Joseph wrote: > On 01/31/15 11:59, Dale wrote: >> [email protected] wrote: >>> Joseph <[email protected]> [15-01-31 18:12]: >>>> After recent upgrade my computer doesn't want to boot. I did not do >>>> anything with grub or kernel. >>>> I get a bios flash and next is message: >>>> >>>> Loading operating system ... >>>> GRUB loading stage2 >>>> >>>> and computer goes back reboot cycle, flash bios and the same >>>> massage is >>>> displayed. >>>> What went wrong during update? >>>> >>>> -- >>>> Joseph >>>> >>> Hi Joseph, >>> >>> may be only a accidental coincidence... >>> One thing I can think of is an empty bios coin cell. > > What is an empty BIOS coin cell?
Basically, the battery on the mobo. Some countries call them cells and since it is about the size of a coin . . . . . > > >>> >>> If this is not the cause, check whether the stage2 grub >>> got deleted. > > How do I check if stage2 grub was deleted? > Thanks for your help Try this command and yours should look something like this: root@fireball / # ls -al /boot/grub/stage* -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 512 Jun 2 2012 /boot/grub/stage1 -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 128116 Jun 2 2012 /boot/grub/stage2 -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 128116 Jun 2 2012 /boot/grub/stage2_eltorito -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 128116 Jun 2 2012 /boot/grub/stage2.old root@fireball / # >> >> OP, if it were me, I'd chroot in, re-emerge grub, reinstall grub to the >> drive and then try to reboot. It doesn't seem to me that it is the OS >> itself or the kernel since it doesn't seem to get that far either. It's >> either a BIOS or a grub issue. I'm thinking along the same lines of >> Meino myself. Since chrooting in is a bit of a pain, I'd cover the >> whole field while in it. >> >> Don't forget, you can use the -K option to install from binaries if you >> save them. That may save a little bit of time. >> >> Hope that helps. > > I boot strap from a CD and /boot and grup.conf looks normal the way I > install it. > > ... > title Gentoo Current Kernel > root (hd0,0) > kernel /boot/kernel-current root=/dev/sda3 vga=normal > Interesting. Dale :-) :-)
