Bug#463081: grub2: Machine reboots after 'Welcome to GRUB!' message

[Robert Millan]

On Tue, Jan 29, 2008 at 11:58:43AM +0000, Peter Hicks wrote:
> Package: grub2
> Version: 1.95+20080128-1
> Severity: critical
> Justification: breaks the whole system
> 
> After upgrading this morning, my laptop (Dell Latitude D820) rebooted
> immediately after "Welcome to GRUB!" appeared.  The BIOS went through a
> 'slow' boot, indicative that the last reboot was unexpected.
> 
> I've filed this bug early to prevent other people being caught out with an
> unbootable system.

Did this happen on earlier versions of grub2 ?

What happens if you rename /boot/grub/grub.cfg ?  Do you get a rescue prompt?

Can you reproduce the problem with grub-emu ?  E.g. by trying to access files
in your xfs partitions.

Thanks

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Robert Millan

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