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On Wednesday 07 May 2008, »Q« wrote: |
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> Earlier today, I emerged grub-0.97-r5 on my x86 laptop, replacing |
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> 0.97-r4. I didn't run grub and didn't expect anything to be done |
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> to my boot partition. Now I've read |
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> <http://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=218599>, and I suspect my |
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> current problem has to do with that, though I don't recall |
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> anything in grub.conf that would lead to trouble. |
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> |
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> I can't access the boot partition right now, and I'm posting this |
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> in hopes of pointers for what to look at once I get the chance to |
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> boot from a livecd. |
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> |
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> When I try to boot, the word GRUB gets written to the screen over |
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> and over and over, filling the screen. Pressing keys, AFAICT so |
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> far, doesn't stop this. The screen is just filled with "GRUB", |
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> and I think it's an ongoing thing because of a little flicker at |
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> the bottom right. |
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When you emerged grub-0.97-r5, this was displayed on your console: |
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WARN: postinst |
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*** IMPORTANT NOTE: you must run grub and install |
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the new version's stage1 to your MBR. Until you do, |
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stage1 and stage2 will still be the old version, but |
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later stages will be the new version, which could |
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cause problems such as an unbootable system. |
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To make life easier for situations like this, you could install grub |
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on a floppy. |
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Peter |
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Gentoo Linux: Portage 2.1.5_rc7 kernel-2.6.24-gentoo-r5 |
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AMD Athlon(tm) 64 X2 Dual Core Processor 4400+ gcc(GCC): 4.1.2 |
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KDE: 3.5.8 Qt: 3.3.8 |
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