On Tue, Apr 17, 2012 at 12:40 AM, Ken Wahl <kw...@nc.rr.com> wrote: > On Mon, Apr 16, 2012 at 03:45:43PM -0300, David Roguin wrote: >> On Mon, Apr 16, 2012 at 2:56 PM, Joe <j...@jretrading.com> wrote: >> > On Mon, 16 Apr 2012 10:27:40 -0300 >> > David Roguin <nesda...@gmail.com> wrote: >> > >> >> Hi, >> >> I´m running wheezy and after a typical dist-upgrade grub doesn't want >> >> to boot. It seems that grub can't find the partitions. >> >> Anyone else has this same problem? >> >> I have dual boot, sharing macosx and debian wheezy and never had this >> >> problem before. >> >> >> > >> > Happens regularly in sid. >> > >> > Was grub itself updated? A few weeks ago it was updated in sid, and the >> > new version was sufficiently different from the previous first-stage >> > bootloader that it didn't work. After a grub update, it is necessary >> > to do a grub-install to re-write the MBR or partition bootloader. >> > >> > In January, there were a few kernel upgrades which apparently didn't >> > call update-grub, with the same result. >> > >> > Either way, you boot into your system manually, after trying several >> > sets of instructions found on the Net. Once you're there, try >> > update-grub, or grub-install if you see there's been a recent grub >> > update. >> > >> > -- >> > Joe >> >> I'm running testing that's why it seems weird for grub to be broken >> after an update. I remember the kernel being updated and I think grub >> got upgraded as well (but I'm not 100% sure about it) >> >> I'll try update-grub or grub-install later. >> Thanks! > > Solution for me was to use Super Grub Disk to boot the partition then > run `dpkg-reconfigure grub-pc` and choose to install in MBR (was > installed in partition). > > See: > http://aptosid.com/index.php?name=PNphpBB2&file=viewtopic&t=2229 > > http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=664718 > > http://www.supergrubdisk.org/ > > -- > Ken Wahl
I think that bug just got through testing, i was unable to recover grub, because the grub installed on my system fails to make a correct image. But I'm booting my notebook with the iso from www.supergrubdisk.org (90's style!) Thanks a lot! -- David -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/cagajj4ltyjwfv1zia_nsecscdjoqoc2rsoowyreg2xmn58p...@mail.gmail.com
