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On Saturday, 5 February 2022 08:37:48 GMT Dale wrote: |
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> Arve Barsnes wrote: |
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> > On Sat, 5 Feb 2022 at 07:37, Dale <rdalek1967@×××××.com> wrote: |
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> >> Should I reinstall grub after removing the old directory so it puts |
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> >> things where it needs to be or what? Or does a new install have that |
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> >> old directory too? While at it, is there something that can give me |
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> >> better options in cases like this or do I need to stop renaming stuff? |
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> > For what it's worth, this machine is new enough to only ever having |
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> > had grub2 on it, and the directory in /boot is still named /boot/grub |
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> > Regards, |
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> > Arve |
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> I have a grub, old from original install, and grub2, that was added when |
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> I switched to the new grub. I would have thought the old directory was |
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> no longer needed but it appears it is for some reason. |
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You don't provide enough information about your /boot, fs layout, etc., so it |
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is difficult to know why the new GRUB2 failed to work. As a rule of thumb, if |
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GRUB2 had worked before the likely problem is file corruption, or forgetting |
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to run grub-mkconfig after you made and copied over your new kernel and initrd |
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- it depends on what the message was when it failed to boot and what file it |
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couldn't find. |
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I'd run fsck on the /boot partition to make sure there is no fs corruption and |
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hdparm on the disk would be advisable too. |
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> I've reinstalled |
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> using the grub-mkconfig command but have not reinstalled using the |
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> grub-install command. I'm tempted to rename the old directory, install |
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> like I would from a fresh new install, MBR and all, then see if it |
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> boots. Thing is, having to use the rescue tools if it fails is a bit of |
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> a pain. Also, I need to let my hair regrow a bit. ;-) |
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Take a look at this page to make sure you don't remove some GRUB file needed |
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for a boot: |
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https://wiki.gentoo.org/wiki/GRUB2_Migration |
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There are other GRUB related pages in the wiki to help with configuring GRUB2. |
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BTW, you don't need the old legacy GRUB as a fall back to boot your system. |
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You can use a LiveCD/DVD/USB and you can configure your GRUB2 to boot this |
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from your /boot, or some rescue partition on disk. Of course, if GRUB or your |
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/boot fs/partition is borked, then a LiveUSB is always handy. ;-) |
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