boot drops to grub prompt, disk error

[Karl Auer]

On Thu, 2017-06-29 at 08:33 +0100, Colin Law wrote:
> > It was working OK and then it stopped.
> I suggest starting by unplugging the connectors to the discs and
> reconnecting them. It is not unknown for a dodgy connection to give
> intermittent operation and reseating them may repair the connection.

Well, we'll try that. However, it's not intermittent in that sense. It
ALWAYS fails into the grub menu, and ALWAYS successfully boots after the second "exit". The person concerned says it sometimes needs three "exits", but I've not seen it and he's not 100% certain of it.

What puzzles me is the hd0/hd1 thing. How could hd1 appear if there is
no second physical disk?

I hope to have my actual hands on it tomorrow some time.

Regards, K.

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