[xubuntu-users] Boot Warning

[John Deakin]

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Rob,

I had this earlier and on start-up the boot was looking at my second
data disk and therefore not finding the necessary config files.

Have a look in the BIOS to see which device it is reading first and make
sure the BIOS is looking at your operating system disk first.

regards,
John

On 03/05/15 09:49, Petter Adsen wrote:
> Rob, you only sent your mail to me, so I'm Cc'ing to the mailing list
> so everyone can see this.
> 
> On Sun, 03 May 2015 17:35:43 +1000
> Rob Ward <rl.ward at bigpond.com> wrote:
>> On 03/05/15 16:54, Petter Adsen wrote:
>>> On Sun, 03 May 2015 10:14:04 +1000
>>> Rob Ward <rl.ward at bigpond.com> wrote:
>>>
>>>> Nope, the fix was only temporary....
>>>>
>>>> rob at DesktopUbuntu:~$ sudo update-grub
>>>> Generating grub configuration file ...
>>>> Found linux image: /boot/vmlinuz-3.13.0-51-generic
>>>> Found initrd image: /boot/initrd.img-3.13.0-51-generic
>>>> Found linux image: /boot/vmlinuz-3.13.0-49-generic
>>>> Found initrd image: /boot/initrd.img-3.13.0-49-generic
>>>>
>>>> .... 17 more images ....
>>> Not that it should matter, but do you _need_ all these kernel
>>> images?
>>>
>> I only realised I had them when I began to investigate this.  I have 
>> found where to remove them.
>> https://help.ubuntu.com/community/Lubuntu/Documentation/RemoveOldKernels
>> There is long command there to remove all but the current one, but 
>> apparently it says at least the last two should be retained.
> 
> Yes, keep your previous kernel when you do a kernel upgrade, but if you
> do not specifically need any other kernel versions, then go ahead and
> remove them. Run "sudo update-grub" afterwards.
> 
>>>> Found linux image: /boot/vmlinuz-3.11.0-12-generic
>>>> Found initrd image: /boot/initrd.img-3.11.0-12-generic
>>>> Found memtest86+ image: /boot/memtest86+.elf
>>>> Found memtest86+ image: /boot/memtest86+.bin
>>>> Found Microsoft Windows XP Home Edition on /dev/sda1
>>>> done
>>>>
>>>> Could the XP be causing the problem?
>>> I don't think so. Exactly when does the message appear? Is it
>>> before or after the kernel is loaded? Is there anything interesting
>>> in /var/log/boot.log?
>> The message comes up immediately after the grub screen prompts close.
>>
>> I have looked in boot.log and also ran "dmesg" cmd as well.
>> They are attached.
> 
> They are not relevant, so I didn't forward them to the list.
> 
>> Most of the boot.log entries end with a clean OK so I am guessing
>> they not the source of the problem.
> 
> This is correct.
> 
>> If anyone can quickly scan these for any clues I would appreciate it.
>> I have inspected them line by line, but nothing has clicked with me.
>> The more I see, the more I realise how little I understand.
> 
> This problem is well documented in bug 1311247 on Launchpad[1]. You
> didn't say, but I assume you are running 14.04, which is affected. It
> is fixed in grub2 2.02~beta2-21 which has been released for vivid. This
> leaves you with the following options:
> 
> 1) Ignore it. It's just cosmetic.
> 2) See if you can install the grub2 package from the vivid repos. I
>    have no idea how safe or unsafe this is.
> 3) Convince someone to backport the fix to trusty.
> 4) Upgrade to vivid.
> 
> If I were you, I would go with option 1. When the prompt appears, the
> system will continue booting after 5 seconds even if you do not press a
> key. While annoying, that's all it really is.
> 
> In the future, when you get some kind of problem or error message and do
> a web search, and one of the top hits you get is on
> "bugs.launchpad.net", you really should read that page. This is the
> authoritative source for all known Ubuntu bugs and possible
> fixes/workarounds.
> 
> Petter
> 
> [1] https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/grub2/+bug/1311247
> 
> 
> 

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regards,
John
01367 820542
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