[nmglug] Ubuntu 9.10 Grub2 "fix"

[a_kaluta]

Hi Le Nguyen;

Good to hear from you,I appreciate the generosity of your suggestions,
which have inspired me to further explore those implications.

I came across a discussion of applicable interest.
https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/grub2/+bug/391044 
in part:
#14 
NoahY wrote on 2009-07-03: 
#14 
To fix, just edit the /usr/lib/grub/grub-mkconfig_lib file, take out the
--no-floppy on line 147:

- line 147: echo "search --no-floppy --fs-uuid --set ${fs_uuid}"
+ line 147: echo "search --fs-uuid --set ${fs_uuid}"

The suggestions compliment your solution,but yet,from another
interesting perspective.

Looking at the suggested library,find rather line 174 col3 

In a more adventurous moment,after gathering courage I'll take the next
step. 


Thanks Le Nguyen Happy Holidays!!! 


Anthony




On Thu, 2009-12-24 at 21:38 -0700, Le Nguyen wrote:
>         Hi there Anthony,
> 
> 
> First I wan't sure what you were talking about since I had just
> installed Ubuntu 9.10,  Linux 2.6.31-14-generic.
> I did have trouble booting since Grub2 doesn't deal with large disks
> very well (mine is 500 GB).
> 
> 
> I did find steps to work around that boot issue after some googling
> around.
> Today my Ubuntu updated itself to Linux 2.6.31-16, and I got the same
> Grub2 boot issue.
> These are the steps I took in both cases to work around the grub2 boot
> problem.
> Hopefully the following steps will help.
> 
> 
> First, here's what I saw on my monitor right after the Ubuntu install
> (and also right after the recent kernel update):
>    Error: no such device:  xxxxxxxx-xxxxxxxx-...
>    Failed to boot default entry
>    Press any key to continue...
> 
> 
> If that's what you also see, here's what I did (before you follow the
> steps below, make sure you undo whatever you did so you end up with
> the same Error: no such device above):
> 
> 
> 1. Press the reset button, and this time you should be presented with
> a choice of Grub boot options.
> 2. Press the letter 'c' (without the single quotes) to drop into
> console mode
> 3. Type:  set  root=(hd0,1) and press the ENTER key
> 4. Type: linux  /vmlinuz  root=/dev/sda1  ro    and press the ENTER
> key
> 5. Type: initrd  /initrd.img   and press the ENTER key
> 6. Type: boot    and press the ENTER key
> You should be able to log in. Once you log in, select
> Application->Accessories->Terminal to bring up a command shell window.
> 
> 
> Inside that window:
> Enter this command line:   uname  -a
> It should spit out several lines about your system, and you should be
> able to verify that you're using the 2.6.13-16.generic kernel
> 
> 
> Enter this command line:  sudo  chmod   644  /boot/grub/grub.cfg
> This will make file /boot/grub/grub.cfg writeable by root
> 
> 
> Enter this command line:  sudo  gedit  /boot/grub/grub.cfg
> This will open up another edit  window, showing the contents of that
> file. The file has different sections, typically a normal one for
> booting, and another one for repair. There are 2 per version of the
> kernel, so you should see 4 of those sections, two for 2.6.13-14 and
> two for 2.6.13-16
> Locate the section for 2.6.13-16.generic (the normal boot case). Look
> for a line which says something like:
> Search  -no--floppy  --fs-uuid  --set . . . .
> Put a pound sign (#) in front of that Search, so the line now looks
> like this:
> #Search  -no--floppy  --fs-uuid  --set . . . .
> Do a File->Save, then File->Exit to get out of that edit window.  Go
> back to the command shell window.
> 
> 
> Enter this command line: sudo  chmod  444  /boot/grub/grub.cfg
> This will change the file's permissions back to read-only for
> everyone.
> 
> 
> If you did everything right, you should be able to reboot and the
> latest version of Ubuntu will come up.
> At least that worked for me. Your mileage may vary... 
> This should get you going until the next update of Ubuntu, or until
> grub2 is fixed.
> :-)
> 
> 
> Merry Christmas, and Happy New Year!!!
> 
> 
> Le Nguyen
> 
> 
> 
> 
> 
> 
>         ---------- Forwarded message ----------
>         From: a_kaluta <akaluta at taosnet.com>
>         To: nmglug at nmglug.org
>         Date: Mon, 21 Dec 2009 06:51:52 -0700
>         Subject: [nmglug] Grub2
>         After fresh Ubuntu 9.10 install,then followed install w/
>         package update
>         which including change from "Linux 2.6.31-14-generic" to
>         "Linux
>         2.6.31-16-generic",thereafter,boot would no get past splash
>         screen.
>         
>         Limping along with the following mods:
>         /etc/default/grub:  grub default changed from=0 to =saved.
>         sudo grub-set-default "Linux 2.6.31-14-generic"
>         
>         Have not located the elegant solution,can anyone lend clarity,
>         Thanks,Anthony
>         
> 
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