Re: [ubuntu-uk] Boot/Grub problem
On 2011-10-31 20:04, Tony Pursell wrote: I've got a problem with booting after I removed my old 1GB swap file and created a new bigger swap file. The upshot of this seems to be that /boot is now on /dev/sda6 instead of /dev/sda7. (That's because the old swap was before it on the disk). What I get now is Error: unknown filesystem and the Grub Rescue prompt. I can put in appropriate commands there, which gives me the Grub menu and I can boot from there. I have run update-grub and as far as I can see, grub.cfg now refers to /dev/sda6, but I am still getting the Grub error. Do I have to run grub-install as well? If I do, what is install_device? I don't want to make things worse by getting this wrong. Yes, you do. Run: grub-install /dev/sda Regards, Tyler -- No one can terrorize a whole nation, unless we are all his accomplices. -- Edward R. Murrow -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/
Re: [ubuntu-uk] Boot/Grub problem
On 31/10/11 20:14, Tyler J. Wagner wrote: On 2011-10-31 20:04, Tony Pursell wrote: I've got a problem with booting after I removed my old 1GB swap file and created a new bigger swap file. The upshot of this seems to be that /boot is now on /dev/sda6 instead of /dev/sda7. (That's because the old swap was before it on the disk). What I get now is Error: unknown filesystem and the Grub Rescue prompt. I can put in appropriate commands there, which gives me the Grub menu and I can boot from there. I have run update-grub and as far as I can see, grub.cfg now refers to /dev/sda6, but I am still getting the Grub error. Do I have to run grub-install as well? If I do, what is install_device? I don't want to make things worse by getting this wrong. Yes, you do. Run: grub-install /dev/sda Regards, Tyler Hi Tony, Not sure if you've already found it, but there are some useful step by step commands here:https://help.ubuntu.com/community/Grub2. I found them useful in a similar situation. Regards, Tim -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/
Re: [ubuntu-uk] Boot/Grub problem
On 31 October 2011 22:08, Timothy Rittman tim.ritt...@doctors.org.ukwrote: On 31/10/11 20:14, Tyler J. Wagner wrote: On 2011-10-31 20:04, Tony Pursell wrote: I've got a problem with booting after I removed my old 1GB swap file and created a new bigger swap file. The upshot of this seems to be that /boot is now on /dev/sda6 instead of /dev/sda7. (That's because the old swap was before it on the disk). What I get now is Error: unknown filesystem and the Grub Rescue prompt. I can put in appropriate commands there, which gives me the Grub menu and I can boot from there. I have run update-grub and as far as I can see, grub.cfg now refers to /dev/sda6, but I am still getting the Grub error. Do I have to run grub-install as well? If I do, what is install_device? I don't want to make things worse by getting this wrong. Yes, you do. Run: grub-install /dev/sda Regards, Tyler Hi Tony, Not sure if you've already found it, but there are some useful step by step commands here:https://help.ubuntu.com/**community/Grub2https://help.ubuntu.com/community/Grub2. I found them useful in a similar situation. Regards, Tim Thanks Tim Tyler for your help. I'm up and running OK now. I did see the article on Grub2, but didn't find it quite definite enough and needed some re-assurance. Tony -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/
