Re: Odd error message

[Andrei Borzenkov]

On Mon, Oct 31, 2016 at 2:47 AM, Dale R. Worley <address@hidden> wrote:
> I've been having some intermittent problems with Grub.  But before I can
> debug that, I need to know this:
>
> The symptom is that Grub cannot load Linux; it produces this error
> message and halts:
>
>     error: can't find command 'initrd'
>
> Searching for this online yields a considerable number of hits, but no
> explanation of what the message means, much less what might be causing
> it.
>

initrd command is implemented by module that is loaded on demand (most
commands in grub are implemented by additional modules to keep initial
image small). This means grub could not load module (file not found,
some error during module init execution).

What filesystem /boot/grub (or /boot/grub2 depending on your
distribution) is located on?

> As I read the message, it makes no sense at all.  'initrd' is central
> feature of Grub, so you can't say that it "can't be found".
>
> Any help would be appreciated!
>
> Dale
>
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