Update bootloader fails

On 2015-06-17 20:36, ionmich wrote:
>
> Well it’s nice to know about jstar and the wrap problem. And the news is
> not that bad. The upper part of the green lizard displays with a small
> black window under it. It asks for a username and password. I can log in
> as root. Then the screen clears and it displays the normal login box
> where I can now login as user.

That does not seem a grub problem at all.

> I tried to re-configure the loader using YaST but it had no effect. I
> suspect I have to delete some grub2 file in order for YaST to work. Is
> my assumption something I should follow?

I got this recommendation from arvidjaar recently:

|> In my experience yast-bootloader is quite unreliable at changing
|> bootloader location. I always recommend to select “No bootloader” first,
|> save and quit, and then start yast-bootloader again, chose bootloader
|> and configure it. Yast-bootoader apparently does many things only the
|> first time ever.

But that’s assuming you have a grub problem.


Cheers / Saludos,

Carlos E. R.
(from 13.1 x86_64 “Bottle” at Telcontar)

That solved the problem. I now have the usual menu to select what to boot and the usual login screen. Many thanks for the solution.