F7-x86-64 Stopped Booting - GRUB Issue - Fixed!

Jacques B. jjrboucher at gmail.com
Wed Oct 10 20:22:48 UTC 2007


> >Excellent!  Sounds like you will have to do this every time the kernel
> >updates. ...
>
> False.  He will need to do this every time GRUB is updated.  After GRUB
> files have moved around in /boot, anything that writes to /boot, such as a
> Kernel update, can trigger the issue by overwriting the free blocks that
> had previously been GRUB Stage 2.  See `info grub` for how the GRUB
> bootsector finds GRUB Stage 2.
> --
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Makes sense.  It didn't sound right to have to do it when a new kernel
was added.  But having never used this method before I was guessing
based on when his error occurred.  Good to know the correct reason.

Jacques B.




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