Bug#345931: grub: doesn't show anything when the system tries to boot

[Matthijs Mohlmann]

Package: grub
Version: 0.97-4
Followup-For: Bug #345931

Hi,

I can confirm the same behaviour. When I try to install grub into my MBR
then it doesn't fail at all. Then I tried to reboot and nothing appears
on the screen.

Attached my menu.lst

Regards,

Matthijs Mohlmann

-- System Information:
Debian Release: testing/unstable
  APT prefers unstable
  APT policy: (500, 'unstable'), (1, 'experimental')
Architecture: i386 (i686)
Shell:  /bin/sh linked to /bin/bash
Kernel: Linux 2.6.15
Locale: LANG=en_US.UTF-8, LC_CTYPE=en_US.UTF-8 (charmap=UTF-8)

Versions of packages grub depends on:
ii  libc6                         2.3.5-12   GNU C Library: Shared libraries an
ii  libncurses5                   5.5-1      Shared libraries for terminal hand

grub recommends no packages.

-- no debconf information
-------------- next part --------------
#
# Sample boot menu configuration file
#

# Boot automatically after 30 secs.
timeout 5

# By default, boot the first entry.
default 0

# Fallback to the second entry.
fallback 1

# Pretty colours
color cyan/blue white/blue

### BEGIN AUTOMAGIC KERNELS LIST
## lines between the AUTOMAGIC KERNELS LIST markers will be modified
## by the debian update-grub script except for the default options below

## DO NOT UNCOMMENT THEM, Just edit them to your needs

## ## Start Default Options ##
## default kernel options
## default kernel options for automagic boot options
## If you want special options for specific kernels use kopt_x_y_z
## where x.y.z is kernel version. Minor versions can be omitted.
## e.g. kopt=root=/dev/hda1 ro
##      kopt_2_6_8=root=/dev/hdc1 ro
##      kopt_2_6_8_2_686=root=/dev/hdc2 ro
# kopt=root=/dev/hda2 ro vga=791

## default grub root device
## e.g. groot=(hd0,0)
# groot=(hd0,1)

## should update-grub create alternative automagic boot options
## e.g. alternative=true
##      alternative=false
# alternative=true

## should update-grub lock alternative automagic boot options
## e.g. lockalternative=true
##      lockalternative=false
# lockalternative=false

## additional options to use with the default boot option, but not with the
## alternatives
## e.g. defoptions=vga=791 resume=/dev/hda5
# defoptions=

## altoption boot targets option
## multiple altoptions lines are allowed
## e.g. altoptions=(extra menu suffix) extra boot options
##      altoptions=(recovery mode) single
# altoptions=(recovery mode) single

## controls how many kernels should be put into the menu.lst
## only counts the first occurence of a kernel, not the
## alternative kernel options
## e.g. howmany=all
##      howmany=7
# howmany=all

## should update-grub create memtest86 boot option
## e.g. memtest86=true
##      memtest86=false
# memtest86=true

## ## End Default Options ##

title		Debian GNU/Linux, kernel 2.6.15
root		(hd0,1)
kernel		/boot/vmlinuz-2.6.15 root=/dev/hda2 ro vga=791 
savedefault
boot

title		Debian GNU/Linux, kernel 2.6.15 (recovery mode)
root		(hd0,1)
kernel		/boot/vmlinuz-2.6.15 root=/dev/hda2 ro vga=791 single
savedefault
boot

title		Debian GNU/Linux, kernel 2.6.14
root		(hd0,1)
kernel		/boot/vmlinuz-2.6.14 root=/dev/hda2 ro vga=791 
savedefault
boot

title		Debian GNU/Linux, kernel 2.6.14 (recovery mode)
root		(hd0,1)
kernel		/boot/vmlinuz-2.6.14 root=/dev/hda2 ro vga=791 single
savedefault
boot

### END DEBIAN AUTOMAGIC KERNELS LIST

# For booting Windows NT or Windows95
title Windows XP
rootnoverify (hd0,0)
makeactive
chainloader  +1