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From: Dale <dalek1967@×××××××××.net>
To: gentoo-user@l.g.o
Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] Strange grub problem
Date: Sun, 20 Jul 2008 10:17:35
Message-Id: 488310BA.9090506@bellsouth.net
In Reply to: Re: [gentoo-user] Strange grub problem by Ivan Alden
1 Ivan Alden wrote:
2 > Thanks its fixed. I guess it was coincidence I lost power at the same
3 > time to this issue. I appreciate the help.
4 >
5 > Ivan
6 >
7 > On Sun, 2008-07-20 at 01:24 -0500, Dale wrote:
8 >
9 >> Ivan Alden wrote:
10 >>
11 >>> Hi,
12 >>>
13 >>> My laptop ran out of battery and shut off while I was using it and it
14 >>> seems to have done some damage to the bootloader. When I reboot I can't
15 >>> see the grub splashscreen any more but if I press enter I does boot into
16 >>> my kernel. As the computer is booting the output looks all messed up
17 >>> (but you can make that its initializing devices) until it reaches around
18 >>> the networking devices which then corrects and works properly.
19 >>>
20 >>> I've tried reconfiguring grub with
21 >>> root (hd0,0)
22 >>> setup (hd0)
23 >>>
24 >>> Does anybody have any suggestions of how to fix this?
25 >>>
26 >>> Thanks.
27 >>>
28 >>>
29 >> This was discussed over the past day or so. If I recall correctly the
30 >> splash image has been moved by some package update. Just check that
31 >> everything your grub boot line points to is actually there.
32 >>
33 >> If you need more info, I can search through my old emails and find the
34 >> fixes for you.
35 >>
36 >> Dale
37 >>
38 >> :-) :-) :-)
39 >>
40
41 Your welcome. Just a normal reboot would have helped that "issue" come
42 out of the dark too. You are not alone in having that happen.
43
44 Glad you got it sorted.
45
46 Dale
47
48 :-) :-)