Arch Linux

XuryaX

Member

Registered: 2014-03-19

Posts: 1

Grub shows Grub Shell instead of Menu

Well i followed this guide - https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Beginners'_guide
used the os-prober to check for the preinstalled oem windows 8.1, do not know if it did successfully.
Anywho, then i finished up making the grub config file and then rebooting. Now its loading up the Grub 2.2 Beta 2 Shell, instead of the menu. I kind of did follow everything. and when i did an only linux install on vm, a month back it worked. I dont know the commands to the shell, and i need to fix thius. can anyone guide me on how to do this?

My device is a new Lenovo Z510 Laptop.

hradecek

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From: Slovakia

Registered: 2014-01-23

Posts: 15

Re: Grub shows Grub Shell instead of Menu

Maybe you can use Live CD to repair your configuraion.

For manually boot just type these commands(worked for me):

insmod ext2
set root='(hd0,msdos1)'
linux /vmlinuz... root=/dev/sdaX ro quiet
initrd /initrd.img...
boot

For list set root (hdX,Y) use 'ls' command.
And for /vmlinuz... and /initrd... you can use autocomplete with TAB.

Last edited by hradecek (2014-03-20 08:21:55)

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