On Thu, 1 Apr 2021 10:29:52 +1100 wirelessduck--- via Dng <[email protected]> wrote:
> > > > On 1 Apr 2021, at 08:27, [email protected] wrote: > > > > > > I’ve had a router/misc./etc. running ASCII for a couple of years, > > and today I inadvertently rebooted it > > > > because I wasn’t playing attention to which host an xterm was > > logged into. Normally that wouldn’t > > > > be a problem, but what happened is that I ended up with a grub > > minimal command prompt. > > > > I’ve no idea why, and what ended up getting my up again was simply > > exiting the prompt and I > > > > got a list of kernels to boot, so I picked the latest and > > more-or-less I’m back in business. > > > > My question is; How did I end up where auto-boot didn’t work? > > > > I’ve been very reluctant to update/upgrade precisely because of > > this sort of thing. > > > > Since this box is the main router for the whole house, when it’s > > down, everything is down. > > > > I’ve rebooted in the past without issues, and I don’t think I’ve > > done anything to cause this, > > > > but who knows. Any requests for more details or suggestions are > > welcome. > > > > Thx, Chris > > > Unfortunately I don’t know how to help with the current situation, > but I would definitely recommend installing the molly-guard package > to hopefully prevent this accidental reboot of wrong machine from > happening in the future. > > https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/molly-guard > https://packages.debian.org/sid/admin/molly-guard > Hi, if i recall correctly there where some problems with a grub update recently. If is that booting with a usb drive and: mount yourdisk /mnt mount --bind /proc /mnt/proc mount --bind /sys /mnt/sys mount --bind /dev /mnt/dev cd /mnt chroot . grub-install update-grub exit cd / umount /mnt/proc umount /mnt/sys umount /mnt/dev reboot shoud fix it, Hope this helps. Ciao, Tito P.S.: devuan/debian routers are great!!! _______________________________________________ Dng mailing list [email protected] https://mailinglists.dyne.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/dng
