Thread: GRUB prompt at boot instead of menu
i have installed backtrack 5 (i posting here because backtrack forums suck), , have set grub up:
however, grub prompt appears @ boot instead of grub menu. however, when boot live usb, grub menu works fine. here contents of grub.cfg:code:root (hd1,4) setup (hd1)
the reason want grub menu show of because dual-boot backtrack 5 windows 7.code:# # not edit file # # automatically generated /usr/sbin/grub-mkconfig using templates # /etc/grub.d , settings /etc/default/grub # ### begin /etc/grub.d/00_header ### if [ -s $prefix/grubenv ]; load_env fi set default="0" if [ ${prev_saved_entry} ]; set saved_entry=${prev_saved_entry} save_env saved_entry set prev_saved_entry= save_env prev_saved_entry set boot_once=true fi function savedefault { if [ -z ${boot_once} ]; saved_entry=${chosen} save_env saved_entry fi } function recordfail { set recordfail=1 if [ -n ${have_grubenv} ]; if [ -z ${boot_once} ]; save_env recordfail; fi; fi } insmod ext2 set root='(hd1,5)' search --no-floppy --fs-uuid --set 9f11bd3d-e40c-4beb-a451-48245a6000ac if loadfont /usr/share/grub/unicode.pf2 ; set gfxmode=1024x768 set gfxpayload=keep insmod gfxterm insmod vbe if terminal_output gfxterm ; true ; else # backward compatibility versions of terminal.mod don't # understand terminal_output terminal gfxterm fi fi insmod ext2 set root='(hd1,5)' search --no-floppy --fs-uuid --set 9f11bd3d-e40c-4beb-a451-48245a6000ac set locale_dir=($root)/boot/grub/locale set lang=en insmod gettext if [ ${recordfail} = 1 ]; set timeout=-1 else set timeout=30 fi ### end /etc/grub.d/00_header ### ### begin /etc/grub.d/05_debian_theme ### set menu_color_normal=white/black set menu_color_highlight=black/light-gray ### end /etc/grub.d/05_debian_theme ### ### begin /etc/grub.d/10_linux ### menuentry 'ubuntu, linux 2.6.38' --class ubuntu --class gnu-linux --class gnu --class os { recordfail insmod ext2 set root='(hd1,5)' search --no-floppy --fs-uuid --set 9f11bd3d-e40c-4beb-a451-48245a6000ac linux /boot/vmlinuz-2.6.38 root=uuid=9f11bd3d-e40c-4beb-a451-48245a6000ac ro text splash nomodeset vga=791 initrd /boot/initrd.img-2.6.38 } menuentry 'ubuntu, linux 2.6.38 (recovery mode)' --class ubuntu --class gnu-linux --class gnu --class os { recordfail insmod ext2 set root='(hd1,5)' search --no-floppy --fs-uuid --set 9f11bd3d-e40c-4beb-a451-48245a6000ac echo 'loading linux 2.6.38 ...' linux /boot/vmlinuz-2.6.38 root=uuid=9f11bd3d-e40c-4beb-a451-48245a6000ac ro single echo 'loading initial ramdisk ...' initrd /boot/initrd.img-2.6.38 } ### end /etc/grub.d/10_linux ### ### begin /etc/grub.d/20_memtest86+ ### menuentry "memory test (memtest86+)" { insmod ext2 set root='(hd1,5)' search --no-floppy --fs-uuid --set 9f11bd3d-e40c-4beb-a451-48245a6000ac linux16 /boot/memtest86+.bin } menuentry "memory test (memtest86+, serial console 115200)" { insmod ext2 set root='(hd1,5)' search --no-floppy --fs-uuid --set 9f11bd3d-e40c-4beb-a451-48245a6000ac linux16 /boot/memtest86+.bin console=ttys0,115200n8 } ### end /etc/grub.d/20_memtest86+ ### ### begin /etc/grub.d/30_os-prober ### menuentry "windows 7 (loader) (on /dev/sdb1)" { insmod ntfs set root='(hd1,1)' search --no-floppy --fs-uuid --set 3c7845137844ccf8 chainloader +1 } ### end /etc/grub.d/30_os-prober ### ### begin /etc/grub.d/40_custom ### # file provides easy way add custom menu entries. type # menu entries want add after comment. careful not change # 'exec tail' line above. ### end /etc/grub.d/40_custom ###
appreciated.
if can boot system reinstall grub2's boot loader mbr.
#reinstall working (not livecd) system - first find ubuntu drive:
sudo fdisk -l
#if it's "/dev/sda" run:
sudo grub-install /dev/sda
#if returns errors run:
sudo grub-install --recheck /dev/sda
sudo update-grub
grub rescue prompt megathread - drs305
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