Bug#984867: grub-pc reports "grub_verify_string not found"

Colin Watson cjwatson at debian.org
Tue Mar 9 13:10:36 GMT 2021


On Tue, Mar 09, 2021 at 01:57:07PM +0100, Carsten Wolf wrote:
> after rebooting grub report an error 
> 
> GRUB-loading
> Welcome to GRUB!
> error: symbol 'grub_verfy_string' not found
> grub rescue> 
> 
> try to boot manualy:
> 
> grub rescue> ls (hd0,1)/
> ./ ../ lost+found/ opt/ etc/ tmp/ vmlinuz /boot /bin ...
> 
> grub rescue> set root=(hd0,1)
> grub rescue> set prefix=(hd0,1)/boot/grub
> grub rescue> insmod normal
> error: symbol 'grub_verfy_string' not found
> grub rescue> 

The GRUB packaging is almost certainly configured to install GRUB to the
wrong place, i.e. not the place from which your firmware actually boots.
I suggest running "sudo dpkg-reconfigure grub-pc" and fixing its
configuration in whatever way is appropriate to your system.

-- 
Colin Watson (he/him)                              [cjwatson at debian.org]



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