On 07/18/2010 01:42 PM, Colin Watson wrote:
On Sun, Jul 18, 2010 at 12:04:55PM -0400, Henry W. Peters wrote:
Running Debian Squeeze. Just got an update,& now my terminal is hung up
with the following message:
Configuring grub-pc ├──────────────────────────┐
│ │
│ which devices you'd like grub-install to be automatically run for, if
│ any.
│
│ It is recommended that you do this in most situations, to prevent the
│ installed GRUB from getting out of sync with other components such as
│ grub.cfg or with newer Linux images it will have to load.
│
│ If you're unsure which drive is designated as boot drive by your BIOS,
│ it is often a good idea to install GRUB to all of them.
│
│ Note: It is possible to install GRUB to partition boot records as well,
│ and some appropriate partitions are offered here. However, this forces
│ GRUB to use the blocklist mechanism, which makes it less reliable, and
│ therefore is not recommended.
│
│<Ok>
│
No options are given, the "<Ok> " is not a real return button. I tried
restarting (had to give password to do so)...& then re updating, it
goes back to this same message& hangs up. It's been about 20 minutes
now... I only have two HD's. What to do?
The next screen after that should have a set of drives to select; this
has worked perfectly in my testing. If it doesn't then that's a problem
at some other layer ...
(You may have to use Tab to get to the OK button before pressing Return,
or something.)
In any case, this isn't really a GRUB problem, but more a problem with
Debian; you should ask about it in some Debian context, perhaps
debian-user.
Thanks for reply Colin.
I needed to hit the tab button to highlight "<OK>" but now I get the
list, & it has a red cursor, that when I hit return in the appropriate
item, it goes to "<OK>" & I hit return, & get this:
─────────────────────────┤ Configuring grub-pc ├──────────────────────────┐
│ │
│ You chose not to install GRUB to any devices. If you continue, the
boot │
│ loader may not be properly configured, and when your computer
next │
│ starts up it will use whatever was previously in the boot sector.
If │
│ there is an earlier version of GRUB 2 in the boot sector, it may
be │
│ unable to load modules or handle the current configuration
file. │
│ │
│ If you are already running a different boot loader and want to carry
on │
│ doing so, or if this is a special environment where you do not need
a │
│ boot loader, then you should continue anyway. Otherwise, you
should │
│ install GRUB
somewhere. │
│ │
│ Continue without installing
GRUB? │
│ │
│ <Yes> <No>
Of course, I select <No> & it brings me back to the option lists, etc.
again.How do I select an option?
I think this is a grub problem (insufficient (& rather non standard (?)
instructions to select options!).
Thanks again.
Henry
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