Bug#345931: grub 0.97 doesn't work on several machines

[John Hughes]

Jason Thomas wrote:

>Hi,
>
>Please check your menu.lst for a splashimage line. If one or more exists
>comment them out and try to boot again.
>  
>
No splashimage.  (Onscreen garbage is text).

>How where the menu.lst files created?
>  
>
By normal grub install, linux-image install/update process.

menu.lst attached to this message.

>You could also try pressing 'c' for the command line interface, when the
>random garbage is on the screen. But I've no idea if that will work.
>  
>
Doesn't work.

>I have seen this problem occurs when the splashimage directive points to
>a nonexistant file.
>
>On Wed, Jan 04, 2006 at 01:58:23PM +0100, John Hughes wrote:
>  
>
>>When the system random garbage gets printed on the screen.
>>    
>>

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# menu.lst - See: grub(8), info grub, update-grub(8)
#            grub-install(8), grub-floppy(8),
#            grub-md5-crypt, /usr/share/doc/grub
#            and /usr/share/doc/grub-doc/.

## default num
# Set the default entry to the entry number NUM. Numbering starts from 0, and
# the entry number 0 is the default if the command is not used.
#
# You can specify 'saved' instead of a number. In this case, the default entry
# is the entry saved with the command 'savedefault'.           
default		0

## timeout sec
# Set a timeout, in SEC seconds, before automatically booting the default entry
# (normally the first entry defined).
timeout		5

# Pretty colours
color cyan/blue white/blue

## password ['--md5'] passwd
# If used in the first section of a menu file, disable all interactive editing
# control (menu entry editor and command-line)  and entries protected by the
# command 'lock'
# e.g. password topsecret
#      password --md5 $1$gLhU0/$aW78kHK1QfV3P2b2znUoe/
# password topsecret

#
# examples
#
# title		Windows 95/98/NT/2000
# root		(hd0,0)
# makeactive
# chainloader	+1
#
# title		Linux
# root		(hd0,1)
# kernel	/vmlinuz root=/dev/hda2 ro
#

#
# Put static boot stanzas before and/or after AUTOMAGIC KERNEL LIST

### BEGIN AUTOMAGIC KERNELS LIST
## lines between the AUTOMAGIC KERNELS LIST markers will be modified
## by the debian update-grub script except for the default options below

## DO NOT UNCOMMENT THEM, Just edit them to your needs

## ## Start Default Options ##
## default kernel options
## default kernel options for automagic boot options
## If you want special options for specifiv kernels use kopt_x_y_z
## where x.y.z is kernel version. Minor versions can be omitted.
## e.g. kopt=root=/dev/hda1 ro
# kopt=root=/dev/hda2 ro

## default grub root device
## e.g. groot=(hd0,0)
# groot=(hd0,0)

## should update-grub create alternative automagic boot options
## e.g. alternative=true
##      alternative=false
# alternative=true

## should update-grub lock alternative automagic boot options
## e.g. lockalternative=true
##      lockalternative=false
# lockalternative=false

## altoption boot targets option
## multiple altoptions lines are allowed
## e.g. altoptions=(extra menu suffix) extra boot options
##      altoptions=(recovery mode) single
# altoptions=(recovery mode) single

## controls how many kernels should be put into the menu.lst
## only counts the first occurence of a kernel, not the
## alternative kernel options
## e.g. howmany=all
##      howmany=7
# howmany=all

## should update-grub create memtest86 boot option
## e.g. memtest86=true
##      memtest86=false
# memtest86=true

## ## End Default Options ##

title		Debian GNU/Linux, kernel 2.6.14-1-386 
root		(hd0,0)
kernel		/vmlinuz-2.6.14-1-386 root=/dev/hda2 ro 
initrd		/initrd.img-2.6.14-1-386
savedefault
boot

title		Debian GNU/Linux, kernel 2.6.14-1-386 (recovery mode)
root		(hd0,0)
kernel		/vmlinuz-2.6.14-1-386 root=/dev/hda2 ro single
initrd		/initrd.img-2.6.14-1-386
savedefault
boot

### END DEBIAN AUTOMAGIC KERNELS LIST