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List:       debian-user
Subject:    Re: Unstable, LVM and Grub2: "error: you need to load the kernel
From:       Tom H <tomh0665 () gmail ! com>
Date:       2009-11-30 16:02:21
Message-ID: 6d4219cc0911300802s505a9f1bg9cc2435ea868ea6e () mail ! gmail ! com
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Johannes Graumann <johannes_graumann@web.de> wrote:
>> A recent update of both my home machines running sid pulled in an update of
>> grub2. Now both machines are stuck with the grub menu showing up fine, but
>> no matter which kernel I choose, I always end up with this error:
>> "error: you need to load the kernel first"
>> Does anyone here have an idea what might be going wrong and how to fix it?

Michael Wagner <michaeldebian@web.de> wrote:
> at the moment 'grub-pc' is broken in sid. When you have a separate /boot
> partition, the package generates a wrong '/boot/grub/grub.cfg'. Look at
> the BTS for bug #558042. There is also the workaround for the problem.

grub-pc is broken when you have a separate /boot partition for any
distribution see for example:

https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/grub2/+bug/442631

Both the "set root=..." and the "search ..." lines point to / rather
than to /boot.

You can create a correct menuentry in 40_custom and re-run grub-mkconfig.


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