At Mon, 21 Jan 2002 13:53:16 +0100, Christian Hammers wrote: > The manual describes all error messages but not what it means when GRUB > just says "GRUB GRUB GRUB GRUB GRUB"... endlessly. I saw similar reports > in the mailinglist but couldn't find a real answer.
That kind of error happens when your machine reboots suddenly and executes the MBR (i.e. GRUB) again. The cause is probably a BIOS bug, which emits a fault or loads invalid disk sectors. I don't think there is any robust way for GRUB to fail gracefully, as it relies on BIOS heavily. > My temporary fix was to change the BIOS's harddisk detection from "auto" > to "manual", changed the type to LBA and then it worked. Then, I guess your BIOS doesn't probe hard disk geometries correctly. As the FAQ says, some older BIOSes have a defect related to large hard diskes (>32GB). Contact your BIOS vendor, and they may or may not fix the problem. Thanks, Okuji _______________________________________________ Bug-grub mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://mail.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/bug-grub
