Re: [gentoo-user] Strange grub problem

[Dale <dalek1967@bellsouth.net>]

Ivan Alden wrote:
> Thanks its fixed. I guess it was coincidence I lost power at the same
> time to this issue. I appreciate the help.
>
> Ivan
>
> On Sun, 2008-07-20 at 01:24 -0500, Dale wrote:
>   
>> Ivan Alden wrote:
>>     
>>> Hi,
>>>
>>> My laptop ran out of battery and shut off while I was using it and it
>>> seems to have done some damage to the bootloader. When I reboot I can't
>>> see the grub splashscreen any more but if I press enter I does boot into
>>> my kernel. As the computer is booting the output looks all messed up
>>> (but you can make that its initializing devices) until it reaches around
>>> the networking devices which then corrects and works properly.
>>>
>>> I've tried reconfiguring grub with
>>> root (hd0,0)
>>> setup (hd0)
>>>
>>> Does anybody have any suggestions of how to fix this?
>>>
>>> Thanks.
>>>   
>>>       
>> This was discussed over the past day or so.  If I recall correctly the 
>> splash image has been moved by some package update.  Just check that 
>> everything your grub boot line points to is actually there.
>>
>> If you need more info, I can search through my old emails and find the 
>> fixes for you.
>>
>> Dale
>>
>> :-)  :-)  :-) 
>>     

Your welcome.  Just a normal reboot would have helped that "issue" come 
out of the dark too.  You are not alone in having that happen.

Glad you got it sorted.

Dale

:-)  :-)