bootsplash = doesn't boot anymore - SOLVED

[bcglass]

uh oh ... last night I changed the bootsplash and now GRUB doesn't work anymore. It goes into some sort of (splash not found ... trying again) cycle and never actually boots.

Now I am booting from an older live CD ... I want to mount the partition with my filesystem on it and change the config so that the bootsplash is gone and it boots again. The question is WHERE do I edit these settings ?

[Snowhog]

Re: bootsplash = doesn't boot anymore

The likelyhood is you have the bootsplash setting in your /boot/grub/menu.lst file. This is what mine looks like:

## ## End Default Options ##

splashimage=(hd0,1)/boot/grub/splashimages/romulan.xpm.gz
# White border and text
foreground ffffff
# Gray19 text shadow
background 303030

title Ubuntu 7.10, kernel 2.6.22-14-generic
root (hd0,1)
kernel /boot/vmlinuz-2.6.22-14-generic root=UUID=3cb6e1de-7583-47a4-b487-58f1502c63a2 ro splash acpi=off
initrd /boot/initrd.img-2.6.22-14-generic
quiet

So, mount the root partition, CD to the /boot/grub directory, and edit (as root) the menu.lst file to make the correction.

[bcglass]

Re: bootsplash = doesn't boot anymore

ok ... it turns out that it wasn't actually the splash screen (although in a way it was) it's the same old GRUB problem back to bite me again.

As soon as I told GRUB to change it's splash screen ... it decided to change the HD 0,0 to HD 1,0 ... again ... it does this every single time I do anything to/with GRUB. I changed the hd back to 0,0 and everything boots normally ... again.

thanks for the help.

(thread can be closed)

[Snowhog]

Re: bootsplash = doesn't boot anymore

If you'll post your menu.lst, I may be able to assist in preventing that from happening in the future.

Also, you can go back to your initial post, click the Modify button, and add SOLVED to the subject line.

[bcglass]

Re: bootsplash = doesn't boot anymore

well ... since you mentioned it I took a peek and I assume that this is the problem:

## default grub root device
## e.g. groot=(hd0,0)
# groot=(hd1,0)


I changed it to:
# groot=(hd0,0)

hopefully that's it ...


here's the whole thing though ...


### BEGIN AUTOMAGIC KERNELS LIST
## lines between the AUTOMAGIC KERNELS LIST markers will be modified
## by the debian update-grub script except for the default options below

## DO NOT UNCOMMENT THEM, Just edit them to your needs

## ## Start Default Options ##
## default kernel options
## default kernel options for automagic boot options
## If you want special options for specific kernels use kopt_x_y_z
## where x.y.z is kernel version. Minor versions can be omitted.
## e.g. kopt=root=/dev/hda1 ro
## kopt_2_6_8=root=/dev/hdc1 ro
## kopt_2_6_8_2_686=root=/dev/hdc2 ro
# kopt=root=UUID=8f08c5f8-7382-4a1b-955b-e3068e463b6b ro

## Setup crashdump menu entries
## e.g. crashdump=1
# crashdump=0

## default grub root device
## e.g. groot=(hd0,0)
# groot=(hd1,0)

## should update-grub create alternative automagic boot options
## e.g. alternative=true
## alternative=false
# alternative=true

## should update-grub lock alternative automagic boot options
## e.g. lockalternative=true
## lockalternative=false
# lockalternative=false

## additional options to use with the default boot option, but not with the
## alternatives
## e.g. defoptions=vga=791 resume=/dev/hda5
# defoptions=quiet splash vga=771

## should update-grub lock old automagic boot options
## e.g. lockold=false
## lockold=true
# lockold=false

## Xen hypervisor options to use with the default Xen boot option
# xenhopt=

## Xen Linux kernel options to use with the default Xen boot option
# xenkopt=console=tty0

## altoption boot targets option
## multiple altoptions lines are allowed
## e.g. altoptions=(extra menu suffix) extra boot options
## altoptions=(recovery) single
# altoptions=(recovery mode) single

## controls how many kernels should be put into the menu.lst
## only counts the first occurence of a kernel, not the
## alternative kernel options
## e.g. howmany=all
## howmany=7
# howmany=all

## should update-grub create memtest86 boot option
## e.g. memtest86=true
## memtest86=false
# memtest86=true

## should update-grub adjust the value of the default booted system
## can be true or false
# updatedefaultentry=false

## should update-grub add savedefault to the default options
## can be true or false
# savedefault=false

## ## End Default Options ##

title Ubuntu 7.10, kernel 2.6.22-14-generic
root (hd0,0)
kernel /boot/vmlinuz-2.6.22-14-generic root=UUID=8f08c5f8-7382-4a1b-955b-e3068e463b6b ro quiet splash vga=771
initrd /boot/initrd.img-2.6.22-14-generic
quiet

title Ubuntu 7.10, kernel 2.6.22-14-generic (recovery mode)
root (hd0,0)
kernel /boot/vmlinuz-2.6.22-14-generic root=UUID=8f08c5f8-7382-4a1b-955b-e3068e463b6b ro single
initrd /boot/initrd.img-2.6.22-14-generic

title Ubuntu 7.10, kernel 2.6.20-16-generic
root (hd0,0)
kernel /boot/vmlinuz-2.6.20-16-generic root=UUID=8f08c5f8-7382-4a1b-955b-e3068e463b6b ro quiet splash vga=771
initrd /boot/initrd.img-2.6.20-16-generic
quiet

title Ubuntu 7.10, kernel 2.6.20-16-generic (recovery mode)
root (hd0,0)
kernel /boot/vmlinuz-2.6.20-16-generic root=UUID=8f08c5f8-7382-4a1b-955b-e3068e463b6b ro single
initrd /boot/initrd.img-2.6.20-16-generic

title Ubuntu 7.10, memtest86+
root (hd0,0)
kernel /boot/memtest86+.bin
quiet

### END DEBIAN AUTOMAGIC KERNELS LIST

[Snowhog]

Re: bootsplash = doesn't boot anymore

Yup, that's what I was going to look at.

Changing #groot=(hd1,0) to #groot(hd0,0) will ensure that anytime the kernel is updated, or changes to grub are made, root will be directed to your 1st HD and 1st partition.