Black and White grub on start up

[torehan]

Dear all,

First of all I'm a newbie on Fedora 12 and also Linux.

I've installed Fedora 12 from usb to my laptop. But, on start up a b&w grub screen occurs. (I think there is where we chose the kernel for booting?)

When I start the the system from usb ordinary multi-boot screen comes and let me choose which operating system that i would like to start.

Do i have to start from usb all the time?

Torehan

[stoat]

I don't really know. Sorry. But what you are describing sounds like the splashimage that is normally behind the Fedora GRUB menu screen. The splashimage file is usually specified in the splashimage command line in /boot/grub/grub.conf. The splashimage file (splash.xpm.gz) normally is located in the /boot/grub directory. So I would look at /boot/grub/grub.conf and the splashimage command line, and then look for /boot/grub/splash.xpm.gz. It should all make sense. If it doesn't, then correct something.

[torehan]

Hi,
When I grep the grub.conf file for splash;

splashimage=(hd1,1)/grub/splash.xpm.gz

and (hd1,1) adressing the usb disk. I think this is the origin of the problem. But I don't have any idea how to solve it.

Is it possibleto solve directly changing the hd1,1 with hd0,2 ?

ps: hd0,2 refers the boot folder.

[stoat]

Originally Posted by torehan

Is it possibleto solve directly changing the hd1,1 with hd0,2 ?

ps: hd0,2 refers the boot folder.

That sounds worth trying to me. Open /boot/grub/grub.conf for editing with a text editor and make the change. It won't make the situation any worse than it already is.

[torehan]

Unfortunately it doesn't work.

It just changed the colour of the multi-boot screen to black and white when i start from usb because grub couldn't find the splash.xpm.gz at the location that i give.

When i start from the hard drive still occurs a screen,

grub>

It says that "press tab for a good start" and that process only shows the command that I can use...

[BugRocks1]

Try adding:

vga=771

list of vga modes available for linux
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/VESA_BI...o_mode_numbers

You can try disabling the framebuffer with the option nofb.

You can also look at the boot messages to see if it says something:

cat /var/log/boot

And look at messages to see if there is any clue:

tail -n 50 /var/log/messages

[stoat]

Originally Posted by torehan in post#1

I've installed Fedora 12 from usb to my laptop. But, on start up a b&w grub screen occurs. (I think there is where we chose the kernel for booting?)

When I start the the system from usb ordinary multi-boot screen comes and let me choose which operating system that i would like to start.

Originally Posted by torehan in post #5

When i start from the hard drive still occurs a screen,

grub>

Okay. I think I didn't understand what you were describing in the first post. I thought you meant that you were seeing the GRUB boot menu in black and white instead of with the graphic splash behind it. I believe anyone reading only your first post would think that. But now, I think you meant when you boot from the hard drive, it stops booting at a grub> prompt. Different matter.

First, I confess that I don't really know what you've done. Sorry. Second, if you successfully installed Fedora on the hard drive, then the GRUB boot loader is busted.

If the /boot and /boot/grub folders on the hard drive system have the usual contents (kernel, initramfs image file, grub stage image files, the stage2 file, the splash file), then maybe you just need to re-install GRUB for the hard drive system. I guess you want it in the master boot record. If so, then boot something (a boot disk, rescue disk, the USB pendrive, a Super Grub Disk, something) and do the job.

If you think what I just said is accurate but you need help with re-installing GRUB for the hard drive system, then I'm sure help will come when you return and ask for it.

P.S.: I think you should download the Super Grub Disk (easy to find with Google). Know why? Because it comes in a pendrive version (there must be some reason you installed from a pendrive). And also because you can use the Super Grub Disk to attempt to emergency boot the hard drive Fedora system (!LINUX! in the Quick Menu). If it is capable of booting, then the Super Grub Disk can boot it. If that works, then you can reboot with it again and use it to re-install GRUB in the master boot record (if that is what you want). For that, chose GRUB => MBR & !LINUX! in the Quick Menu. Lastly, the Super Grub Disk is a handy utility that everyone using GRUB should possess anyway.