Bug#440154: grub fails to boot from the menu

Robert Millan rmh at aybabtu.com
Tue Jan 1 22:05:41 UTC 2008


On Thu, Aug 30, 2007 at 11:06:07AM +0200, Andreas Barth wrote:
> Package: grub
> Version: 0.97-27
> Severity: important
> 
> Hi,
> 
> on a freshly installed amd64 etch system, grub fails to boot from the
> menu. I can however boot with the commands in the menu if I enter them
> on the command line. The system in question has SATA-drives.
> 
> What happens: If I select the command to boot, all entries just
> disappear from the menu. Using the same commands that are part of the
> menu list from the grub command line works. This issue can be
> reproduced. Memtest86+ didn't report any faults on a short run (which it
> shouldn't with a brand new box anyways).
> 
> 
> If you have any further questions, please don't hesitate to ask me (or
> Marc Brockschmidt, or Martin Zobel-Helas, we all have access to the
> console and can test).

Can you reproduce this problem on GRUB 2 ?

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