[SOLVED] Bricked computer - GRUB won't show
I'm not sure what happened, but I rebooted my computer, and now it won't show the boot loader page.
I had updated some packages, but I don't think grub was among them.
My boot setup is grub and EFI.
I booted using a recovery disk (systemrescuecd), but I don't even know where to start looking.
My initial try was to choose "boot existing installation" on the recovery disk. Unfortunately systemd reported several "failed to mount" and then hung.
parted /dev/sda print
Shows my EFI partition with the boot and esp flag.
I'm able to mount all the partitions and browse the files.
Any idea where I should start looking for the problem?
And is there a "better" rescue disk with more up-to-date software? I see grub-install on the rescue disk shows version 0.97.
Last edited by simendsjo (2015-02-18 12:20:28)
jasonwryan wrote:Read pacman's log to see what was updated. Use the Arch ISO as your rescue disk.
Thanks. This is mighty strange though.. I couldn't find any package upgrades that should have modified my boot.
Reinstalling grub fixed the problem, but I don't like that I have no idea what caused the problem in the first place.
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