[PLUG] Grub won't launch Debian until I hit return key

[Robert Citek]

On Feb 19, 2008 1:50 PM,  <plug at eehouse.org> wrote:
> + cat /etc/issue.net
> Debian GNU/Linux lenny/sid
> + grep -v -e '^#' '-e^$' /boot/grub/menu.lst
> + cat -A
> default^I^I0$
> timeout^I^I5$
> color cyan/blue white/blue$
> title^I^IDebian GNU/Linux, kernel 2.6.18-6-486$
> root^I^I(hd0,0)$
> kernel^I^I/boot/vmlinuz-2.6.18-6-486 root=/dev/hdb1 ro $
> initrd^I^I/boot/initrd.img-2.6.18-6-486$
> savedefault$
> title^I^IDebian GNU/Linux, kernel 2.6.18-6-486 (single-user mode)$
> root^I^I(hd0,0)$
> kernel^I^I/boot/vmlinuz-2.6.18-6-486 root=/dev/hdb1 ro single$
> initrd^I^I/boot/initrd.img-2.6.18-6-486$
> savedefault$
> + grub --version
> -bash: grub: command not found
> + grub-install -v
> -bash: grub-install: command not found
> + df -hT /boot/grub/menu.lst
> Filesystem    Type    Size  Used Avail Use% Mounted on
> /dev/hdb1     ext2    671M  367M  269M  58% /
> + cat /boot/grub/device.map
> (hd0)   /dev/hdb
>
> I think you wanted something different for the last two, so:
> eehouse at pup:~$ sudo grub --version
> grub (GNU GRUB 0.97)
> eehouse at pup:~$ sudo grub-install -v
> grub-install (GNU GRUB 0.97)

Yes, thanks.

Everything lists /dev/hdb.  Are you booting from /dev/hdb or do you
have another drive in this machine?

If you are not sure, run this script and post the contents of output.txt

true ; (
set -x
cat /proc/partitions
) >& output.txt

Regards,
- Robert