[indiana-discuss] disappearance of SUNWgnu-libiconv and other issues with 111a

[Juergen Keil]

2009/5/3 Matt Ingenthron <ingenthr at cep.net>:

>> This assumes the upgrade from 2008.11 to build 111a did not
>> install the new grub bits, but the menu.lst file was rewritten
>> and now uses those zfs gang blocks, and the old grub cannot
>> read the file any more?   What kind of error is reported by the
>> grub console when you try a "cat /boot/grub/menu.lst" ?
>>
>
> No error.  I see the file on the screen.  This is, of course, after I've
> done the findroot.

Hmm, with a VirtualBox 2.2.2 guest install and build 111a,
I can enter the grub console and cat /boot/grub/menu.lst,
without having to use findroot!

Did you get an error before you used findroot? Which one?


The other file that is loaded before the grub menu is displayed
is the file /boot/grub/splash.xpm.gz. IIRC a failure to load it
is not fatal and results in a grub menu without splashimage.
But, in the past there had been bugs in that area, e.g. 6775099
and 6779852.

Does a cat on that splash.xpm.gz file work from grub console, too?