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Grub 2 Problem with SSD
From: |
Gus Zernial |
Subject: |
Grub 2 Problem with SSD |
Date: |
Fri, 17 Feb 2012 14:41:47 -0800 (PST) |
I have a Kubuntu 11.10 on an amd64 system with kernel 3.0.0-16-generic. My grub
version is 1.99-12ubuntu5. My root and boot directories were on an OCZ-AGILITY2
SATA II SSD, and /home was and is on conventional SATA hard disks. All was well
for several months, untile I suddenly started getting Grub error: out of disk,
no boot, drops into grub rescue>.
I tried various things to no avail, then installed a conventional SATA hard
disk and dd'd the root partition to it. It would not boot to the new root disk
either, giving GRUB error: "ELF header smaller than expected, thereafter
dropping again into grub rescue>. So, as root, I then did apt-get update; then
apt-get purge grub-common grub-gfxpayload-lists grub-pc grub-pc-bin grub2
grub2-common; then reinstalled grub2 including it's dependencies. At that point
and since, I can successfully boot from the conventional SATA hard disk.
My SSD remained as it had been prior to dd'ing it to the conventional SATA hard
disk. Hoping to resuscitate it, I hooked it back up again and repeated the
apt-get purge and install process that had worked on the conventional SATA hard
disk. No dice - when trying to boot from the SSD I'm back to the original Grub
error: out of disk, no boot, drops into grub rescue>.
Is there a way to cure the grub2 out of disk error re-establish grub2 booting
from the SSD?
Thanks, Gus
- Grub 2 Problem with SSD,
Gus Zernial <=