On Tue, 2009-07-21 at 19:04 +0100, thveillon.debian wrote: > Anthony Campbell wrote: > > On 21 Jul 2009, thveillon.debian wrote: > >> Anthony Campbell wrote: > >>> Rashly, after today's upgrade I followed the exhortation in the grub > >>> legacy package to move to grub2. I now cannot boot at all; I just get > >>> the message "Grub" and nothing more. > >>> > >>> Looking at /boot/grub with my rescue disk I see all sorts of files I > >>> don't recognize but no menu.lst.
The configuration file has changed. >From my memory, it's /boot/grub/grub.cfg, but it's very different from the previous one (it's actually a script, not a configuration file, see /etc/*grub* stuffs) > >>> Is there any way to restore things? Please don't tell me I have to > >>> reinstall! As usually, boot from the installation CD, choose the rescue mode. I suppose you have to choose to "chroot in the target system", then use aptitude to install grub "legacy" (and therefore remove grub "2") > grub hasn't been installed properly, you have to reinstall it from a > live-cd or use a tool like SGD (SuperGrubDisk) Such external tools shouldn't be needed. Franklin -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org
