On Nov 13, 1:16 pm, Martijn <[email protected]> wrote:
> Just a small hint for those who are stuck when rebooting after
> installing Mythbuntu 9.10 (Karmic). Since the new grub uses a
> different syntax the script probing for the kexec params cannot cope.
> Also, menu.lst is not a symlink to grub.cfg anymore and hence isn't
> found. Here's a small solution
>
> 1. Make sure you boot from the USB stick once more
> 2. mount the /dev/sda4 somewhere (i.e. /mnt/ubuntu)
> 3. go to the <mountpoint>/boot/grub dir and create the softlink: ln -s
> grub.cfg menu.lst
> 4. make a mock-up grub.cfg compatible with the patchstick parser:
>
> default 0
> timeout 3
> title ubuntu
> root (hd0,4)
> kernel /boot/vmlinuz-2.6.31-14-generic root=/dev/sda4 ro
> initrd  /boot/initrd.img-2.6.31-14-generic
> boot
>
> 5. make a copy of this file in the same dir. Grub and kernel updates
> will destroy it, so keep an eye out for changes.
> 6. reboot and remove the usb stick
>
> cheers,
> M

Martijn - thanks for the hint.  In order to get past the "Watch
Recordings" screen in mythfrontend, I had to add
"processor.max_cstate=2" to the end of your kernel line in grub.cfg
(bug details here:https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/linux/+bug/
206864)

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