On Thu, Aug 06, 2009 at 11:04:10PM +0200, Michal Suchanek wrote: > Package: grub-pc > Version: 1.96+20080724-16 > Severity: normal > > > Currently my system is unbootable, probably due to a grub upgrade. > > It says "you have to load a kernel first" or something like that when I > use the boot menu for my current kernel. > > dpkg-reconfigure grub-pc does not install grub, at least it does not > show any question about installing it and does not print any message > about doing so. > > The config is unusable even when loaded from a grub trunk rescue CD. I > have to load the kernel manually for the system to boot. > > The option to chainload from menu.lst is not very useful. I do not have > the grub legacy installed anymore. > > I wonder how people are supposed to upgrade from grub legacy. The > menu.lst file is not going to disappear by itself, and if grub is not > going to be installed when this file is present then you have to install > it manually and upgrades will break it.
What happens if you comment out the "search" commands? (all of them) And if you add "insmod linux" at the beginning of grub.cfg? -- Robert Millan The DRM opt-in fallacy: "Your data belongs to us. We will decide when (and how) you may access your data; but nobody's threatening your freedom: we still allow you to remove your data and not access it at all." -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [email protected] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [email protected]
