So I attempted to reinstall grub to the MBR following these sources: https://help.ubuntu.com/community/Grub2 https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Grub2 No dice.
I tried the following - * with the installer cd in 'rescue' mode * mount /dev/sdb1 (which contains /boot) * start a shell in /dev/sdb1 * mounting /var and /usr * run dpkg-reconfigure grub-pc (also tried rerunning grub-install). * exit shell and reboot All seemed to go well but I get the same "Error 15" when rebooting. * with the installer cd in 'install' mode * get as far as partitioning * start a shell * mount /dev/sdb1 /mnt * build up a chroot as per the ubuntu links above. * chroot * mount /var, /usr * run grub-install /dev/sdb * umount /var, /usr * exit shell, umount the other elements of the chroot * reboot All seemed to go well but I get the same "Error 15" when rebooting. * with the installer cd in 'install' mode * as above but once inside the chroot, * apt-get --purge remove grub-pc * cd /var/cache/apt/archives * dpkg -i grub-pc*.deb * dpkg -i grub_0.97*.deb (the compatibility package) * then umount, exit chroot, umount and reboot. All seemed to go well but I get the same "Error 15" when rebooting. * I thought of following the recipe given in #547944 but realised that purging and reinstalling should amount to the same thing. * I checked the device map file and it was correct, hd1 maps to the right link in /dev/disk/by-id, ending up at /dev/sdb. * I checked /dev/sdb was being modified by grub-install. According to the timestamp, it is. When examining the grub.cfg, I notice that it tries to load files from /usr/share as almost the first thing it does. Pretty font files. Sigh. Is there any way I can turn this off? -- -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-bugs-dist-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org