Bug#478547: grub-install raid1 ext3 failure - regression from Etch

Tue Apr 29 18:04:21 UTC 2008

Package: grub
Version: 0.97-37
Severity: critical
Justification: breaks the whole system

"grub-install '(hd0)'" reports "The file /boot/grub/stage1 not read
correctly."

The problem occurs when grub-install is using dump for some kind
of verification.  The log is written to /tmp file with a random
name:

# cat grubJM5Q31 

    GNU GRUB  version 0.97  (640K lower / 3072K upper memory)

       [ Minimal BASH-like line editing is supported.   For
         the   first   word,  TAB  lists  possible  command
         completions.  Anywhere else TAB lists the possible
         completions of a device/filename. ]
grub> dump (md0)/grub/stage1 /tmp/grubrakRL1

Error 23: Error while parsing number
grub> quit

This is a regression from Etch.  In fact, simply copying
/usr/sbin/grub-install from Etch into another directory
and running it without replacing any other grub component
works.

This happens on a lot of systems but most people don't run
grub-install on a working system.  We have a policy of
always running grub-install after updating the grub package
so we see this problem sooner than most.

-- Package-specific info:

*********************** BEGIN /boot/grub/device.map
(fd0)	/dev/fd0
(hd0)	/dev/hde
(hd1)	/dev/hdg
*********************** END /boot/grub/device.map

*********************** BEGIN /proc/mounts
/dev/md1 / ext3 rw,errors=remount-ro,data=ordered 0 0
/dev/md1 /dev/.static/dev ext3 rw,errors=remount-ro,data=ordered 0 0
/dev/mapper/VG0-ACCT /store/ACCT ext3 rw,data=ordered 0 0
/dev/mapper/VG0-IMS++ /cache/IMS++ ext3 rw,data=ordered 0 0
/dev/mapper/VG0-JPG /cache/JPG ext3 rw,data=ordered 0 0
/dev/mapper/VG0-MP3 /store/MP3 ext3 rw,data=ordered 0 0
/dev/mapper/VG0-OLD /store/OLD ext3 rw,noatime,data=ordered 0 0
/dev/mapper/VG0-mpa--sf.yosemite.net.1 /BACKUP/mpa-sf.yosemite.net.1 ext3 rw,noatime,data=ordered 0 0
/dev/mapper/VG0-mpa--sf.yosemite.net.2 /BACKUP/mpa-sf.yosemite.net.2 ext3 rw,noatime,data=ordered 0 0
/dev/mapper/VG0-mpa--sf.yosemite.net.3 /BACKUP/mpa-sf.yosemite.net.3 ext3 rw,noatime,data=ordered 0 0
/dev/md0 /boot ext3 rw,data=ordered 0 0
*********************** END /proc/mounts

*********************** BEGIN /boot/grub/menu.lst
# menu.lst - See: grub(8), info grub, update-grub(8)
#            grub-install(8), grub-floppy(8),
#            grub-md5-crypt, /usr/share/doc/grub
#            and /usr/share/doc/grub-doc/.

## default num
# Set the default entry to the entry number NUM. Numbering starts from 0, and
# the entry number 0 is the default if the command is not used.
#
# You can specify 'saved' instead of a number. In this case, the default entry
# is the entry saved with the command 'savedefault'.
# WARNING: If you are using dmraid do not change this entry to 'saved' or your
# array will desync and will not let you boot your system.
default		0

## timeout sec
# Set a timeout, in SEC seconds, before automatically booting the default entry
# (normally the first entry defined).
timeout		5

# Pretty colours
color cyan/blue white/blue

### PASSWORD LINE REMOVED ###
# If used in the first section of a menu file, disable all interactive editing
# control (menu entry editor and command-line)  and entries protected by the
# command 'lock'
### PASSWORD LINE REMOVED ###
### PASSWORD LINE REMOVED ###
### PASSWORD LINE REMOVED ###

#
# examples
#
# title		Windows 95/98/NT/2000
# root		(hd0,0)
# makeactive
# chainloader	+1
#
# title		Linux
# root		(hd0,1)
# kernel	/vmlinuz root=/dev/hda2 ro
#

#
# Put static boot stanzas before and/or after AUTOMAGIC KERNEL LIST

### 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/md1 ro panic=60

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

## 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=

## should update-grub lock old automagic boot options
## e.g. lockold=false
##      lockold=true
# lockold=false

## Xen hypervisor options to use with the default Xen boot option
# xenhopt=

## Xen Linux kernel options to use with the default Xen boot option
# xenkopt=console=tty0

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

## should update-grub adjust the value of the default booted system
## can be true or false
# updatedefaultentry=false

## should update-grub add savedefault to the default options
## can be true or false
# savedefault=false

## ## End Default Options ##

title		Debian GNU/Linux, kernel 2.6.24-1-686
root		(hd0,0)
kernel		//vmlinuz-2.6.24-1-686 root=/dev/md1 ro panic=60 
initrd		//initrd.img-2.6.24-1-686

title		Debian GNU/Linux, kernel 2.6.24-1-686 (single-user mode)
root		(hd0,0)
kernel		//vmlinuz-2.6.24-1-686 root=/dev/md1 ro panic=60 single
initrd		//initrd.img-2.6.24-1-686

title		Debian GNU/Linux, kernel 2.6.18-6-686
root		(hd0,0)
kernel		//vmlinuz-2.6.18-6-686 root=/dev/md1 ro panic=60 
initrd		//initrd.img-2.6.18-6-686

title		Debian GNU/Linux, kernel 2.6.18-6-686 (single-user mode)
root		(hd0,0)
kernel		//vmlinuz-2.6.18-6-686 root=/dev/md1 ro panic=60 single
initrd		//initrd.img-2.6.18-6-686

### END DEBIAN AUTOMAGIC KERNELS LIST
*********************** END /boot/grub/menu.lst

-- System Information:
Debian Release: lenny/sid
  APT prefers testing
  APT policy: (500, 'testing')
Architecture: i386 (i686)

Kernel: Linux 2.6.24-1-686 (SMP w/1 CPU core)
Locale: LANG=en_US.UTF-8, LC_CTYPE=en_US.UTF-8 (charmap=UTF-8)
Shell: /bin/sh linked to /bin/bash

Versions of packages grub depends on:
ii  grub-common              1.96+20080426-1 GRand Unified Bootloader, version 
ii  libc6                    2.7-10          GNU C Library: Shared libraries
ii  libncurses5              5.6+20080308-1  Shared libraries for terminal hand

grub recommends no packages.

-- no debconf information