[mythtv-users] Grub problem - or I have a special place in my version of hell reserved for Seagate

[Hika van den Hoven]

Hoi Anthony,

Thursday, August 4, 2016, 11:54:44 PM, you wrote:

> On 5 August 2016 at 06:13, Simon Hobson <linux at thehobsons.co.uk>wrote:

> Well I solved it tonight, but I bet no-one will guess what the problem was.
>  
>  Off list I was pointed to http://www.supergrubdisk.org (thanks Nate).
>  Great little tool I'd never heard of, takes the hard work out of
> booting a system. Picked up my system, booted it just fine. Did an
> update-grub and grub-install /dev/sda. Rebooted to get ... just that
> darn blinking cursor taunting me again.
>  
>  Then I had that "oh you plonker" moment and remembered an
> important "feature" of this system (HP Microserver). Once I changed
> it to boot off the right disk, it booted up just fine. Doesn't get
> me any files back off that darned Seagate drive, but the system is back.
>  
>  Never overlook the simple things !



> Boot-repair is awesome also


> https://help.ubuntu.com/community/Boot-Repair


> Cheers,


> Anthony 

But it won't add the disk to the bios boot-order!
Many modern bioses have the option to try any other device on failing
on all listed devices. As long as you do not have a bootable CD/DVD or
USB stick inserted, that would catch a disk not being added to the
boot-order.

Tot mails,
  Hika                            mailto:hikavdh at gmail.com

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