Bug#236093: marked as done (grub: Boot 'stages' not installed correctly.)
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Subject: grub: Boot 'stages' not installed correctly.
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Package: grub
Version: 0.93+cvs20031021-8
Severity: critical
Justification: breaks the whole system
After a installation[1], on reboot the system does not boot.
This is on a freshly configured disk, parition and filesystem.
It looks like the BIOS passes control to the GRUB stage1, a couple
of blank lines are printed onto the screen, and the system hangs.
An older version of GRUB can be used to fix the system, after
booting from floppy.
[1] - The install process was:
boot from cdrom (custom)
partition the disk=20
format the partition
mount the filesystem
untar a root filesystem (including grub config)
chroot into filesystem and run grub.
=20
This previously worked with an older version of the 'stable' GRUB
package.
=20
=20
system was insalled
-- System Information:
Debian Release: testing/unstable
APT prefers testing
APT policy: (500, 'testing')
Architecture: i386 (i686)
Kernel: Linux 2.4.21-pre5
Locale: LANG=3DC, LC_CTYPE=3DC
Versions of packages grub depends on:
ii libc6 2.3.2.ds1-11 GNU C Library: Shared
libraries an
ii libncurses5 5.3.20030719-5 Shared libraries for
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Date: Sat, 17 Apr 2004 14:22:30 -0500
From: Micah Anderson <micah@riseup.net>
To: Paul Schulz <paul@mawsonlakes.org>
Cc: 236093-done@bugs.debian.org
Subject: Re: Bug#236093: grub: Boot 'stages' not installed correctly.
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The bug submitted had originally replied to me without CC'ing
bugs.debian.org, I asked him to resubmit his reply to
236093-done@bugs.debian.org, but he must have missed the -done part, I
am doing this for him.
micah
On Sat, 17 Apr 2004, Paul Schulz wrote:
> Micah,=20
>=20
> Thank you for replying. I believe that this specific problem lies in
> the way that I am (ad)using grubs 'device.map' file. So, the bug is
> probably invalid (and I'm happy for it to go away).
>=20
> There is indeed a 'menu.lst' and a 'device.map' file in the=20
> 'grub config' (It is the entire contents of the /boot directory.)
> and it get's copied to the target machine.
>=20
> The previous version of GRUB (0.91-2) worked using the method I
> described, which is why I logged the bug when this behaviour changed
> (ie. something broke between this and 0.93+cvs20031021-8).
>=20
> I will use the 'grub-install' script with the --recheck option
> (maybe even deleting the 'device.map' file before using it).
>=20
> [BACKBROUND: The installer was 'inherited' was a previous employee,=20
> and the aim is to bring it as soon as posible into line with the
> current Debian installer so that more sensible debugging/testing
> can take place, and benefit everyone.] =20
>=20
> Cheers,
> Paul
>=20
>=20
> On Sat, 2004-04-17 at 10:08, Micah Anderson wrote:
> > There is some crucial information that needs to be provided to
> > understand if this is indeed a critical bug or if you were simply not
> > installing grub properly. Please see comments in-line below:
> >=20
> > On Thu, 04 Mar 2004, Paul Schulz wrote:
> >=20
> > > Package: grub
> > > Version: 0.93+cvs20031021-8
> > > Severity: critical
> > > Justification: breaks the whole system
> > >=20
> > > After a installation[1], on reboot the system does not boot.
> > > This is on a freshly configured disk, parition and filesystem.
> >=20
> > It should be explicitly noted here that the user did not install using
> > a tradtional installation method, but is doing his own thing.
> >=20
> > >=20
> > > It looks like the BIOS passes control to the GRUB stage1, a couple
> > > of blank lines are printed onto the screen, and the system hangs.
> > >=20
> > > An older version of GRUB can be used to fix the system, after
> > > booting from floppy.
> > >=20
> > > [1] - The install process was:
> > > boot from cdrom (custom)
> > > partition the disk=20
> > > format the partition
> > > mount the filesystem
> > > untar a root filesystem (including grub config)
> >=20
> > This "grub config" is crucial information, if it includes a device.map
> > from another system that does not correspond to the system that you
> > are trying to install to, you will have this problem because your
> > device.map does not match up and this would be why you would need to
> > recreate it.=3D20
> >=20
> > Can you provide more details of what is included in this "grub
> > config"? Is it just a menu.lst? Is there a device.map included?
> >=20
> > > chroot into filesystem and run grub.
> >=20
> > I assume when you say "run grub" you are *not* running grub-install,
> > but instead running grub the way you detailed in your followup message
> > (run grub, specify the root, run setup).=3D20
> >=20
> > The documented procedure is to run grub-install because this will
> > create a necessary device.map file if there is not one (ie. you don't
> > provide it with your "grub config"). If you did not provide a
> > device.map in your "grub config" and you did not run grub-install then
> > the device.map would not be valid.
> >=20
> >=20
> > > =20
> > > This previously worked with an older version of the 'stable' GRUB
> > > package.
> >=20
> > On other systems where this worked were you using ide drives? Have you
> > always used scsi drives in the exact same configuration? If not, your
> > device.map file, if you are providing this with your "grub config"
> > will not match up and grub will think that hd(0) is possibly /dev/hda
> > instead of /dev/sda which you are using in this scenario.
> >=20
> > micah
micah
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