Re: GRUB failure after updates
Thanks. An update installed yesterday appears to have fixed this problem. MIke - Original Message - From: mat...@comcast.net To: debian-user@lists.debian.org Sent: Sunday, February 14, 2016 11:32:08 AM Subject: GRUB failure after updates I have a single core pentium processor system. Not sure about the version of Debian Linux however I do know: GRUB v1.99-27 GNOME Version 3.4.2 32 bit O/S For several years I have used this hardware with Windows XP and Debian in a dual bootable system through GRUB. Yesterday I loaded Debian and received a number of updates over the Internet. On the next reboot I lost the ability to boot to the XP O/S. How do I get the choice of both XP and Debian as operating systems back? Thank you, Mike Tremblay
Re: GRUB failure after updates
On Sun, 14 Feb 2016 18:32:08 + (UTC) mat...@comcast.net wrote: > I have a single core pentium processor system. Not sure about the > version of Debian Linux however I do know: > > > GRUB v1.99-27 > > GNOME Version 3.4.2 For your information, this would appear to be Debian 7.
Re: GRUB failure after updates
Hi, Mike, If GRUB allows you to boot into Debian, run "update-grub" as a sudo command or as root. The resulting report should show that GRUB has found both OS on your system. Mine shows, for example: Generating grub configuration file ... Found background image: /usr/share/images/desktop-base/desktop-grub.png Found linux image: /boot/vmlinuz-4.3.0-1-amd64 Found initrd image: /boot/initrd.img-4.3.0-1-amd64 Found linux image: /boot/vmlinuz-4.2.0-1-amd64 Found initrd image: /boot/initrd.img-4.2.0-1-amd64 Found Debian GNU/Linux (stretch/sid) on /dev/sdb1 Found Debian GNU/Linux (stretch/sid) on /dev/sdc1 Found Windows 10 (loader) on /dev/sdd1 done HTH Terence On 14 February 2016 at 18:32, wrote: > I have a single core pentium processor system. Not sure about the version > of Debian Linux however I do know: > > GRUB v1.99-27 > > > > GNOME Version 3.4.2 > > > > 32 bit O/S > > > For several years I have used this hardware with Windows XP and Debian in > a dual bootable system through GRUB. Yesterday I loaded Debian and received > a number of updates over the Internet. On the next reboot I lost the > ability to boot to the XP O/S. > > > How do I get the choice of both XP and Debian as operating systems back? > > > Thank you, > > Mike Tremblay > > >
GRUB failure after updates
I have a single core pentium processor system. Not sure about the version of Debian Linux however I do know: GRUB v1.99-27 GNOME Version 3.4.2 32 bit O/S For several years I have used this hardware with Windows XP and Debian in a dual bootable system through GRUB. Yesterday I loaded Debian and received a number of updates over the Internet. On the next reboot I lost the ability to boot to the XP O/S. How do I get the choice of both XP and Debian as operating systems back? Thank you, Mike Tremblay
Re: GRUB failure
On Sun, Jul 03, 2011 at 02:14:28AM +0800, Bret Busby wrote: > On Fri, 1 Jul 2011, Joel Roth wrote: > > > > >On Sat, Jul 02, 2011 at 03:07:24AM +0800, Bret Busby wrote: > >>Hello. > >> > >>I have a "laptop" computer with winXP Pro, Unbuntu 8.04 and Debian 5 (I > >>think it is 5), installed. > >> > >>With a recent electricity supply failure, I ran an orderly shutdown > >>on the computer. > >> > >>Since that shutown, each time that I reboot the computer, it takes > >>me to the GRUB prompt (rather than the GRUB boot menu), and > >>I cannot boot the computer into any operating system. > > > > > >>How do I get GRUB to configure itself, to detect the installed operating > >>systems so the computer is usable once again? > > > >I would suggest burning a copy of the Grub Super Boot Disk > >and booting from that. Once you get the OS booted, you can > >re-install Grub. > > > >http://www.supergrubdisk.org/ > > > >>Or, has GRUB destroyed the software build of the computer, and all of the > >>data, requiring a complete reinstallation of all of > >>the operating systems installed on the computer? > >> > >>Thank you in anticipation. > >> > >>-- > >>Bret Busby > >>Armadale > >>West Australia > >>.. > >> > > > > Hello. > > Thank you for that. > > In going to that URL, there are two SuperGRUB downloads, and a > "Rescatux" download. > > Would I be better to use the SuperGRUB thing, or the RescaTux thing? > > Thank you in anticipation. There are different disks for GRUB and GRUB2. I've never used RescaTux. Might as well have them all! > -- > Bret Busby > Armadale > West Australia > .. > > "So once you do know what the question actually is, > you'll know what the answer means." > - Deep Thought, > Chapter 28 of Book 1 of > "The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy: > A Trilogy In Four Parts", > written by Douglas Adams, > published by Pan Books, 1992 > > > > > -- > To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a > subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact > listmas...@lists.debian.org > Archive: > http://lists.debian.org/alpine.deb.1.10.1107030211480.27...@bretnewworkstation.busby.net > -- Joel Roth -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/20110702182156.GA13182@sprite
Re: GRUB failure
On Fri, 1 Jul 2011, Joel Roth wrote: On Sat, Jul 02, 2011 at 03:07:24AM +0800, Bret Busby wrote: Hello. I have a "laptop" computer with winXP Pro, Unbuntu 8.04 and Debian 5 (I think it is 5), installed. With a recent electricity supply failure, I ran an orderly shutdown on the computer. Since that shutown, each time that I reboot the computer, it takes me to the GRUB prompt (rather than the GRUB boot menu), and I cannot boot the computer into any operating system. How do I get GRUB to configure itself, to detect the installed operating systems so the computer is usable once again? I would suggest burning a copy of the Grub Super Boot Disk and booting from that. Once you get the OS booted, you can re-install Grub. http://www.supergrubdisk.org/ Or, has GRUB destroyed the software build of the computer, and all of the data, requiring a complete reinstallation of all of the operating systems installed on the computer? Thank you in anticipation. -- Bret Busby Armadale West Australia .. Hello. Thank you for that. In going to that URL, there are two SuperGRUB downloads, and a "Rescatux" download. Would I be better to use the SuperGRUB thing, or the RescaTux thing? Thank you in anticipation. -- Bret Busby Armadale West Australia .. "So once you do know what the question actually is, you'll know what the answer means." - Deep Thought, Chapter 28 of Book 1 of "The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy: A Trilogy In Four Parts", written by Douglas Adams, published by Pan Books, 1992 -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/alpine.deb.1.10.1107030211480.27...@bretnewworkstation.busby.net
Re: GRUB failure
On Sat, Jul 02, 2011 at 03:07:24AM +0800, Bret Busby wrote: > Hello. > > I have a "laptop" computer with winXP Pro, Unbuntu 8.04 and Debian 5 (I think > it is 5), installed. > > With a recent electricity supply failure, I ran an orderly shutdown > on the computer. > > Since that shutown, each time that I reboot the computer, it takes > me to the GRUB prompt (rather than the GRUB boot menu), and > I cannot boot the computer into any operating system. > How do I get GRUB to configure itself, to detect the installed operating > systems so the computer is usable once again? I would suggest burning a copy of the Grub Super Boot Disk and booting from that. Once you get the OS booted, you can re-install Grub. http://www.supergrubdisk.org/ > Or, has GRUB destroyed the software build of the computer, and all of the > data, requiring a complete reinstallation of all of > the operating systems installed on the computer? > > Thank you in anticipation. > > -- > Bret Busby > Armadale > West Australia > .. > > "So once you do know what the question actually is, > you'll know what the answer means." > - Deep Thought, > Chapter 28 of Book 1 of > "The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy: > A Trilogy In Four Parts", > written by Douglas Adams, > published by Pan Books, 1992 > > > > > -- > To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a > subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact > listmas...@lists.debian.org > Archive: > http://lists.debian.org/alpine.deb.1.10.1107020303000.6...@bretnewworkstation.busby.net > -- Joel Roth -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/20110702071859.GB6365@sprite
Re: GRUB failure
On Fri, 1 Jul 2011, teddi...@tmo.blackberry.net wrote:
Bret Busby Ask:
Hello.
I have a "laptop" computer with winXP Pro, Unbuntu 8.04 and Debian 5 (I think
it is 5), installed.
With a recent electricity supply failure, I ran an orderly shutdown on
the computer.
Since that shutown, each time that I reboot the computer, it takes me to
the GRUB prompt (rather than the GRUB boot menu), and
I cannot boot the computer into any operating system.
How do I get GRUB to configure itself, to detect the installed operating
systems so the computer is usable once again?
Or, has GRUB destroyed the software build of the computer, and all of the data,
requiring a complete reinstallation of all of
the operating systems installed on the computer?
-
Bret;
Most likely your system is fine, just Grub is having issues finding you OS's. I
have had this issue a couple times recently on my Testing install after
upgrades, I figure in my case it's due to having 5 h.d.d's
But more to the point. You boot and get
grub>
Prompt, right?
Yes.
And now I wish for the return of lilo.
I had not wanted to change from lilo to GRUB, when the change came. From
memory, it was a forced change ("If you want to be able to have multiple
boot choices, you now have to abandon the reliable lilo, and use GRUB
from now" - "Abandon hope, all who enter").
It think that lilo was fairly stable. I do not remember having had
problems with it.
I had assumed with getting the GRUB command prompt, it would have had
some command that could be entered at the GRUB command prompt, and that
would detect the installed operating systems, and create a new boot
menu, as (I believe) GRUB does when it is installed. I could not find
any such command, in my online searches
With the response so far, it seems much more complicated, and so will
have to wait until I have a few hours to spend with it.
My experience with such system tasks, is that what appears to be
something that should take about 5 minutes, usually ends up taking hours
or days.
--
Bret Busby
Armadale
West Australia
..
"So once you do know what the question actually is,
you'll know what the answer means."
- Deep Thought,
Chapter 28 of Book 1 of
"The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy:
A Trilogy In Four Parts",
written by Douglas Adams,
published by Pan Books, 1992
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Re: GRUB failure
I have a "laptop" computer with winXP Pro, Unbuntu 8.04 and Debian 5 (I think it is 5), installed. I will also add, I am not sure which partition you had grub booting from. Ubuntu or Debian... But the version of grub that was installed is important. Debian Testing or "Wheezy" is using Grub2, I forget if Debian Stable or "Squeeze" was updated to use Grub2 before release, or what version of Grub will be on the Ubuntu system if it was your Boot Partition.. What ever the case, use a Live CD with the corresponding version of Grub otherwise it won't work... Current Knoppix uses Grub2. If your systems were up to date it is good odds they were using grub2 as well... If you mount the boot partition there will be a modules directory for grub, I forget the path though, something like /etc/grub/modules.d/ a grub1 install will have a /boot/grub/menu.lst file for sure... Grub2 removed that and went to the module directory set up. TeddyB -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/915970972-1309552378-cardhu_decombobulator_blackberry.rim.net-1483050304-@b16.c1.bise6.blackberry
Re: GRUB failure
Bret Busby Ask: Hello. I have a "laptop" computer with winXP Pro, Unbuntu 8.04 and Debian 5 (I think it is 5), installed. With a recent electricity supply failure, I ran an orderly shutdown on the computer. Since that shutown, each time that I reboot the computer, it takes me to the GRUB prompt (rather than the GRUB boot menu), and I cannot boot the computer into any operating system. How do I get GRUB to configure itself, to detect the installed operating systems so the computer is usable once again? Or, has GRUB destroyed the software build of the computer, and all of the data, requiring a complete reinstallation of all of the operating systems installed on the computer? - Bret; Most likely your system is fine, just Grub is having issues finding you OS's. I have had this issue a couple times recently on my Testing install after upgrades, I figure in my case it's due to having 5 h.d.d's But more to the point. You boot and get grub> Prompt, right? I am tired so you may have to do a little research to get your commands straight, but if you boot a live distro, say a current KNOPPIX disk, it should load with GUI and all. In shell: $su #blkid (or equivalent to identify your BOOT os's hdd and partition) Mount that drive somewhere, example: /mnt/root #chroot /mnt/root #grub-install (man or --help for triggers, I forget them all, will have to at lest define drive and partition to install to, example: (hd0,1) If grub install errors out and says something about not finding /dev or somesuch you can exit out of the chroot and #exit #mount --bind /dev /mnt/root/dev Then #chroot /mnt/root #grub-install I have gotten the /dev error a couple times before, could have to bind /proc, /sys, or others. But in my experience only do so if grub-install complains about not being able to find that specific directory. I know this reply is kinda spliced but I'm in middle of working 24+ hours in a day and half. I waited to see if anybody else would form a clean answer, but nothing yet. so I tried. TeddyB
GRUB failure
Hello. I have a "laptop" computer with winXP Pro, Unbuntu 8.04 and Debian 5 (I think it is 5), installed. With a recent electricity supply failure, I ran an orderly shutdown on the computer. Since that shutown, each time that I reboot the computer, it takes me to the GRUB prompt (rather than the GRUB boot menu), and I cannot boot the computer into any operating system. How do I get GRUB to configure itself, to detect the installed operating systems so the computer is usable once again? Or, has GRUB destroyed the software build of the computer, and all of the data, requiring a complete reinstallation of all of the operating systems installed on the computer? Thank you in anticipation. -- Bret Busby Armadale West Australia .. "So once you do know what the question actually is, you'll know what the answer means." - Deep Thought, Chapter 28 of Book 1 of "The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy: A Trilogy In Four Parts", written by Douglas Adams, published by Pan Books, 1992 -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/alpine.deb.1.10.1107020303000.6...@bretnewworkstation.busby.net
Re: grub failure after recent dist-upgrade
On Sat, 21 Feb 2009 09:27:33 +0100 Peter Robinson wrote: Hello Peter, > I had the same problem and solved by commenting out the set and search > lines in grub.cfg: Which is just what I did. At least I know the problem is not unique to me. Finally, please don't Cc: me. I subscribe to the list so will see your message here. I don't need a second copy. Thanks. -- Regards _ / ) "The blindingly obvious is / _)radnever immediately apparent" If you ain't sticking your knives in me, you will be eventually Monsoon - Robbie Williams signature.asc Description: PGP signature
Re: grub failure after recent dist-upgrade
Brad Rogers wrote:
On Fri, 20 Feb 2009 13:36:42 -0800
"Todd A. Jacobs" wrote:
Hello Todd,
error: unknown command 'initrd'
How can I recover from this?
First, you need to get the system up. Do this by editing the boot
command so the first two lines get removed. That is, the ones that
begin
set root=
&
search --fs-uuid
If that doesn't start the system correctly, you'll have to drop to a
grub command line (possibly after a reboot) and enter the lines
beginning
linux /boot/vmlinuz-2
then
initrd /boot/initrd.img
Once you get the system up, comment out all occurrences of the lines
starting (as root)
set root=
&
search --fs-uuid
All should now work correctly. Why those two lines stuff things up, I
don't know. However, since you're the only other person I know of that
has this issue, I'm guessing it's not a universal problem.
I had the same problem and solved by commenting out the set and search
lines in grub.cfg:
menuentry "Debian GNU/Linux, linux 2.6.26-1-686" {
# set root=(hd0,1)
# search --fs-uuid --set 49db5ebc-7a54-4501-9c3f-12a2e2a36f78
linux /boot/vmlinuz-2.6.26-1-686 root=/dev/sda1 ro
initrd /boot/initrd.img-2.6.26-1-686
}
I am running lenny i386.
-Peter
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Re: grub failure after recent dist-upgrade
On Fri, 20 Feb 2009 13:36:42 -0800 "Todd A. Jacobs" wrote: Hello Todd, > error: unknown command 'initrd' > How can I recover from this? First, you need to get the system up. Do this by editing the boot command so the first two lines get removed. That is, the ones that begin set root= & search --fs-uuid If that doesn't start the system correctly, you'll have to drop to a grub command line (possibly after a reboot) and enter the lines beginning linux /boot/vmlinuz-2 then initrd /boot/initrd.img Once you get the system up, comment out all occurrences of the lines starting (as root) set root= & search --fs-uuid All should now work correctly. Why those two lines stuff things up, I don't know. However, since you're the only other person I know of that has this issue, I'm guessing it's not a universal problem. -- Regards _ / ) "The blindingly obvious is / _)radnever immediately apparent" You destroyed my confidence, you broke my nerve Nervous Wreck - Radio Stars signature.asc Description: PGP signature
grub failure after recent dist-upgrade
I'm running 2.6.26-1-amd64 on a 64-bit system, and am primarily running a testing system with a few other packages mixed in from sid and experimental. After a recent dist-upgrade, grub 1.96 now fails to boot with: error: unknown command 'initrd' This happens for all kernels on the boot partition. I've even tried mounting the necessary filesystems with a rescue disk and running update-grub, but with identical results. How can I recover from this? -- "Oh, look: rocks!" -- Doctor Who, "Destiny of the Daleks" -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org
Re: grub failure
On Mon, Jul 31, 2006 at 01:31:42PM +0200, Francesco Pietra wrote: > Dual boot, debian etch i386, filesystem reiserfs 3.6, today did not start: > > ---Grub loading, please wait... > Error 21 means a disk could not be accessed, or found, or was not properly reported by the bios. from info grub 21 : Selected disk does not exist This error is returned if the device part of a device- or full file name refers to a disk or BIOS device that is not present or not recognized by the BIOS in the system. > > Power switched off and given again: > started perfectly. investigate your hard disk and/or bios. something didn't report properly on booting. could be just a transient error, but more likely the very beginnings of a hardware problem with a hard-drick controller or a disk itself. > > Any guess that's my guess. .02 A signature.asc Description: Digital signature
grub failure
Dual boot, debian etch i386, filesystem reiserfs 3.6, today did not start: ---Grub loading, please wait... Error 21 Power switched off and given again: started perfectly. Any guess thank you francesco pietra -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
