CrunchBang Linux

cureo

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Registered: 2010-02-24

Posts: 8

can't get past "Welcome to GRUB!" screen (now with grub.cfg)

I have tried to install the previous 2 versions of crunchbang on my netbook (dell mini 10) and each time it reboots the screen hangs on "Welcome to GRUB!" If anyone has any suggestions (or someone who has run into a similar problem) please help. I will post my grub.cfg when I reinstall crunchbang after I finish typing this

EDIT: here is my /boot/grub/grub.cfg

#
# DO NOT EDIT THIS FILE
#
# It is automatically generated by grub-mkconfig using templates
# from /etc/grub.d and settings from /etc/default/grub
#

### BEGIN /etc/grub.d/00_header ###
if [ -s $prefix/grubenv ]; then
  load_env
fi
set default="0"
if [ "${prev_saved_entry}" ]; then
  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 "${boot_once}" ]; then
    saved_entry="${chosen}"
    save_env saved_entry
  fi
}

function load_video {
  insmod vbe
  insmod vga
  insmod video_bochs
  insmod video_cirrus
}

insmod part_msdos
insmod ext2
set root='(hd0,msdos5)'
search --no-floppy --fs-uuid --set 4e9ff822-b95e-4244-b4f0-24eaee4a64bb
if loadfont /usr/share/grub/unicode.pf2 ; then
  set gfxmode=640x480
  load_video
  insmod gfxterm
fi
terminal_output gfxterm
insmod part_msdos
insmod ext2
set root='(hd0,msdos5)'
search --no-floppy --fs-uuid --set 4e9ff822-b95e-4244-b4f0-24eaee4a64bb
set locale_dir=($root)/boot/grub/locale
set lang=en
insmod gettext
set timeout=5
### END /etc/grub.d/00_header ###

### BEGIN /etc/grub.d/05_debian_theme ###
insmod part_msdos
insmod ext2
set root='(hd0,msdos5)'
search --no-floppy --fs-uuid --set 4e9ff822-b95e-4244-b4f0-24eaee4a64bb
insmod png
if background_image /usr/share/images/desktop-base/grub-splash-crunchbang.png ; then
  set color_normal=light-gray/black
  set color_highlight=black/white
else
  set menu_color_normal=light-gray/black
  set menu_color_highlight=black/white
fi
### END /etc/grub.d/05_debian_theme ###

### BEGIN /etc/grub.d/10_linux ###
menuentry 'CrunchBang Linux, with Linux 2.6.32-5-686' --class debian --class gnu-linux --class gnu --class os {
    insmod part_msdos
    insmod ext2
    set root='(hd0,msdos5)'
    search --no-floppy --fs-uuid --set 4e9ff822-b95e-4244-b4f0-24eaee4a64bb
    echo    'Loading Linux 2.6.32-5-686 ...'
    linux    /boot/vmlinuz-2.6.32-5-686 root=UUID=4e9ff822-b95e-4244-b4f0-24eaee4a64bb ro  quiet splash
    echo    'Loading initial ramdisk ...'
    initrd    /boot/initrd.img-2.6.32-5-686
}
menuentry 'CrunchBang Linux, with Linux 2.6.32-5-686 (recovery mode)' --class debian --class gnu-linux --class gnu --class os {
    insmod part_msdos
    insmod ext2
    set root='(hd0,msdos5)'
    search --no-floppy --fs-uuid --set 4e9ff822-b95e-4244-b4f0-24eaee4a64bb
    echo    'Loading Linux 2.6.32-5-686 ...'
    linux    /boot/vmlinuz-2.6.32-5-686 root=UUID=4e9ff822-b95e-4244-b4f0-24eaee4a64bb ro single
    echo    'Loading initial ramdisk ...'
    initrd    /boot/initrd.img-2.6.32-5-686
}
### END /etc/grub.d/10_linux ###

### BEGIN /etc/grub.d/20_linux_xen ###
### END /etc/grub.d/20_linux_xen ###

### BEGIN /etc/grub.d/30_os-prober ###
### END /etc/grub.d/30_os-prober ###

### BEGIN /etc/grub.d/40_custom ###
# This file provides an easy way to add custom menu entries.  Simply type the
# menu entries you want to add after this comment.  Be careful not to change
# the 'exec tail' line above.
### END /etc/grub.d/40_custom ###

### BEGIN /etc/grub.d/41_custom ###
if [ -f  $prefix/custom.cfg ]; then
  source $prefix/custom.cfg;
fi
### END /etc/grub.d/41_custom ###

Last edited by cureo (2011-02-12 15:35:46)

Yikes

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Registered: 2009-01-03

Posts: 51

Re: can't get past "Welcome to GRUB!" screen (now with grub.cfg)

Did a quick Google search: http://www.google.com/search?q=dell+min … me+to+grub

Seems there are 2 leading possibilities:
1) Grub2 doesn't play well with your current BIOS. Upgrading your BIOS might fix this.
2) You're encountering a bug found in Grub2 that should be fixed in version 1.99

In either case, grub-legacy might work for you. Can you successfully install and boot into other Linux distributions that use Grub2? That's how one user on linuxquestions.org figured out it wasn't the distribution's fault: http://www.linuxquestions.org/questions … ost4204974