Grub and reboot on failure?

[Jan Johansson]

>Does it say which file? If it's graphical, that sounds like this is after Grub has done its thing, and so after loading the >kernel, does that match your observations?

No it does not show which file. 

I do not think it is after kernel start, I think it is before. The splash screen has a "Debian-operating system" blurb and what appears to be a stylized earth-horizin at the bottom.