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Re: GRUB loading.. Welcome to GRUB! error: incompatible license Entering rescue mode..



On Sat 28 Mar 2015 at 14:55:22 -0700, David Christensen wrote:

> I did a fresh install of Debian using debian-7.6.0-i386-netinst.iso
> today.  When I rebooted, I saw:
> 
>     GRUB loading..
>     Welcome to GRUB!
> 
>     error: incompatible license
>     Entering rescue mode..
>     grub rescue>
> 
> I figured that there was something incompatible between the older
> ISO and current files.
> 
> 
> So, I downloaded debian-7.8.0-i386-xfce-CD-1.iso and installed that.
> When I rebooted, I saw:
> 
>     GRUB loading..
>     Welcome to GRUB!
> 
>     error: incompatible license
>     Entering rescue mode..
>     grub rescue>
> 
> 
> Any suggestions?

My concept of installing Debian includes putting GRUB in the MBR. You
appear to have an inconsistency between the modules in /boot/grub and
the version of GRUB in the MBR.

The rescue mode of the netinst ISO can be used to reinstall GRUB.


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