Bug#540125: grub-pc: grub still not installed

[Robert Millan]

On Thu, Aug 06, 2009 at 11:04:10PM +0200, Michal Suchanek wrote:
> Package: grub-pc
> Version: 1.96+20080724-16
> Severity: normal
> 
> 
> Currently my system is unbootable, probably due to a grub upgrade.
> 
> It says "you have to load a kernel first" or something like that when I
> use the boot menu for my current kernel.
> 
> dpkg-reconfigure grub-pc does not install grub, at least it does not
> show any question about installing it and does not print any message
> about doing so.
> 
> The config is unusable even when loaded from a grub trunk rescue CD. I
> have to load the kernel manually for the system to boot.
> 
> The option to chainload from menu.lst is not very useful. I do not have
> the grub legacy installed anymore.
> 
> I wonder how people are supposed to upgrade from grub legacy. The
> menu.lst file is not going to disappear by itself, and if grub is not
> going to be installed when this file is present then you have to install
> it manually and upgrades will break it.

What happens if you comment out the "search" commands?  (all of them)

And if you add "insmod linux" at the beginning of grub.cfg?

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Robert Millan

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