Bug#492213: linux-image-2.6.25-2-686: reinstall of kernel stalls when recreating missing grub/menu.lst

[Robert Millan]

On Thu, Jul 24, 2008 at 10:52:30PM +1000, Tim Richardson wrote:
> Package: linux-image-2.6.25-2-686
> Version: 2.6.25-7
> Severity: normal
> 
> I had no /boot/grub/menu.lst
> (because I removed grub2 and reinstalled grub via grub-install.
> dpkg-reconfigure grub did not give me a menu.lst)
> So I decided to reinstall the current kernel 2.6.25 via Synaptic.
> The installation stopped with a prompt"
> Could not find /boot/grub/menu.lst file. Would you like 
> /boot/grub/menu.lst generated for you (y/N) 
> 
> I answered y
> but the installation stalled. There were no further messages. I had to 
> force Synaptic to close

What do you see when running:

  bash -x update-grub -y

  ?

Please paste the last 10 lines or so.

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Robert Millan

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