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virt-resize: Document guest boot stops at "GRUB" (RHBZ#640961).
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@@ -1404,6 +1404,23 @@ Windows may initiate a lengthy "chkdsk" on first boot after a resize,
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if NTFS partitions have been expanded. This is just a safety check
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and (unless it find errors) is nothing to worry about.
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=head2 GUEST BOOT STUCK AT "GRUB"
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If a Linux guest does not boot after resizing, and the boot is stuck
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after printing C<GRUB> on the console, try reinstalling grub. This
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sometimes happens on older (RHEL 5-era) guests, for reasons we don't
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fully understand, although we think is to do with partition alignment.
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guestfish -i -a newdisk
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><fs> cat /boot/grub/device.map
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# check the contents of this file are sensible or
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# edit the file if necessary
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><fs> grub-install / /dev/vda
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><fs> exit
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For more flexible guest reconfiguration, including if you need to
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specify other parameters to grub-install, use L<virt-rescue(1)>.
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=head1 ALTERNATIVE TOOLS
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There are several proprietary tools for resizing partitions. We
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@@ -1443,6 +1460,9 @@ L<virsh(1)>,
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L<parted(8)>,
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L<truncate(1)>,
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L<fallocate(1)>,
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L<grub(8)>,
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L<grub-install(8)>,
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L<virt-rescue(1)>,
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L<Sys::Guestfs(3)>,
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L<http://libguestfs.org/>.
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