On Thursday 06 May 2010 12:52:55 Mick wrote: > When I get problems like this I usually run grub in a terminal and > then use autocompletion to find out what grub sees: > > root (hd <--tab > > it will list all partitions and hopefully help you find your boot > partition. > > Then search for the kernel image: kernel /boot/ <--tab > > If you have chosen the correct grub root partition you should find > your kernel image in there.
The problem with that is that grub in a running system may detect the disks in a different order from the booting grub. Better would be to interrupt the boot with e or (as Neil suggested) c. Either will allow you to use the Tab key to find disks, partitions and images. -- Rgds Peter.
