[EMAIL PROTECTED]:/boot/grub# grep title menu.lst | wc -l 1211 [EMAIL PROTECTED]:/boot/grub# wc menu.lst 11028 47216 351671 menu.lst [EMAIL PROTECTED]:/boot/grub# grep title menu.lst | tail +500 | head -3 title Ubuntu, memtest86+ (on /dev/hda4) (on /dev/hda7) (on /dev/hda8) (on /dev/hda10) (on /dev/hda7) (on /dev/hda8) (on /dev/hda7) title debian (on /dev/hda5) (on /dev/hda4) (on /dev/hda7) (on /dev/hda8) (on /dev/hda10) (on /dev/hda7) (on /dev/hda8) (on /dev/hda7) title Memory test (on /dev/hda1) (on /dev/hda4) (on /dev/hda7) (on /dev/hda8) (on /dev/hda10) (on /dev/hda7) (on /dev/hda8) (on /dev/hda7) [EMAIL PROTECTED]:/boot/grub#
This seems likely to me to be the cause of the problem. The stage2 should print some kind of comprehensible error message about this; ideally, it would disregard the excessive entries and let you use the part it could cope with. Ian. ** Summary changed: - grub does not boot for me (!) + grub stage2 crashes if too many menu entries -- grub stage2 crashes if too many menu entries https://launchpad.net/bugs/54041 -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs