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Re: Possibly erroneous "device not present" message during boot



On Wed 12 Apr 2017 at 13:33:02 -0500, Richard Owlett wrote:

> On theory "too much better than too little" I see:
> <begin quote>
> ### BEGIN /etc/grub.d/20_linux_xen ###
> 
> ### END /etc/grub.d/20_linux_xen ###
> 
> ### BEGIN /etc/grub.d/30_os-prober ###
> menuentry 'Debian GNU/Linux (8.6) (on /dev/mmcblk0p1)' --class gnu-linux
> --class gnu --class os $menuentry_id_option
> 'osprober-gnulinux-simple-380e2a6d-f851-4fd1-9db2-869a0982b511' {
> 	insmod part_msdos
> 	insmod ext2
> 	if [ x$feature_platform_search_hint = xy ]; then
> 	  search --no-floppy --fs-uuid --set=root
> 380e2a6d-f851-4fd1-9db2-869a0982b511
> 	else
> 	  search --no-floppy --fs-uuid --set=root
> 380e2a6d-f851-4fd1-9db2-869a0982b511
> 	fi
> 	linux /boot/vmlinuz-3.16.0-4-686-pae root=/dev/mmcblk0p1
> 	initrd /boot/initrd.img-3.16.0-4-686-pae
> }
> <end quote>

GRUB is content to boot whatever is on the SD (as you observe) so must
be happy enough with the stanza above; there is no problem with booting
there. Actually, GRUB only uses

 linux /boot/vmlinuz-3.16.0-4-686-pae root=/dev/mmcblk0p1

and

 initrd /boot/initrd.img-3.16.0-4-686-pae

to get everything up and running. Without those two lines you would not
be booting.

So try this:
When the GRUB menu displays press the "e" key and remove the

  search --no-floppy --fs-uuid --set=root 380e2a6d-f851-4fd1-9db2-869a0982b511

Then press the "F10" key. Can you still boot? Do you get the onscreen
message you are concerned about?


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