On 05/21/2013 04:24 PM, Gary Roach wrote:
Hi
My wife let her Debian machine get over 450 packages behind before I
caught it. What a mess. The last problem is that when booting up the
Welcome to Grub notice appears and then:
error:file not found
Entering rescue mode
grubrescue>
If I run "ls" I find that the root directory should be (hd0,msdos1)
and that grub is under the /boot directory. Therefore I run:
set prefix="(hd0,msdos1)/boot/grub" <enter>
set root="(hd0,msdos1)" <enter>
insmod normal <enter>
normal <enter>
and the system boots up and runs fine; until I reboot and then the
mess starts all over again. How do I fix this. I suspect that I need
to somehow reset the grub file but that's just a SWAG. Help!!!!!
Oh yes, we are running Debian Wheezy (stable) and KDE desktop and
fdisk gives the following:
root@supercrunch:/media# fdisk -l
Disk /dev/sda: 500.1 GB, 500107862016 bytes
255 heads, 63 sectors/track, 60801 cylinders, total 976773168 sectors
Units = sectors of 1 * 512 = 512 bytes
Sector size (logical/physical): 512 bytes / 512 bytes
I/O size (minimum/optimal): 512 bytes / 512 bytes
Disk identifier: 0x000b79ef
Device Boot Start End Blocks Id System
/dev/sda1 * 2048 960036863 480017408 83 Linux
/dev/sda2 960038910 976771071 8366081 5 Extended
/dev/sda5 960038912 976771071 8366080 82 Linux swap
/ Solaris
Gary R.
Hi all,
Well the easy way to fix this problem is to go to
www.sourceforge.net/p/boot-repair/home/Home/ and download the .iso file
of thelr boot loader repair disk. Burn a disk, stuff it in your CD/DVD
player, reboot your system and sit back and watch the wheels turn. Punch
the Repair button when presented. Remove the disk and reboot. Your done.
Great package.
Gary R.
