On Thu, 14 Aug 2008 13:20:53 +0200 Felix Zielcke <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> > After running "grub-install" and rebooting, grub drops into the > > "grub rescue>" prompt. The "pc", "lvm", and "ext2" modules are loaded, > > "ls" finds the root volume, and the variable "root" is set > > appropriately. > > Only the variable root or the prefix too? Both. > Are sure that if you boot you only type > > insmod normal > normal > > and then the menu shows? i.e. nothing before like set prefix or set > root? Only those two commands. Nothing else. > That would be very weird if GRUB set it's variables right, but still > fails to load grub.cfg by it's own. > > [EMAIL PROTECTED]:~$ strings /boot/grub/core.img|grep normal > [EMAIL PROTECTED]:~$ # strings /boot/grub/normal.mod | grep grub.cfg %s/grub.cfg # The reason it doesn't load grub.cfg is because that filename is only found in the "normal" module, which as I said, doesn't get loaded automatically, but is located without problem with the "insmod" command. > I think that core.img doestn't contain the string `normal' is just well > normal, grub2 works fine for me, but I don't have LVM or RAID ;) I don't know how the "normal" module is supposed to get loaded, but it's clear that it IS supposed to, and that it isn't happening here. I don't know if the problem is related to lvm, or if it's specific to AMD64, or what. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]