Hi, I'm running debian sid/squeeze on an eeepc 1000 with multiple flash hard-drives.
I have a separate partition (sda1) for /boot. My /root (sda2) and /home (sdb1) are also on separate partitions which are encrypted. [see below partition table for reference] The problem started when I recently accepted an update to install grub2 on my machine. After updating the software, I rebooted to the following error: Unknown symbol error in grub2 : 'grub_xputs' I hope this helps anyone else with this problem. I have read somewhere that multiple drives will cause problems with grub2. Here's what I did to remove the update and restore my system to the previous grub-legacy. 1. Get the cd which you used to install your system or the current 'live' cd. 2. Reboot your system and boot from the cd media. 3. At the splash screen prompt move the indicator from 'Install' past 'Advanced' to 'Help' and press [enter]. 4. Enter 'rescue' (without quotes) in command prompt 5. debian installer with blue screen will start. You should see 'Rescue' in the upper left-hand corner of the screen (you will not partition any drives in this mode). You will need to select language, location, and keyboard (English, USA is default). 6. the installer will try to configure the network. You can skip through this step or continue without configuring when prompted to do so. 7. You should be prompted to drop to shell in /root. You should choose the partition which /root is mounted on... If your /root is encrypted like mine, you will also be prompted for the passphrase in order to mount the partition. 8. Once you have been dropped into terminal mode [note the '#' symbol at the left-bottom of screen], mount the partition where your /boot files are located. In my system, this is partition 'sda1'. Therefore type (without quotes)#: 'mount /dev/sdXN' [where 'X' is the LETTER and 'N' is the NUMBER of the boot drive on your system] 9. You will now remove the grub2 update and restore the working grub-legacy so that you can boot into your system. You must note which drive letter [NOT NUMBER] will boot your system (on my system, drive 'sdX' is partitioned into two drives. Drive 'sdX1' is the boot drive but for these purposes, I am interested to install to the MBR (Master Boot Record) of drive 'sdX' [again drive LETTER, not NUMBER -where 'X' represents the drive letter which boots your system] 10. Type the following lines when prompted: sudo aptitude purge grub2 grub-pc sudo aptitude install grub sudo update-grub sudo grub-install /dev/sdX [see #9 above, drive letter, not number] 11. reboot system 12. enjoy your operating system again below is my partition table as an illustrative example: Disk /dev/sda: 8069 MB, 8069677056 bytes 255 heads, 63 sectors/track, 981 cylinders Units = cylinders of 16065 * 512 = 8225280 bytes Sector size (logical/physical): 512 bytes / 512 bytes I/O size (minimum/optimal): 512 bytes / 512 bytes Disk identifier: 0x294a294a Device Boot Start End Blocks Id System /dev/sda1 * 1 16 120832 83 Linux Partition 1 does not end on cylinder boundary. /dev/sda2 16 853 6726656 83 Linux Partition 2 does not end on cylinder boundary. Disk /dev/sdb: 32.3 GB, 32279224320 bytes 255 heads, 63 sectors/track, 3924 cylinders Units = cylinders of 16065 * 512 = 8225280 bytes Sector size (logical/physical): 512 bytes / 512 bytes I/O size (minimum/optimal): 512 bytes / 512 bytes Disk identifier: 0x00014367 Device Boot Start End Blocks Id System /dev/sdb1 1 3925 31520768 83 Linux -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-bugs-dist-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org