Thread: Grub boots into shell
i finished dual booting windows 7 after first having ubuntu, led grub not showing. expected had made live disk booted update grub... took longer expected, after following various guides on google ended installing grub see boot shell prompt.
appreciated, grub.cfg(grub2's menu.lst i've been told)
if need else let me know, i'd problem fixed possible because of can't load windows or ubuntu grub booting in shell
code:# # not edit file # # automatically generated grub-mkconfig using templates # /etc/grub.d , settings /etc/default/grub # ### begin /etc/grub.d/00_header ### if [ -s $prefix/grubenv ]; set have_grubenv=true load_env fi set default="0" if [ "${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 "${boot_once}" ]; save_env recordfail; fi; fi } function load_video { insmod vbe insmod vga insmod video_bochs insmod video_cirrus } insmod part_msdos insmod ext2 set root='(/dev/sda,msdos1)' search --no-floppy --fs-uuid --set=root f9c98ca4-edf8-4075-9c85-8bd7a2717858 if loadfont /usr/share/grub/unicode.pf2 ; set gfxmode=auto load_video insmod gfxterm fi terminal_output gfxterm insmod part_msdos insmod ext2 set root='(/dev/sda,msdos1)' search --no-floppy --fs-uuid --set=root f9c98ca4-edf8-4075-9c85-8bd7a2717858 set locale_dir=($root)/boot/grub/locale set lang=en_us insmod gettext if [ "${recordfail}" = 1 ]; set timeout=-1 else set timeout=10 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 if background_color 0,71,115; clear fi ### end /etc/grub.d/05_debian_theme ### ### begin /etc/grub.d/10_linux ### if [ ${recordfail} != 1 ]; if [ -e ${prefix}/gfxblacklist.txt ]; if hwmatch ${prefix}/gfxblacklist.txt 3; if [ ${match} = 0 ]; set linux_gfx_mode=keep else set linux_gfx_mode=text fi else set linux_gfx_mode=text fi else set linux_gfx_mode=keep fi else set linux_gfx_mode=text fi export linux_gfx_mode if [ "$linux_gfx_mode" != "text" ]; load_video; fi menuentry 'ubuntu, linux 2.6.38-8-generic' --class ubuntu --class gnu-linux --class gnu --class os { recordfail set gfxpayload=$linux_gfx_mode insmod part_msdos insmod ext2 set root='(/dev/sda,msdos1)' search --no-floppy --fs-uuid --set=root f9c98ca4-edf8-4075-9c85-8bd7a2717858 linux /boot/vmlinuz-2.6.38-8-generic root=uuid=f9c98ca4-edf8-4075-9c85-8bd7a2717858 ro quiet splash vt.handoff=7 initrd /boot/initrd.img-2.6.38-8-generic } menuentry 'ubuntu, linux 2.6.38-8-generic (recovery mode)' --class ubuntu --class gnu-linux --class gnu --class os { recordfail set gfxpayload=$linux_gfx_mode insmod part_msdos insmod ext2 set root='(/dev/sda,msdos1)' search --no-floppy --fs-uuid --set=root f9c98ca4-edf8-4075-9c85-8bd7a2717858 echo 'loading linux 2.6.38-8-generic ...' linux /boot/vmlinuz-2.6.38-8-generic root=uuid=f9c98ca4-edf8-4075-9c85-8bd7a2717858 ro single echo 'loading initial ramdisk ...' initrd /boot/initrd.img-2.6.38-8-generic } submenu "previous linux versions" { menuentry 'ubuntu, linux 2.6.35-28-generic' --class ubuntu --class gnu-linux --class gnu --class os { recordfail set gfxpayload=$linux_gfx_mode insmod part_msdos insmod ext2 set root='(/dev/sda,msdos1)' search --no-floppy --fs-uuid --set=root f9c98ca4-edf8-4075-9c85-8bd7a2717858 linux /boot/vmlinuz-2.6.35-28-generic root=uuid=f9c98ca4-edf8-4075-9c85-8bd7a2717858 ro quiet splash vt.handoff=7 initrd /boot/initrd.img-2.6.35-28-generic } menuentry 'ubuntu, linux 2.6.35-28-generic (recovery mode)' --class ubuntu --class gnu-linux --class gnu --class os { recordfail set gfxpayload=$linux_gfx_mode insmod part_msdos insmod ext2 set root='(/dev/sda,msdos1)' search --no-floppy --fs-uuid --set=root f9c98ca4-edf8-4075-9c85-8bd7a2717858 echo 'loading linux 2.6.35-28-generic ...' linux /boot/vmlinuz-2.6.35-28-generic root=uuid=f9c98ca4-edf8-4075-9c85-8bd7a2717858 ro single echo 'loading initial ramdisk ...' initrd /boot/initrd.img-2.6.35-28-generic } } ### end /etc/grub.d/10_linux ### ### begin /etc/grub.d/20_linux_xen ### ### end /etc/grub.d/20_linux_xen ### ### begin /etc/grub.d/20_memtest86+ ### menuentry "memory test (memtest86+)" { insmod part_msdos insmod ext2 set root='(/dev/sda,msdos1)' search --no-floppy --fs-uuid --set=root f9c98ca4-edf8-4075-9c85-8bd7a2717858 linux16 /boot/memtest86+.bin } menuentry "memory test (memtest86+, serial console 115200)" { insmod part_msdos insmod ext2 set root='(/dev/sda,msdos1)' search --no-floppy --fs-uuid --set=root f9c98ca4-edf8-4075-9c85-8bd7a2717858 linux16 /boot/memtest86+.bin console=ttys0,115200n8 } ### end /etc/grub.d/20_memtest86+ ### ### begin /etc/grub.d/30_os-prober ### menuentry "opensuse 11.3 (on /dev/sda4)" --class gnu-linux --class gnu --class os { insmod part_msdos insmod ext2 set root='(/dev/sda,msdos4)' search --no-floppy --fs-uuid --set=root 8ec258c2-2d04-4c48-82e5-e423daf94102 linux /boot/vmlinuz-2.6.34-12-desktop root=/dev/disk/by-id/ata-hitachi_hdt721010sla360_stf607mh303umk-part4 resume=/dev/disk/by-id/ata-hitachi_hdt721010sla360_stf607mh303umk-part5 splash=silent quiet showopts vga=0x317 initrd /boot/initrd-2.6.34-12-desktop } menuentry "failsafe -- opensuse 11.3 (on /dev/sda4)" --class gnu-linux --class gnu --class os { insmod part_msdos insmod ext2 set root='(/dev/sda,msdos4)' search --no-floppy --fs-uuid --set=root 8ec258c2-2d04-4c48-82e5-e423daf94102 linux /boot/vmlinuz-2.6.34-12-desktop root=/dev/disk/by-id/ata-hitachi_hdt721010sla360_stf607mh303umk-part4 showopts apm=off noresume edd=off powersaved=off nohz=off highres=off processor.max_cstate=1 nomodeset x11failsafe vga=0x317 initrd /boot/initrd-2.6.34-12-desktop } ### 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 ### ### begin /etc/grub.d/41_custom ### if [ -f $prefix/custom.cfg ]; source $prefix/custom.cfg; fi ### end /etc/grub.d/41_custom ###
code:sudo mount /dev/sda1 /mnt sudo grub-install --root-directory=/mnt /dev/sda
assume ubuntu on sda1
these commands live cd
https://help.ubuntu.com/community/gr...stalling grub2
once in
code:sudo grub-install /dev/sda sudo update-grub
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