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GRUB doesn't show a menu or boot automatically. I have to manually load the kernel, initrd and then boot. What argument or option do I need to give GRUB in grub.conf to make this happen automatically? That is, either show a menu or just boot?

My system has:

/dev/sda1 as /boot (not encrypted)
/dev/sda2 as / (encrypted)

grub.conf:

Code:

default 0

timeout 5



root (hd0,0)

kernel /3.8.13

initrd /initramfs.cpio.gz

GRUB installation procedure used:

cryptsetup luksOpen /dev/sda2 root
vgchange -ay
mount encrypted device (/dev/sda2) at /mnt/gentoo
mount proc and mount --rbind sys and dev under /mnt/gentoo
chroot to /mnt/gentoo
mount /dev/sda1 /boot
cat /proc/mounts > /etc/mtab
grub-install --no-floppy /dev/sda

/boot (/dev/sda1) contains a directory grub, with grub.conf and symlink from menu.lst to grub.conf.

The kernel does boot, all the way, when I manually type the exact same commands that are in my grub.conf (kernel, initrd and boot).