Bug#419766: Grub fails to boot kernel on Dell OptiPlex 320 PCs

[Robert Millan]

On Fri, May 04, 2007 at 07:40:20AM -0400, William Thompson wrote:
> > I would also suggest that you try with GRUB 2 and report if it has the same
> > problem.  GRUB Legacy is deprecated and we're probably going to replace it
> > soon now.
> 
> If it didn't conflict with grub legacy, I would.  I looked at the files in
> the grub2 package.  If the /usr/lib/grub/i386-pc was placed in
> /usr/lib/grub2/i386-pc, there wouldn't be a conflict.  (Actually, looking
> closer, there's probably no conflict as it is, but the files shouldn't be in
> the same directory)

Both provide "update-grub" and "grub-install" commands.  But uninstalling the
grub package doesn't mean you uninstall grub from your /boot and mbr.  You
can reinstall later and go back to your old situation.

> > > There are other users of grub that have reported this
> > > same problem with the OptiPlex 320 machines.
> > 
> > I don't see anyone else in this bug log.  Did any of these users contact us or
> > file a bug report?
> 
> Do a google search for grub optiplex 320.  They weren't necessarily debian
> users or they never reported the problem.  Not all users bother to file bug
> reports, they just find workarounds and forget about it.

I don't need proof to be convinced that there is a problem, but if there's
nobody that can provide feeback, and the problem can only be reproduced with
that hardware, then there's simply no way I can help with it.

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