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    • tigabundok
      tigabundok last edited by tigabundok

      Help me. When im booting it its only in black screen and says.

      GNU GRUB version 2.00
      Minimal BASH-like line editing os supported. For the first word. TAB lists possible command etc

      How can i run recallbox? Please help me

      Btw im using laptop fujitsu lifebook S516 i5 2nd gen and booting using 16gig pendrive.

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      • walter.comunello
        walter.comunello last edited by

        hi, does this happen from a fresh install or did it work before? or did you upgrade it?

        which version are you running? did you follow the installation lines in the DIY section of the main site? (download the image -> write it on a dedicated support)

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        • tigabundok
          tigabundok last edited by

          Im running fresh. Yes i did follow the steps and I am using the latest image file sir

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          • walter.comunello
            walter.comunello last edited by walter.comunello

            My guess is that your machine falls back straight into the bootloader shell because it cannot find its configuration file, or it is not valid. The bootloader shell is very minimal and it's not easy to work with. Or, the bootloader cannot find the kernel because reasons (wrong kernel name, wrong kernel / dev path, wrong devname most likely).

            Please post contents of /cmdline.txt from the flash USB root dir. Verify that the root dir hosts the kernel (zImage or bzImage or uImage). Please also post contents of /boot/ and /boot/grub2 (if present). Check if directory /etc/grub.d is present, and if it holds something. (You might need to access a working Linux system to do this, if the USB stick was formatted in ext4 or similar.)

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            • walter.comunello
              walter.comunello last edited by

              edit: instead of "/boot/grub2" there should be a "/boot/grub" directory. Please also post the contents of "/etc/defaults/grub" (if present).

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