On Sun, 2008-05-25 at 07:03 +0300, Antti J. Huhtala wrote: > la, 2008-05-24 kello 15:52 -0400, Steve kirjoitti: > > ---- "Antti J. Huhtala" <ahuhtal4@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > > pe, 2008-05-23 kello 05:47 +0300, Antti J. Huhtala kirjoitti: > > > > to, 2008-05-22 kello 19:15 -0400, slamp slamp kirjoitti: > > > > > Please help. PC stuck in grub> prompt. > > > > > > > > > The latest kernel update 2.6.25.3-18.fc9 - or one of the 199 files > > > > updated at the same time - rewrote grub.conf so that (in my case) the > > > > line which should have read: > > > > > > > > kernel /vmlinuz-2.6.25.3-18.fc9.x86_64 ro root=/dev/VolGroup00/LogVol00 > > > > rhgb quiet > > > > > > > > actually read: > > > > > > > > kernel /vmlinuz-2.6.25.3-18.fc9.x86_64 ro > > > > root=UUID=ab562fb5-0a9a-4458-9f30-61c8a23f774a rhgb quiet > > > > > > > > Somehow my /dev/VolGroup... had been changed to UUID=... > > > > > > > > The same error had been applied to the previous kernel (2.6.25-14.fc9) > > > > so that neither would boot. > > > > > > > Bugzilla # 448132. > > > > I have the same problem except that correcting my grub.conf file did not help. I'm still stuck with just GRUB showing on the screen. Also I did not get any sounds. > > > > Any futher suggestions? > > > Sorry, looking back at my cryptic hand-written notes I realize I forgot > to mention that I ran 'grub-install' before editing grub.conf. On the > basis of time-stamps of the files in /boot/grub, almost all files were > rewritten but grub.conf was not. My notes don't record whether I tried > rebooting after running grub-install but IIRC I probably did. I seem to > recollect that I was still stuck at "GRUB". > Therefore I edited grub.conf and tried again. This time reboot worked > for me so I didn't delve into it further. > Whether the real remedy was running grub-install or editing grub.conf > *or both*, I don't know. The fact remains I'm typing this with 'fully' > operational F9 system. > > Antti > > Running grub-install should just re-install the boot block. Changing grub.conf should not need another grub-install. -- ======================================================================= Disraeli was pretty close: actually, there are Lies, Damn lies, Statistics, Benchmarks, and Delivery dates. ======================================================================= Aaron Konstam telephone: (210) 656-0355 e-mail: akonstam@xxxxxxxxxxxxx -- fedora-list mailing list fedora-list@xxxxxxxxxx To unsubscribe: https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-list
