Re: GRUB problem after clone
On Sat, Sep 29, 2012 at 12:24 PM, Brian <ad44@cityscape.co.uk> wrote:
> On Fri 28 Sep 2012 at 22:24:16 +0200, Artifex Maximus wrote:
>
>> I would like to move from old 320GB HDD to a new 1TB HDD. I have the
>> following partition structure:
>>
>> sda1 - XP
>> sda2 - Debian 7 x86_64 (boot partition)
>> sda3 - swap
>>
>> The GRUB is on the sda2 partition not in the MBR. That's why sda2 is
>> the boot partition. If I set sda1 as boot partition XP runs. I just do
>> not want to disturb original MBR loader code.
>>
>> I clone my system to a new bigger HDD using Clonezilla 2 for Linux. At
>> start GRUB loader only writes GRUB on the screen and nothing else
>> happen. If I set sda1 as boot XP load and works fine. I've tried to
>> reinstall grub under RIPLinux x86_64 with mount sda2 and chroot but no
>> success. update-grub displays no error but no success. The Linux
>> filesystem including /boot folder and grub is there. Most likely there
>> is some missing piece which is not part of filesystem therefore
>> clonezilla misses that part.
>>
>> My question is what is the recommended way of reinstall GRUB after
>> cloning in such situation? Why update-grub does not works? Might try
>> to copy with dd and resize later?
>
> At the GRUB prompt press the 'e' key. Please post what you see. There
> will probably be a long UUID. To save some typing put 123 for it.
Thanks. Might I was not clean. This is not grub prompt just a GRUB
line on the screen. Keys even ctrl-alt-del don't work. I assume this
is the output of loader in the boot sector of sda2.
Bye,
a
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