Grub freezes on boot with just "Grub" text
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grub-installer (Ubuntu) |
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ubiquity (Ubuntu) |
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Bug Description
Binary package hint: grub
It appears that the Ubuntu installer installs grub by running setup (hd0), which in turn runs the following command:
"install --stage2=
For some systems, this does not work (e.g. Toshiba M30 in my case), presenting a blank screen on boot with the text "GRUB".
Using the "d" option resolves this issue. (i.e. Force Stage 1 to look for the actual disk stage2_file was installed on)
Here's the modified command:
install --stage2=
I'm not sure if fedora uses this option, but grub works without a hitch after install. With Ubuntu Dapper and Feisty, I've had to manually install grub with this option to get it working. A bit of an annoyance for me, but for a new user looking to adopt Linux, it would probably scare them off.
Could this option be set on default?
ProblemType: Bug
Architecture: i386
Date: Sun Apr 1 21:00:02 2007
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 7.04
Uname: Linux carmen 2.6.20-12-generic #2 SMP Wed Mar 21 20:55:46 UTC 2007 i686 GNU/Linux
Feisty Beta Alternate - I get only "GRUB" when I reboot after installing. The odd thing is that I installed grub in the root partition, or so I thought. It is kind of confusing, because the installer labeled my partitions as scsi. I installed on what should have been /dev/hda8, but was called /dev/sda8. I then chose to put grub in /dev/sda8, but obviously it wrote on the MBR.
I am now trying to get grub installed back in the mbr properly, hopefully with a text install of edgy. Very ugly bug for me!
Anita