Re: [gentoo-user] Strange grub problem

2008-07-20 Thread Neil Bothwick
On Sun, 20 Jul 2008 13:28:09 +0100, Mick wrote: > I believe that the grub ebuild mounts it for you, messes up your > grub.conf and carries on with its business It doesn't touch grub.conf, that would be unacceptable. What is does do is it no longer installs the default splash image to /boot, so th

Re: [gentoo-user] Strange grub problem

2008-07-20 Thread Wolf Canis
Mick wrote: > On Sunday 20 July 2008, Wolf Canis wrote: >> Mick wrote: >>> On Sunday 20 July 2008, Wolf Canis wrote: Oh sorry, _very_ _important_ : Mount your boot partition _before_ you emerge grub. >>> I believe that the grub ebuild mounts it for you, messes up your >>> g

Re: [gentoo-user] Strange grub problem

2008-07-20 Thread Mick
On Sunday 20 July 2008, Wolf Canis wrote: > Mick wrote: > > On Sunday 20 July 2008, Wolf Canis wrote: > >> Oh sorry, > >> > >> _very_ _important_ : > >> > >> Mount your boot partition _before_ you emerge grub. > > > > I believe that the grub ebuild mounts it for you, messes up your > > grub.conf an

Re: [gentoo-user] Strange grub problem

2008-07-20 Thread Wolf Canis
Mick wrote: > On Sunday 20 July 2008, Wolf Canis wrote: >> Oh sorry, >> >> _very_ _important_ : >> >> Mount your boot partition _before_ you emerge grub. > > I believe that the grub ebuild mounts it for you, messes up your grub.conf > and > carries on with its business . . . So far I that now,

Re: [gentoo-user] Strange grub problem

2008-07-20 Thread Pintér Tibor
same here with the latest grub update on x86. setting the console font restores normal operation during the boot process. t Ivan Alden wrote: Hi, My laptop ran out of battery and shut off while I was using it and it seems to have done some damage to the bootloader. When I reboot I can't see th

Re: [gentoo-user] Strange grub problem

2008-07-20 Thread Mick
On Sunday 20 July 2008, Wolf Canis wrote: > Oh sorry, > > _very_ _important_ : > > Mount your boot partition _before_ you emerge grub. I believe that the grub ebuild mounts it for you, messes up your grub.conf and carries on with its business . . . -- Regards, Mick signature.asc Description: T

Re: [gentoo-user] Strange grub problem

2008-07-20 Thread Wolf Canis
Oh sorry, _very_ _important_ : Mount your boot partition _before_ you emerge grub. W. Canis signature.asc Description: OpenPGP digital signature

Re: [gentoo-user] Strange grub problem

2008-07-20 Thread Dale
Ivan Alden wrote: Thanks its fixed. I guess it was coincidence I lost power at the same time to this issue. I appreciate the help. Ivan On Sun, 2008-07-20 at 01:24 -0500, Dale wrote: Ivan Alden wrote: Hi, My laptop ran out of battery and shut off while I was using it and it seems to

Re: [gentoo-user] Strange grub problem

2008-07-20 Thread Wolf Canis
Ivan Alden wrote: > Hi, > > My laptop ran out of battery and shut off while I was using it and it > seems to have done some damage to the bootloader. When I reboot I can't > see the grub splashscreen any more but if I press enter I does boot into > my kernel. As the computer is booting the output

Re: [gentoo-user] Strange grub problem

2008-07-20 Thread Ivan Alden
Thanks its fixed. I guess it was coincidence I lost power at the same time to this issue. I appreciate the help. Ivan On Sun, 2008-07-20 at 01:24 -0500, Dale wrote: > Ivan Alden wrote: > > Hi, > > > > My laptop ran out of battery and shut off while I was using it and it > > seems to have done som

Re: [gentoo-user] Strange grub problem

2008-07-20 Thread KH
Ivan Alden schrieb: Hi, My laptop ran out of battery and shut off while I was using it and it seems to have done some damage to the bootloader. When I reboot I can't see the grub splashscreen any more but if I press enter I does boot into my kernel. As the computer is booting the output looks al

Re: [gentoo-user] Strange grub problem

2008-07-20 Thread Mick
On Sunday 20 July 2008, Ivan Alden wrote: > When I reboot I can't > see the grub splashscreen any more but if I press enter I does boot into > my kernel. As the computer is booting the output looks all messed up > (but you can make that its initializing devices) until it reaches around > the netwo

Re: [gentoo-user] Strange grub problem

2008-07-19 Thread Dale
Ivan Alden wrote: Hi, My laptop ran out of battery and shut off while I was using it and it seems to have done some damage to the bootloader. When I reboot I can't see the grub splashscreen any more but if I press enter I does boot into my kernel. As the computer is booting the output looks all

[gentoo-user] Strange grub problem

2008-07-19 Thread Ivan Alden
Hi, My laptop ran out of battery and shut off while I was using it and it seems to have done some damage to the bootloader. When I reboot I can't see the grub splashscreen any more but if I press enter I does boot into my kernel. As the computer is booting the output looks all messed up (but you c