Brian grabbed a keyboard and wrote: > On Fri 30 Aug 2013 at 18:10:00 -0700, David Guntner wrote: >> Grub still seems to think there's Linux on /dev/sdb1. That's >> aggravating...... I guess I'll just try moving the stuff off of the one >> and only partition on that drive to somewhere else temporarily, and then >> delete the partition outright and recreate it. Maybe *THAT* will >> finally do it! > > Maybe; then you put the data back. Before carrying out this technique you > could have a look for files such as /etc, /boot, debian_version, vmlinuz > and initrd.img.
Well, what the heck!
I hadn't run the backup since before the upgrade to Wheezy. So after
removing the partition and restoring it, then running it (which now
backed up my Wheezy system), I got the following when running grub update:
> # update-grub
> Generating grub.cfg ...
> Found background image: /usr/share/images/desktop-base/desktop-grub.png
> Found linux image: /boot/vmlinuz-3.2.0-4-amd64
> Found initrd image: /boot/initrd.img-3.2.0-4-amd64
> Found memtest86+ image: /memtest86+.bin
> Found memtest86+ multiboot image: /memtest86+_multiboot.bin
> Found Debian GNU/Linux (7.1) on /dev/sdb1
> done
...And it's back. Why on Earth is it finding stuff under /backup and
treating it like it's actually going to be bootable???
Grub is weird.
Well, I guess at least the mystery is solved. Even if that means I'm
stuck with an extraneous entry in my boot menu....
--Dave
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