Re: No grub screen or boot after upgrade to jessie
Robert S <robert.spam.me.senseless <at> gmail.com> writes:
>
> Hi.
>
> I have had a functioning system on wheeze using grub2. I did an
> upgrade to Jessie according to the debian docs.
>
> Now when I boot my system I simply get a black screen after the POST
> screen - there's no GRUB screen or any hint of it.
>
> I've managed to boot my system with a live USB stick and have entered
> my system in a chroot.
>
> In the chroot I tried downgrading to grub-legacy and got the same
> result. I purged all of the config files from GRUB2 then reinstalled
> GRUB2 from scratch.
>
> I have repeatedly run update-grub/update-grub2, and grub-install /dev/sda
>
> Here is as much info as I can give:
>
> Hardware: Gigabyte Brix GB-BXBT-1900 with Samsung SSD 850 EVO 4G RAM.
> Debian - x86
>
> debian:~# dpkg -l |grep grub
> ii grub-common 2.02~beta2-22
> i386 GRand Unified Bootloader (common files)
> rc grub-legacy 0.97-70
> i386 GRand Unified Bootloader (Legacy version)
> ii grub-pc 2.02~beta2-22
> i386 GRand Unified Bootloader, version 2 (PC/BIOS version)
> ii grub-pc-bin 2.02~beta2-22
> i386 GRand Unified Bootloader, version 2 (PC/BIOS binaries)
> ii grub2 2.02~beta2-22
> i386 GRand Unified Bootloader, version 2 (dummy package)
> ii grub2-common 2.02~beta2-22
> i386 GRand Unified Bootloader (common files for version 2)
>
> debian:~# update-grub2
> Generating grub configuration file ...
> Found linux image: /boot/vmlinuz-3.16.0-4-686-pae
> Found initrd image: /boot/initrd.img-3.16.0-4-686-pae
> Found linux image: /boot/vmlinuz-3.2.0-4-686-pae
> Found initrd image: /boot/initrd.img-3.2.0-4-686-pae
> done
>
> debian:~# grub-install /dev/sda
> Installing for i386-pc platform.
> Installation finished. No error reported.
>
> My grub.cfg: https://www.dropbox.com/s/5xz5mrbagwcgpp5/grub.cfg?dl=0
>
> debian:~# gdisk /dev/sda -l
> GPT fdisk (gdisk) version 0.8.10
> Partition table scan:
> MBR: protective
> BSD: not present
> APM: not present
> GPT: present
> Found valid GPT with protective MBR; using GPT.
> Disk /dev/sda: 234441648 sectors, 111.8 GiB
> Logical sector size: 512 bytes
> Disk identifier (GUID): F387E81C-204F-43B0-ACA8-C169094F79B5
> Partition table holds up to 128 entries
> First usable sector is 34, last usable sector is 234441614
> Partitions will be aligned on 2048-sector boundaries
> Total free space is 126167917 sectors (60.2 GiB)
> Number Start (sector) End (sector) Size Code Name
> 1 2048 206847 100.0 MiB EF02 BIOS boot partition
> 2 206848 41166847 19.5 GiB 8300 root
> 3 41166848 45361151 2.0 GiB 8300 Linux swap
> 4 45361152 87304191 20.0 GiB 8300 var
> 5 87304192 108275711 10.0 GiB 8300 home
>
> I would be very grateful if someone could help here.
>
>
Hi,
When I have installed debian jessie and archlinux (20150501) onto two brand
new Samsung 850 SSD grub fails to install to boot record.
Jessie with ef02 partiation and legacy boot on HP6930 (only efi, no uefi).
Archlinux on ef00 and uefi on HP2570 with grub on uefi partiation (fat32,
2048 -> +512M).
What's solved both problem was to install LILO, (chrooting), check if
computer boots from hd and then reinstall grub and this worked both times.
Grub installs to boot sector when disk is "used".
A msata Samsung 850 SSD (new) in msata to 1,8" sata adapter don't need this
"treatment". It works flawless.
Know I have the same issue again with ubuntu-mate 14.04.2 and brand new,
Samsung SSD 850 sata!
This time I will try a wheezy dvd and grub first before I try LILO.
So I made google on the subject when waiting for the iso to transfer to usb
stick. Suspect firmware issue with the brand and or grub 2.02?
I will try this in morning, (UTC +2).
Diff-1 Your problem was after upgrade
Diff-2 I use sector 64 to 2047 as ef02, doubt this matters
Diff-3 amd64
Best Regards
Jimmy Jönsson
BIOS was buggy, why would UEFI be better?
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