MX-19: FEEDBACK of latest GRUB 2.04-9~mx19+5 update

[SwampRabbit]

Hello SwampRabbit
The 32bit
took that live usb with 2.04-9~mx19+5 installed, ran it through remaster with live kernel updater, got this install that first start, verifi by press e, and every start is with +5. It knows no other grub. Now full upgrade and snappy. Desktop starts faster than you can strike a match.
MX-19.2_386

Thank you i_ri!

[dolphin_oracle]

nah, don't worry about it. Its just weird.

if I can duplicate it I'll post the original grub.cfg for comparison.

Another theoretical possiblity: On both drives is an ESP with the same UUID. E.g. in case those drive of been cloned, without changin the UUID's. If so, it founds the wrong ESP.

hmm.....I may have to check that one. I did at one time try to clone on my oldrive onto the newer SSD. I ended up reinstalling but its very possible I didn't overwrite the ESP.

that was it. my ESP's have the same UUID. so mystery solved.

I'm good to send it out to the main repo now.

[SwampRabbit]

that was it. my ESP's have the same UUID. so mystery solved.

I'm good to send it out to the main repo now.

I'll send the PM then

[fehlix]

that was it. my ESP's have the same UUID. so mystery solved.

[JayM]

I got this in my upgrades this morning, installed it, and am still able to boot both MX and Windows, so no problems here.

[SwampRabbit]

I got this in my upgrades this morning, installed it, and am still able to boot both MX and Windows, so no problems here.

Thanks Jay! That is good news indeed, I think I'll feel a little uncomfortable until some time passes.

Seen lots of horror stories on other distros lately. But if fehlix and d.o. say we're good I trust them were 99.99% golden

[JayM]

At worst case I have a snapshot and full backup that I made less than a week ago. I could have reinstalled the old grub from my snapshot USB or even done a full reinstall, so I decided to go for it.

[Snod Blatter]

Also upgraded here, works fine no problem. The install window is a bit confusing though, offering to install to sda and sda1 and then erroring out if you don't have it installed to sda1 (like me!).

[SwampRabbit]

Also upgraded here, works fine no problem. The install window is a bit confusing though, offering to install to sda and sda1 and then erroring out if you don't have it installed to sda1 (like me!).

Yes that can be a bit confusing at times.

I don't believe we (MX) can do anything about that, its a GRUB thing, although fehlix would know best.

One good thing is, while that window is open, you can check several ways to see where it is installed before you make a choice in that window.

And if all fails, booting a live USB and using the fine MX Boot Repair to fix the problem easy.

I actually need to update the first post and title of this thread now.

[arjaybe]

After installing the update I was unable to boot. I got a grub rescue prompt.

I booted a live USB and selected grub from the boot menu, then selected the current bootloader and was up. I ran grub repair which completed successfully, but reboot brought me to grub rescue. Next time I ran grub customizer -- same result.

Even though the fixes seem to work, they don't. Any suggestions?