update-grub: Parse error

[Jens Müller]

On 05.05.2011 04:28, Goh Lip wrote:
> On 05/05/2011 05:53 AM, Jens Müller wrote:
>> I'm trying to make grub work again, using a boot CD and chroot
>>
>> update-grub says:
>>
>> Found linux image: ...
>> Found initrd image: ...
>> Found linux image: ...
>> Found initrd image: ...
>> Found memtest86+ image: ...
>> Parse error at byte 54 (line 3): unexpected token
>> done
>>
>> How do I at least find out in which file this parse error occurs?
>>
>> - Jens
>>
>>
> 
> After completion,

After completion of what?

Well, anyway, after I set /etc/grub.d/30-os_choser (or something like
this) to non-.executable, it worked.

Well, kernel 2.6.38 did not boot, while 2.6.35 did.

- Jens


> boot up to that OS and
> sudo grub-install /dev/sda   (assuming sda)
> 
> It might help.

Oh, "it might help". Without even one word of what might be wrong ...