Gentoo Archives: gentoo-amd64

From: Barry Walsh <bwalsh@××××××.ie>
To: gentoo-amd64@l.g.o
Subject: Re: [gentoo-amd64] no boot screen, cannot see options.
Date: Tue, 05 Aug 2008 16:51:41
Message-Id: 48988519.8050001@indigo.ie
In Reply to: Re: [gentoo-amd64] no boot screen, cannot see options. by Mark Knecht
1 To continue with the top-posting, I suspect he means the much shorter
2 grub-install command to resinsert the grub bootloader into the MBR.
3
4
5 Mark Knecht wrote:
6 > Sorry about top posting but that seems to have taken over in this
7 > thread. (Bad us...)
8 >
9 > What do you mean 'install' grub again? Are you suggesting that I have
10 > to do the whole process from the install guide with this version of
11 > grub?
12 >
13 > I'll have to double check python-updater. I thought I finished that
14 > step completely. The machine is currently in Windows so I'll do that
15 > in a bit.
16 >
17 > Thanks for the pointer to grub-splashes. What's up with these
18 > developers? Do they do this stuff just for the pleasure of watching
19 > 10,000 grub users have problems? Really. What's the point of removing
20 > 1 splash file and causing problems vs just leaving 1 file there and
21 > creating a separate package for folks who want more options?
22 >
23 > Thanks for all the help folks,
24 > Mark
25 >
26 > On Tue, Aug 5, 2008 at 9:32 AM, Eduardo Schoedler
27 > <eschoedler@×××××××××××.br> wrote:
28 >
29 >> Sorry for that.
30 >> I mean re-emerge grub and install it again.
31 >>
32 >> Regards,
33 >> Eduardo.
34 >>
35 >>
36 >> From: Beso
37 >> Subject: Re: [gentoo-amd64] no boot screen, cannot see options.
38 >>
39 >>
40 >> 2008/8/5 Eduardo Schoedler <eschoedler@×××××××××××.br>
41 >>
42 >>> Grub use ncurses.
43 >>> If you have updated ncurses, you must re-emerge gentoo and install it.
44 >>> I had the same problem on Sunday.
45 >>>
46 >>> Best Regards,
47 >>> Eduardo.
48 >>>
49 >> what do you mean by re-emerge gentoo?! do you mean the whole system or just
50 >> ncurses?!
51 >>
52 >> --
53 >> dott. ing. beso
54 >>
55 >>
56 >
57 >
58 > .
59 >
60 >

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Re: [gentoo-amd64] no boot screen, cannot see options. Eduardo Schoedler <eschoedler@×××××××××××.br>