Thank You Vladimir!!!! I removed every trace of grub 1.99-23 from my system & then installed 2.07 That works very well---I was up until now updating from 1.99 to 2.07 & as I look into 05_debian_theme in /etc/grub.d, I see that the location of grub-mkconfig_lib has changed from /usr/lib/grub/grub-mkconfig_lib to /usr/share/grub/grub-mkconfig_lib & that "seems" to have caused my problems--update-grub was silently failing without errors .... I can see that others doing a upgrade instead of a fresh install may run into the same problems......
In any case, total removal & then install fixed my problem.....bug closed. On Thu, Oct 4, 2012 at 9:01 AM, Vladimir 'phcoder' Serbinenko < phco...@gmail.com> wrote: > > On Oct 4, 2012 3:58 PM, "Dean Loros" <debianmainu...@gmail.com> wrote: > > > > Hi Vladimir-- > > > > My install is about a 1 1/2 year old--1.99 version installs/re-installs > fine, the problems only come when I try to upgrade to the new 2.0x version. > What should I look for to track this further? > > > > > Exactly symptoms of bad grub-install run: you don't actually install. > > > On Thu, Oct 4, 2012 at 5:12 AM, Vladimir 'phcoder' Serbinenko < > phco...@gmail.com> wrote: > >> > >> Looks like the install disks are wrong and grub-install wasn't run > correctly > >> > >> On Oct 1, 2012 4:15 AM, "Dean Loros" <debianmainu...@gmail.com> wrote: > >>> > >>> I found that I did not have ia32-libs installed..installed the libs & > grub was still complaining about this: > >>> > >>> > >>> [sudo] password for dean: > >>> GRUB >= 2.00 has been unpacked but not yet configured. > >>> grub-mkconfig will not work until the upgrade is complete. > >>> It should run later as part of configuring the new GRUB packages. > >>> > >>> I found that I did not have all parts of grub in /boot/grub--only in > /boot/grub/i386-pc ...My system is 64bit. > >>> I copied all the missing parts into my /boot/grub & left the > duplicates in /boot/grub/i386--the system boots, but stills gives the above > error with the sudo update-grub or sudo grub-mkconfig commands. > >>> > >>> I am reverting back to 1.99-23 again & await more information--here is > the log: > >>> > >>> > >>> Log started: 2012-09-30 18:39:25 > >>> (Reading database ... (Reading database ... 5% (Reading database ... > 10% (Reading database ... 15% (Reading database ... 20% (Reading database > ... 25% (Reading database ... 30% (Reading database ... 35% (Reading > database ... 40% (Reading database ... 45% (Reading database ... 50% > (Reading database ... 55% (Reading database ... 60% (Reading database ... > 65% (Reading database ... 70% (Reading database ... 75% (Reading database > ... 80% (Reading database ... 85% (Reading database ... 90% (Reading > database ... 95% (Reading database ... 100% (Reading database ... 338513 > files and directories currently installed.) > >>> Preparing to replace grub-common 2.00-7 (using > .../grub-common_2.00-7_amd64.deb) ... > >>> Unpacking replacement grub-common ... > >>> Preparing to replace grub-pc 2.00-7 (using > .../grub-pc_2.00-7_amd64.deb) ... > >>> Unpacking replacement grub-pc ... > >>> Preparing to replace grub-pc-bin 2.00-7 (using > .../grub-pc-bin_2.00-7_amd64.deb) ... > >>> Unpacking replacement grub-pc-bin ... > >>> Preparing to replace grub2-common 2.00-7 (using > .../grub2-common_2.00-7_amd64.deb) ... > >>> Unpacking replacement grub2-common ... > >>> Processing triggers for man-db ... > >>> Processing triggers for install-info ... > >>> Setting up grub-common (2.00-7) ... > >>> Setting up grub2-common (2.00-7) ... > >>> Setting up grub-pc-bin (2.00-7) ... > >>> Setting up grub-pc (2.00-7) ... > >>> Installation finished. No error reported. > >>> GRUB >= 2.00 has been unpacked but not yet configured. > >>> grub-mkconfig will not work until the upgrade is complete. > >>> It should run later as part of configuring the new GRUB packages. > >>> Log ended: 2012-09-30 18:39:30 > >>> > >>> -- > >>> Cheers!!! > >>> Dean Loros > >>> Performance by Design Ltd. > >>> autocrosser at http://forums.linuxmint.com > >>> > >>> _______________________________________________ > >>> Pkg-grub-devel mailing list > >>> pkg-grub-de...@lists.alioth.debian.org > >>> http://lists.alioth.debian.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/pkg-grub-devel > > > > > > > > > > -- > > Cheers!!! > > Dean Loros > > Performance by Design Ltd. > > autocrosser at http://forums.linuxmint.com > > -- Cheers!!! Dean Loros Performance by Design Ltd. autocrosser at http://forums.linuxmint.com
