Bug#561766: grub2: 1.98~20091210-1 still has issues with "the symbol "grub_printf_" not found"

[Felix Zielcke]

found 561766 1.98~20091210-1
thanks
Am Sonntag, den 20.12.2009, 00:04 -0500 schrieb Simon Kjika'qawej:
> Package: grub2
> Version: 
> Severity: grave
> Justification: renders package unusable
> 
> Hi,
> 
> Due to this bug, grub2 1.98~20091210-1 and the previous version were
> unable to boot correctlẏ. The problem came up when trying to load
> the
> linux module. When you try to insmod 'linux' that error pops up and
> you're completely unable to load a kernel image at all.
> 
> Say you're at the grub rescue prompt, you try `insmod linux`, grub
> then
> says "the symbol "grub_printf_" not found" and exits with an error,
> making it so that you cannot boot at all. This is why I call it grave.
> 
> I'm using beta1 right now because of this. Some of the also working
> ones
> aren't present in the repos anymore (I wish archive.debian.org was
> still
> up).
> 

Unfortunately you reported this against the grub2 dummy package instead
of the correct grub-pc.
What does `echo GET grub-pc/install_devices | debconf-communicate' say?
Probable the postinst ran grub-install on the disk which you don't boot
from.
And so this is probable just a duplicate of #554790

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Felix Zielcke
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