Re: Grub infinite loop problem on dual boot system
On Mon, 28 Jan 2013 12:15:07 -0800
Gary Roach <gary719_list1@verizon.net> wrote:
> Hi all;
>
> I have a Toshiba Qosmio laptop that has 2 60 GB drives. I formatted
> one with the Windows XP that is needed to run all of the bells and
> whistles that the Qosmio provides. I installed Debian Squeeze on the
> other drive and used Grub as the boot loader. This setup worked fine.
> I recently upgraded to Debian Wheezy using the latest iso net install
> disk. Since then the system boots to the Grub operating system
> selection screen. If I select Debian, the computer starts, loads
> grub, shuts down and restarts over and over again. I managed to get
> back into the Windows XP side by completely reloading the XP OS from
> the factory disks. As long as I select the XP system things work
> fine. As soon as I try the Debian system the looping starts again. I
> tried to reload the Debian side from the iso disk but the end results
> are the same. Any suggestions will be sincerely appreciated.
>
> Gary R.
>
>
Did you run update-grub?
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Debian Hint #19: If you're interested in building packages from source,
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