From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from pigeon.gentoo.org ([69.77.167.62] helo=lists.gentoo.org) by finch.gentoo.org with esmtp (Exim 4.60) (envelope-from ) id 1JtXSj-00040M-Js for garchives@archives.gentoo.org; Wed, 07 May 2008 00:24:49 +0000 Received: from pigeon.gentoo.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with SMTP id 7F535E071B; Wed, 7 May 2008 00:24:48 +0000 (UTC) Received: from an-out-0708.google.com (an-out-0708.google.com [209.85.132.245]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 5D8CEE071B for ; Wed, 7 May 2008 00:24:48 +0000 (UTC) Received: by an-out-0708.google.com with SMTP id c28so12203ana.47 for ; Tue, 06 May 2008 17:24:48 -0700 (PDT) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=domainkey-signature:received:received:date:from:to:subject:in-reply-to:message-id:references:user-agent:mime-version:content-type; bh=O8RPOHU11Bj/9CouqHkFn/ftwebLmlJTJ6lyuHGFI7Y=; b=M+2Yyi0rH6l7H0x2LN5xQ22ch0YKLyTfJIW1+Hzs5agoqhEgpXUbeu3FFupnhxaVS3dlRynL9fxDxFWu83FfW0FycT0OJRsZB5ZOKtuisVLzzY7E1rfrrsBmwe2nqn/2Vx7gA8M4LbF4lc2QhB1XZErjJp0EtbP1pw9kkXNYrws= DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; c=nofws; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=date:from:to:subject:in-reply-to:message-id:references:user-agent:mime-version:content-type; b=qwiN1UrWeG/Kth8UjiFhd3sntaP79Cw4Dtq9JwaO5MERyxfRK/zLpfKitUkphV9UxK5Z9325hte7yYsl7dGqdP+zXAPCNgjCNae0RtSa2dd4QYOQWo780uxl5Jn+8b0zJH6Qj8PuyLmBWvysdCW5qTZgfKI8MNk+ILgitMQmRFI= Received: by 10.100.58.2 with SMTP id g2mr1867228ana.108.1210119888028; Tue, 06 May 2008 17:24:48 -0700 (PDT) Received: from ?192.168.1.1? ( [75.185.208.72]) by mx.google.com with ESMTPS id d34sm2355003and.3.2008.05.06.17.24.47 (version=TLSv1/SSLv3 cipher=RC4-MD5); Tue, 06 May 2008 17:24:47 -0700 (PDT) Date: Tue, 6 May 2008 20:24:34 -0400 (EDT) From: Ian Hilt To: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] grub weirdness In-Reply-To: Message-ID: References: User-Agent: Alpine 1.10 (LNX 962 2008-03-14) Precedence: bulk List-Post: List-Help: List-Unsubscribe: List-Subscribe: List-Id: Gentoo Linux mail X-BeenThere: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org Reply-to: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: MULTIPART/MIXED; BOUNDARY="8323328-1632939160-1210119882=:4128" X-Archives-Salt: af0820d4-272d-4140-8e71-d421e4fd0992 X-Archives-Hash: 9f06dfdcb2ebb00261f855aa86ec9705 This message is in MIME format. The first part should be readable text, while the remaining parts are likely unreadable without MIME-aware tools. --8323328-1632939160-1210119882=:4128 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=ISO-8859-15; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable On Tue, 6 May 2008, =BBQ=AB wrote: > When I try to boot, the word GRUB gets written to the screen > over and over and over, filling the screen. Pressing keys, > AFAICT so far, doesn't stop this. The screen is just filled > with "GRUB", and I think it's an ongoing thing because of a > little flicker at the bottom right. 7. GRUB GRUB GRUB GRUB GRUB ... Situation Code Listing 7.1: Grub Output GRUB GRUB GRUB GRUB GRUB GRUB GRUB GRUB GRUB GRUB GRUB GRUB GRUB GRUB GRUB GRUB GRUB GRUB GRUB GRUB GRUB GRUB GRUB GRUB GRUB GRUB GRUB GRUB GRUB GRUB ... Solution According to airhead this can be caused by having your bios detect your disks automatically. Try to set your bios entry to User Type HDD. Another possibility is that you had Grub installed on your MBR and tried reinstalling it (for instance due to hard disk changes) but used the wrong setup and root commands. --=20 Ian Hilt ian.hilt (at) gmail.com GnuPG key: 0x4AFC1EE3 --8323328-1632939160-1210119882=:4128-- -- gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org mailing list