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Re: GRUB GRUB GRUB <- that's what it says...
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Yoshinori K. Okuji |
Subject: |
Re: GRUB GRUB GRUB <- that's what it says... |
Date: |
Mon, 21 Jan 2002 22:42:10 +0900 |
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At Mon, 21 Jan 2002 13:53:16 +0100,
Christian Hammers wrote:
> The manual describes all error messages but not what it means when GRUB
> just says "GRUB GRUB GRUB GRUB GRUB"... endlessly. I saw similar reports
> in the mailinglist but couldn't find a real answer.
That kind of error happens when your machine reboots suddenly and
executes the MBR (i.e. GRUB) again. The cause is probably a BIOS bug,
which emits a fault or loads invalid disk sectors. I don't think there
is any robust way for GRUB to fail gracefully, as it relies on BIOS
heavily.
> My temporary fix was to change the BIOS's harddisk detection from "auto"
> to "manual", changed the type to LBA and then it worked.
Then, I guess your BIOS doesn't probe hard disk geometries
correctly. As the FAQ says, some older BIOSes have a defect related to
large hard diskes (>32GB). Contact your BIOS vendor, and they may or
may not fix the problem.
Thanks,
Okuji