Re: Wheezy GRUB problem
On Fri 08 Aug 2014 at 21:42:01 +0200, Artifex Maximus wrote:
> On Thu, Aug 7, 2014 at 7:44 PM, Brian <ad44@cityscape.co.uk> wrote:
> > On Tue 05 Aug 2014 at 09:36:18 +0200, Artifex Maximus wrote:
> >
> >> Hello!
> >>
> >> I have a Wheezy system shared with MS XP. GRUB is not in MBR but in Debian
> >> partition installed. Not recommended I know but basically works. Until last
> >> upgrade when my GRUB loader only writes GRUB then halts. Or at least not
> >> continue loading. No errors just stops. I have tried latest (7.6.0) Debian
> >> install disc Recovery function to reinstall grub with grub-install
> >> /dev/sda2 without success. Still just a GRUB line on screen when Debian
> >> partition is active. When I switch active partition back to XP it runs. I
> >> am able to mount sda2 from Debian installer and there is no fsck error.
> >
> > What messages did you get when did 'grub-install /dev/sda2'?
>
> Sorry I cannot recall exactly but something about some /dev/sda2/...
> file when execute shell on mounted /dev/sda2. With installer
> environment there was no grub-install just grub-installer. Because I
> do not know what is the difference I had not enough courage to
> execute.
Recalling the exact wording of an onscreen message is not something
human beings have evolved to do yet. :) I have the same problem myself.
> The good new I was able to recover my system with supergrub disk. I
> was able to boot into my original system with supergrub then
> update-grub. For sure I run grub-install -f /dev/sda2 and now I am
> using my good old Debian system. What was strange I got a lot of
> errors about fake start-stop-daemon and needed to rename
> start-stop-daemon.REAL to start-stop-daemon for a successful boot. No
> idea at all what, when, and why created that fake start-stop-daemon
> script. Hope no more surprise in my system.
Glad you could sort it. Running 'grub-install --force' (-f is an invalid
option) is obligatory to get grub to install itself in a partition.
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