Bug#586621: Patch

[Matt Kraai]

Hi Colin,

On Mon, Jul 05, 2010 at 01:17:00AM +0100, Colin Watson wrote:
> On Sat, Jul 03, 2010 at 12:24:43PM -0700, Matt Kraai wrote:
> > On a probably unrelated note, when I boot, grub displays an
> > 
> >  error: file not found
> > 
> > error, dumps me into rescue mode, and I can't figure out how to
> > proceed (ls works but all insmod commands fail with the same error).
> > I assume this is unrelated, but I may be wrong (and would love for
> > help).
> 
> This may be due to the free error that M. Vefa Bicakci pointed out; that
> could have left you with a nonsense prefix (you can check by running
> 'set' in rescue mode).  Failing that, this node in the GRUB manual has
> some general advice for this situation:
> 
>   http://www.gnu.org/software/grub/manual/grub.html#GRUB-only-offers-a-rescue-shell

Thanks for the suggestion and pointer.  I rebuilt and reinstalled grub
using a fixed patch and that fixed the problem!

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