Re: grub menu oddity

On Thu, 29 Dec 2005 16:06:03 +0100, Richard <richard@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

I have a multi-boot system using grub installed in the mbr of my first hd.
It seems like every time my motherboard bios updates its configuration data
(such as after changing a video card), grub refuses to boot from any menu
selection (I think the message is Error 18). However, if I drop to a
command line and manually execute the root command for any menu item, I can
then go back to the menu and boot normally. All subsequent boots are
normal. The manual root command is exactly the same as the root command in
menu.lst. Anyone know why the root commands executed via the menu are
rejected but the same command executed via the command line is accepted?


This is sufficiently weird that I would appreciate more info about the computer,
bios version, etc, so I could stick it in the folder for "unexplainable grub
behaviors" for future reference and comparison.

Hmm, think it sounds like a Bios bug.  The "root" command does reset the disk
system, and it seems, by what you tell, that doing that twice helps.  Would be
interesting to see what happens if you double the root command in the config
file?


-Enrique
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