Re: Unstable, LVM and Grub2: "error: you need to load the kernel first"

[Johannes Graumann <johannes_graumann@web.de>]

Thanks guys.

After setting the boot disk to "hd(0,0)" (from "hd(0,1)") and removing the 
"/boot" suffix by editing the grub entry from the boot menu I got finally in 
and aptitude update then pulled in a working version of grub-pc.

Joh

Michael Wagner wrote:

> * Johannes Graumann <johannes_graumann@web.de> 30.11.2009
>  
>> A recent update of both my home machines running sid pulled in an update
>> of grub2. Now both machines are stuck with the grub menu showing up fine,
>> but no matter which kernel I choose, I always end up with this error:
>> 
>> "error: you need to load the kernel first"
>> 
>> Does anyone here have an idea what might be going wrong and how to fix
>> it?
> 
> Hello Johannes,
> 
> at the moment 'grub-pc' is broken in sid. When you have a separate /boot
> partition, the package generates a wrong '/boot/grub/grub.cfg'. Look at
> the BTS for bug #558042. There is also the workaround for the problem.
> 
> Hth Michael
>