Bug#491076: grub-install does not work

[david manyé]

Package: grub
Version: 0.97-30
Severity: important


i've installed a minimal lenny and grub does not installs correctly. i
get the following error:

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d131:~# grub-install /dev/hda5
Searching for GRUB installation directory ... found: /boot/grub
/usr/sbin/grub-install: line 384:  4981 Excepció de coma flotant
$grub_shell --batch $no_floppy --device-map=$device_map  > $log_file
<<EOF
dump ${root_drive}${tmp} ${img_file}
quit
EOF

/usr/sbin/grub-install: line 384:  4986 Excepció de coma flotant
$grub_shell --batch $no_floppy --device-map=$device_map  > $log_file
<<EOF
dump ${root_drive}${tmp} ${img_file}
quit
EOF

/usr/sbin/grub-install: line 384:  4991 Excepció de coma flotant
$grub_shell --batch $no_floppy --device-map=$device_map  > $log_file
<<EOF
dump ${root_drive}${tmp} ${img_file}
quit
EOF

/usr/sbin/grub-install: line 384:  4996 Excepció de coma flotant
$grub_shell --batch $no_floppy --device-map=$device_map  > $log_file
<<EOF
dump ${root_drive}${tmp} ${img_file}
quit
EOF

/usr/sbin/grub-install: line 384:  5001 Excepció de coma flotant
$grub_shell --batch $no_floppy --device-map=$device_map  > $log_file
<<EOF
dump ${root_drive}${tmp} ${img_file}
quit
EOF

The file /boot/grub/stage1 not read correctly.
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note for non catalan users: "Excepció de coma flotant" means "floating point exception"

trying to install in /dev/hda gives me the same error.

i've tried unsuccessfully the default lenny version 0.97-41 and 0.97-30
but older versions than -30 work perfectly: 0.97-27, 0.97-27etch1,
0.97-28 and 0.97-29. i've got -28, -29 and -30 versions from
snapshots.debian.net.

all the system is installed in /dev/hda5 with ext2 filesystem.

thanks.



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

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

Versions of packages grub depends on:
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