#!/usr/bin/env bash # # JbTecWiz Support Centre -- generated fix script # # Fault : grub rescue> -- "no such partition" or "unknown filesystem" # Fix : Boot once from the rescue prompt # Source: https://jbtecwiz.com/support/lnx-grub-rescue # # Run as : grub rescue> prompt # Expect : 20 minutes # Risk : low # Reversible : yes # # WHEN THIS IS THE RIGHT FIX # No live media to hand. This gets you booted once; it does not repair # anything permanently. # # HOW TO UNDO IT # None -- nothing on disk is changed until the grub-install step. # # Walks the fix one step at a time and asks before each. Steps with no # command are yours to do -- it prints those and waits. DRYRUN=1 prints # without executing; UNATTENDED=1 does not ask. # # -------------------------------------------------------------------- # NO WARRANTY - USE AT YOUR OWN RISK # # This script is provided by JbTecWiz as-is and with no warranty of any # kind, express or implied. You run it entirely at your own risk. # # JbTecWiz accepts no liability for any loss or damage arising from its # use, including but not limited to data loss, downtime, or configuration # changes that turn out to be wrong for your system. # # You are responsible for reading this script before running it, for # satisfying yourself that it suits the machine in front of you, and for # having a working backup first. Some steps cannot be undone. # -------------------------------------------------------------------- set -uo pipefail DRYRUN="${DRYRUN:-0}" UNATTENDED="${UNATTENDED:-0}" failed=0 rule() { printf "\n%s\n" "$(printf '-%.0s' $(seq 1 70))"; if [ $# -gt 0 ]; then echo "$1"; fi; } prose() { echo "$1" | fold -s -w 74 | sed "s/^/ /"; } # Returns 0 when the caller should run the command, 1 when it should not. # A manual step always returns 1 -- there is nothing for the caller to run. step() { # step [command lines...] local n="$1" dotext="$2" why="$3" mode="$4"; shift 4 rule " Step $n of 6" prose "$dotext" if [ -n "$why" ]; then echo; prose "$why"; fi if [ "$mode" = "manual" ]; then echo; echo " -> Do this yourself, then press Enter to carry on." if [ "$UNATTENDED" = "0" ] && [ "$DRYRUN" = "0" ]; then read -r _; fi return 1 fi echo; printf " %s\n" "$@"; echo if [ "$DRYRUN" = "1" ]; then echo " (dry run -- not executed)"; return 1; fi if [ "$UNATTENDED" = "0" ]; then read -r -p " Run this step? [Y]es / [S]kip / [Q]uit " a case "$a" in [Qq]*) echo " Stopped at your request."; exit 0 ;; [Ss]*) echo " Skipped."; return 1 ;; esac fi return 0 } rule echo " grub rescue> -- "no such partition" or "unknown filesystem"" echo " Boot once from the rescue prompt" echo echo " Risk: low Reversible 20 minutes" echo prose 'No warranty. Use at your own risk - JbTecWiz accepts no liability. Read it before you run it, and have a backup.' rule echo if [ "$UNATTENDED" = "0" ] && [ "$DRYRUN" = "0" ]; then read -r -p " Ready? [y/N] " go case "$go" in [Yy]*) ;; *) echo " Nothing was changed."; exit 0;; esac fi if step 1 'List the partitions GRUB can see.' 'It prints things like (hd0) (hd0,gpt1) (hd0,gpt2). These are GRUB'\''s names, not Linux'\''s -- gpt2 here is roughly /dev/sda2.' cmd 'ls'; then ls if [ $? -ne 0 ]; then failed=$((failed+1)) echo " Step 1 failed. The rest of the fix may depend on it." >&2 fi fi if step 2 'Find which one holds /boot/grub by inspecting each in turn.' '' cmd 'ls (hd0,gpt2)/boot/grub'; then ls (hd0,gpt2)/boot/grub if [ $? -ne 0 ]; then failed=$((failed+1)) echo " Step 2 failed. The rest of the fix may depend on it." >&2 fi fi if step 3 'Point GRUB at it and load the modules.' '' cmd 'set prefix=(hd0,gpt2)/boot/grub' 'set root=(hd0,gpt2)' 'insmod normal' 'normal'; then set prefix=(hd0,gpt2)/boot/grub set root=(hd0,gpt2) insmod normal normal if [ $? -ne 0 ]; then failed=$((failed+1)) echo " Step 3 failed. The rest of the fix may depend on it." >&2 fi fi step 4 'The full menu should appear. Boot the system normally.' '' manual || true if step 5 'Once booted, make it permanent -- otherwise the next restart lands right back here.' 'Do not skip this. Everything above lives only in memory.' cmd 'sudo grub-install /dev/sda' 'sudo update-grub'; then sudo grub-install /dev/sda sudo update-grub if [ $? -ne 0 ]; then failed=$((failed+1)) echo " Step 5 failed. The rest of the fix may depend on it." >&2 fi fi if step 6 'On RHEL-family use the other tool name.' '' cmd 'sudo grub2-install /dev/sda' 'sudo grub2-mkconfig -o /boot/grub2/grub.cfg'; then sudo grub2-install /dev/sda sudo grub2-mkconfig -o /boot/grub2/grub.cfg if [ $? -ne 0 ]; then failed=$((failed+1)) echo " Step 6 failed. The rest of the fix may depend on it." >&2 fi fi rule " Confirm it worked" prose 'The machine restarts into the normal GRUB menu.' if [ "$DRYRUN" = "0" ]; then sudo grub-install --version && lsblk -f fi rule if [ "$failed" -gt 0 ]; then echo " Finished with $failed failed step(s)." echo " Read the full write-up at https://jbtecwiz.com/support/lnx-grub-rescue" else echo " Finished." fi echo prose 'To undo: None -- nothing on disk is changed until the grub-install step.' rule