Hi, The "blue" menu doesn't appear, only the prompt.
Everything is "identical" the only different between "before" and "after" is that the "tar.gz" is based on stable kernel, while the installer was based on a testing kernel. But that shouldn't affect it, as I am basically replacing everything... Maybe a better approach would be to "format" the /dev/sda partition first? On Thursday 03 July 2008 13:49:09 Shachar Shemesh wrote: > Noam Rathaus wrote: > > Hi, > > > > We encountered a grub weirdness and I can't find any reference to this > > issue on the Internet. > > > > Recipe: > > 1) Install debian via debian-installer (testing version) > > 2) Get a "standard desktop" running > > 3) Download a tar.gz of another debian-installer based system > > 4) Boot into a network-based rescue disk > > 5) untar the tar.gz into the system > > 6) Reboot > > > > From this point the grub boots and shows the prompt, Internet sites > > suggest that the /boot/grub/ directory is malformed, or missing, or > > doesn't have the configuration files - this is not true, everything is > > there :) > > > > If I "move" the /boot/ directory to /boot.backup/ prior to untaring, then > > move it back to /boot/ (replacing the one found inside the tar.gz) the > > system boots - but with a wrong kernel, obviously. > > > > Ideas? > > Is /boot on the same partition as the root of the system? If not, are > they after the tar extraction? Are they the same file system? > > Is the version of grub in the tar the same as the version installed? > > I'm not sure I understand what the problem is. Is it that the menu > doesn't come up? If so, does /boot/grub/ exist, and is it populated with > the stage* files? /boot/grub/device.map? Does the content of > /boot/grub/device.map make sense? > > Shachar -- Noam Rathaus CTO [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.beyondsecurity.com "Know that you are safe." Beyond Security Finalist for the "Red Herring 100 Global" Awards 2007 ================================================================= To unsubscribe, send mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the word "unsubscribe" in the message body, e.g., run the command echo unsubscribe | mail [EMAIL PROTECTED]
