Zarick Lau wrote:
>Hi,
>
>
>
>>What happens with this setup is that I get a grub prompt on boot
>>instead of the selection console or splash and boot or whatever is
>>supposed to happen.
>>
>>Instead, I get the grub command line.
>>
>>
>>
>If you get a GRUB command line but no selection menu, you can think GRUB
>*is installed* on the MBR but just doesn't know your configuration.
>
>
Indeed. Getting a grub command line is definitely not right for what
you describe...it means it doesn't find (at boot time) your config file
at all. What does the setup(hd0) command output? At a minimum I think
you should get a text based menu.
Maybe you can compare against what I have? (Note, I filtered the file
listings to just show the important files/links...)
carcharias root # cat /boot/grub/grub.conf
default 0
timeout 5
splashimage=(hd0,0)/grub/splash.xpm.gz
title Linux
kernel (hd0,0)/vmlinuz-2.6 root=/dev/sys/root
video=radeonfb:[EMAIL PROTECTED] noapic quiet
initrd (hd0,0)/initrd-2.6
title Safe
kernel (hd0,0)/vmlinuz-safe root=/dev/system/root
video=radeonfb:[EMAIL PROTECTED] noapic 1
initrd (hd0,0)/initrd-safe
carcharias root # ls -l /boot
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 1 Feb 13 14:25 boot -> .
drwx------ 2 root root 4096 Mar 27 18:12 grub
-rw------- 1 root root 691790 Mar 12 20:35 initrd-2.6
-rw------- 1 root root 691790 Mar 12 20:35 initrd-safe
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 1602901 Mar 29 08:52 vmlinuz-2.6
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 1608822 Mar 13 11:08 vmlinuz-safe
carcharias root # ls -l /boot/grub
total 1140
-rw------- 1 root root 197 Aug 27 2004 default
-rw------- 1 root root 45 Aug 24 2004 device.map
-rw------- 1 root root 11136 Feb 26 01:47 e2fs_stage1_5
-rw------- 1 root root 384 Mar 27 18:12 grub.conf
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 9 Feb 13 14:25 menu.lst -> grub.conf
-rw------- 1 root root 33856 Feb 26 01:47 splash.xpm.gz
-rw------- 1 root root 512 Feb 26 01:47 stage1
-rw------- 1 root root 134632 Feb 26 01:47 stage2
-rw------- 1 root root 12712 Feb 26 01:47 xfs_stage1_5
grub> root (hd0,0)
Filesystem type is xfs, partition type 0x83
grub> setup (hd0)
Checking if "/boot/grub/stage1" exists... yes
Checking if "/boot/grub/stage2" exists... yes
Checking if "/boot/grub/xfs_stage1_5" exists... yes
Running "embed /boot/grub/xfs_stage1_5 (hd0)"... 25 sectors are embedded.
succeeded
Running "install /boot/grub/stage1 (hd0) (hd0)1+25 p
(hd0,0)/boot/grub/stage2 /boot/grub/menu.lst"... succeeded
Done.
And reboot...and hey, wait a minute, my system won't reboot!!!
That install line above turns out to be wrong. It should not have
"/boot" in the path for stage2. I think maybe the xfs_stage_1_5 doesn't
understand sybolic links. Removing the link from /boot/boot to /boot
and re-running grub gives me:
rub> root (hd0,0)
Filesystem type is xfs, partition type 0x83
grub> setup (hd0)
Checking if "/boot/grub/stage1" exists... no
Checking if "/grub/stage1" exists... yes
Checking if "/grub/stage2" exists... yes
Checking if "/grub/xfs_stage1_5" exists... yes
Running "embed /grub/xfs_stage1_5 (hd0)"... 25 sectors are embedded.
succeeded
Running "install /grub/stage1 (hd0) (hd0)1+25 p (hd0,0)/grub/stage2
/grub/menu.lst"... succeeded
Done.
I hope this helps.
-Richard
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