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On 01/31/15 11:59, Dale wrote: |
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>Meino.Cramer@×××.de wrote: |
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>> Joseph <syscon780@×××××.com> [15-01-31 18:12]: |
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>>> After recent upgrade my computer doesn't want to boot. I did not do |
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>>> anything with grub or kernel. |
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>>> I get a bios flash and next is message: |
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>>> |
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>>> Loading operating system ... |
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>>> GRUB loading stage2 |
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>>> |
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>>> and computer goes back reboot cycle, flash bios and the same massage is |
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>>> displayed. |
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>>> What went wrong during update? |
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>>> |
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>>> -- |
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>>> Joseph |
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>>> |
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>> Hi Joseph, |
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>> |
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>> may be only a accidental coincidence... |
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>> One thing I can think of is an empty bios coin cell. |
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What is an empty BIOS coin cell? |
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>> |
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>> If this is not the cause, check whether the stage2 grub |
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>> got deleted. |
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How do I check if stage2 grub was deleted? |
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Thanks for your help |
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>OP, if it were me, I'd chroot in, re-emerge grub, reinstall grub to the |
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>drive and then try to reboot. It doesn't seem to me that it is the OS |
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>itself or the kernel since it doesn't seem to get that far either. It's |
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>either a BIOS or a grub issue. I'm thinking along the same lines of |
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>Meino myself. Since chrooting in is a bit of a pain, I'd cover the |
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>whole field while in it. |
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>Don't forget, you can use the -K option to install from binaries if you |
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>save them. That may save a little bit of time. |
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>Hope that helps. |
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I boot strap from a CD and /boot and grup.conf looks normal the way I install it. |
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title Gentoo Current Kernel |
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root (hd0,0) |
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kernel /boot/kernel-current root=/dev/sda3 vga=normal |
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Joseph |
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