Help! My Linux won't boot.
;Loading Linux.......... Uncompressing the kernel. (stop) :
;GRUB <blinking cursor>: GRUB is unable to load it's first stage loader, use a rescue disk to start the machine. Re-install grub.
;I get the grub command prompt instead of my menu but if I type in "configfile /grub/grub.conf" the menu loads: This may occur with a Mirrored SoftwareRaid setup. Reconfigure your grub.conf file and remove any reference to a root (*) device.
install --stage2=/boot/grub/stage2 (hd0,0)/grub/stage1 (hd0) (hd0,0)/grub/stage2 p /grub/grub.conf install --stage2=/boot/grub/stage2 (hd1,0)/grub/stage1 (hd1) (hd1,0)/grub/stage2 p /grub/grub.conf quit
NB: This assumes a seperate /boot partition ;I'm having the same problem, but I'm not using RAID or anything...: From all the research I've done, it seems like problems of this sort are always caused by grub.conf mistakes. Mine seemed to be OK though, but I was still seeing problems. I noticed that when I ran
setup (hd0)
at the grub prompt, it mentioned a file called menu.lst . I renamed grub.conf to menu.lst, and things are now working! Apparently there may be multiple default filename possibilities for the GRUB menu file.
Don't rename grub.conf - make a symbolic link from grub.conf->menu.lst (man ln)
My machine (kernel 2.4.21) hung after printing this. (Athlon 2000 XP on an AD77 motherboard (KT400)). It is caused by APIC support in the kernel (not to be confused with "ACPI"). Booting with the "noapic" kernel flag didn't fix it (although it made the machine go into an infinite loop printing an error about apic on cpu 0). However, booting with "nolapic" kernel flag does work though. Recompiling the kernel without APIC support resolves this. Note that the same motherboards will need the "nolapic" kernel flag to boot Knoppix - otherwise the screen just turns black and the pc hangs.
crw-rw---- 1 root dialout 4, 64 Feb 10 1998 /dev/ttyS0
major ^ ^^ minor
grep char-major-10-135 /etc/modutils/arch/i386
See KernelErrorMessages for more information about missing modules.
127.0.0.1 localhost full.local.domain.name alias1 alias2
127.0.0.1 localhost firewall.wiki.invalid firewall
I've added some other grub-specific tips under GrubNotes, where do people think they should go? Merged into here? Have the Grub specific points merged back into GrubNotes? --DanielLawson
GrubNotes belong in GrubNotes, I think. There should just be a pointer here, like "GRUB might be unable to find its config file. See GrubNotes.". --AristotlePagaltzis
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