 15:07, schrieb Germán A. Racca: On 02/27/2013 10:44 AM, Mike Zingale wrote: grub2-mkconfig -o /boot/grub2/grub.cfg then grub2-install --boot-directory=/boot /dev/sda no issues reported, but it doesn't fix things. In rescue mode, I

Re: F18 grub hang with blinking cursor after kernel update

2013-02-27 Thread Reindl Harald
Am 27.02.2013 15:07, schrieb Germán A. Racca: > On 02/27/2013 10:44 AM, Mike Zingale wrote: >> grub2-mkconfig -o /boot/grub2/grub.cfg >> >> then >> >> grub2-install --boot-directory=/boot /dev/sda >> >> no issues reported, but it doesn't fix things. >> >> In rescue mode, I also tried uninstalling

Re: F18 grub hang with blinking cursor after kernel update

2013-02-27 Thread Germán A. Racca
On 02/27/2013 10:44 AM, Mike Zingale wrote: yes, I did grub2-mkconfig -o /boot/grub2/grub.cfg then grub2-install --boot-directory=/boot /dev/sda no issues reported, but it doesn't fix things. In rescue mode, I also tried uninstalling are reinstalling the kernel, and no change. I think that

Re: F18 grub hang with blinking cursor after kernel update

2013-02-27 Thread Mike Zingale
yes, I did grub2-mkconfig -o /boot/grub2/grub.cfg then grub2-install --boot-directory=/boot /dev/sda no issues reported, but it doesn't fix things. In rescue mode, I also tried uninstalling are reinstalling the kernel, and no change. On Tue, Feb 26, 2013 at 12:22 PM, "Germán A. Racca" wrote:

Re: F18 grub hang with blinking cursor after kernel update

2013-02-26 Thread Germán A. Racca
On 02/25/2013 03:03 PM, Mike Zingale wrote: I just did a yum update and got the 3.7.9 kernel for F18. Upon reboot, the grub screen never appears, no prompt or anything, just a blinking cursor in the upper left. The system just hangs there. I booted the install disk, rescued, did a chroot to th

F18 grub hang with blinking cursor after kernel update

2013-02-25 Thread Mike Zingale
I just did a yum update and got the 3.7.9 kernel for F18. Upon reboot, the grub screen never appears, no prompt or anything, just a blinking cursor in the upper left. The system just hangs there. I booted the install disk, rescued, did a chroot to the system image and remade grub2.cfg and reinst