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#1 2010-04-02 23:08:44
- error17
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Install from CD - getting "grub>" line instead of menu?
I burned down the core .iso to a cd and then booted from it with my new computer. It says "booting from CDROM" and then quickly says "loading stage2" and gives me a grub command line "grub>"
According to the newbie guide I'm supposed to get some sort of selection menu, but instead I get this grub line, what should I do?
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#2 2010-04-02 23:17:43
- karol
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Re: Install from CD - getting "grub>" line instead of menu?
Did you check the iso's md5sum? Can you burn it again at a lower speed?
> booted from it with my new computer
Need more info - a Mac, a PC, the hdd is empty, NTFS formated etc.
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#3 2010-04-02 23:23:47
- error17
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Re: Install from CD - getting "grub>" line instead of menu?
yes, the md5sum is correct.
The computer has got new MB, AMD CPU, DDR3 memory and a previously used hdd that I've had both grub and Vista on. I did NTFS format the harddrive in W7 before installing though.
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#4 2010-04-02 23:51:42
- error17
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Re: Install from CD - getting "grub>" line instead of menu?
For troubleshooting purposes I tried booting with a CD containing and older iso of archlinux that I had successfully used to install Arch with on another PC 2 years ago. Exactly the same thing happened when I used this old CD on my new PC, with it giving me the grub line.
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#5 2010-04-03 00:10:30
- Misfit138
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Re: Install from CD - getting "grub>" line instead of menu?
Try the isolinux image instead. Its main purpose is for systems which have trouble booting from live grub.
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#6 2010-04-03 00:58:51
- Frugi
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Re: Install from CD - getting "grub>" line instead of menu?
Maybe you arent booting the cd at all and you are getting the grub that was installed on the harddrive from earlier. Remove everything but the cdrom from the boot queue in bios or try the boot menu key thingy.
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#7 2010-04-04 01:11:02
- error17
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Re: Install from CD - getting "grub>" line instead of menu?
I solved my problem by booting from a flash drive with the .img instead.
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