Bug#514967: grub-mkdevicelist does not cope with /boot on a disk > #16
Chris Samuel
csamuel at vpac.org
Thu Feb 12 11:53:18 UTC 2009
Package: grub
Version: 0.97-47lenny2
Severity: important
This system has 25 disks and upgrading from Etch to Lenny
hit problems when the new version of grub in Lenny did not
create the correct device.map file, it stopped at disk #16
/dev/sdp (hd15).
On this system the system disk with /boot is #25, /dev/sdy1.
grub-mkdevicelist should be able to cope with larger number
of disks - for example we have another system with 35 disks,
and due to the way that the aacraid driver discovers its host
the /boot partition is on disk #33, /dev/sdag1.
We worked around the issue on this system by extending the
device.map file by hand.
-- Package-specific info:
*********************** BEGIN /boot/grub/device.map
(hd0) /dev/sda
(hd1) /dev/sdb
(hd2) /dev/sdc
(hd3) /dev/sdd
(hd4) /dev/sde
(hd5) /dev/sdf
(hd6) /dev/sdg
(hd7) /dev/sdh
(hd8) /dev/sdi
(hd9) /dev/sdj
(hd10) /dev/sdk
(hd11) /dev/sdl
(hd12) /dev/sdm
(hd13) /dev/sdn
(hd14) /dev/sdo
(hd15) /dev/sdp
(hd16) /dev/sdq
(hd17) /dev/sdr
(hd18) /dev/sds
(hd19) /dev/sdt
(hd20) /dev/sdu
(hd21) /dev/sdv
(hd22) /dev/sdw
(hd23) /dev/sdx
(hd24) /dev/sdy
*********************** END /boot/grub/device.map
*********************** BEGIN /proc/mounts
/dev/mapper/stg5-root / ext3 rw,errors=remount-ro,data=ordered,usrquota 0 0
/dev/sdy1 /boot ext3 rw,errors=continue,data=ordered 0 0
/dev/md4 /nfs/ibm xfs rw,noatime,nodiratime,swalloc,attr2,nobarrier,logbufs=8,logbsize=256k,sunit=128,swidth=512,usrquota,prjquota,grpquota 0 0
/dev/md4 /nfsv4/nfs/ibm xfs rw,noatime,nodiratime,swalloc,attr2,nobarrier,logbufs=8,logbsize=256k,sunit=128,swidth=512,usrquota,prjquota,grpquota 0 0
*********************** END /proc/mounts
*********************** BEGIN /boot/grub/menu.lst
# menu.lst - See: grub(8), info grub, update-grub(8)
# grub-install(8), grub-floppy(8),
# grub-md5-crypt, /usr/share/doc/grub
# and /usr/share/doc/grub-doc/.
## default num
# Set the default entry to the entry number NUM. Numbering starts from 0, and
# the entry number 0 is the default if the command is not used.
#
# You can specify 'saved' instead of a number. In this case, the default entry
# is the entry saved with the command 'savedefault'.
# WARNING: If you are using dmraid do not change this entry to 'saved' or your
# array will desync and will not let you boot your system.
default 0
## timeout sec
# Set a timeout, in SEC seconds, before automatically booting the default entry
# (normally the first entry defined).
timeout 5
# Pretty colours
color cyan/blue white/blue
### PASSWORD LINE REMOVED ###
# If used in the first section of a menu file, disable all interactive editing
# control (menu entry editor and command-line) and entries protected by the
# command 'lock'
### PASSWORD LINE REMOVED ###
### PASSWORD LINE REMOVED ###
### PASSWORD LINE REMOVED ###
#
# examples
#
# title Windows 95/98/NT/2000
# root (hd0,0)
# makeactive
# chainloader +1
#
# title Linux
# root (hd0,1)
# kernel /vmlinuz root=/dev/hda2 ro
#
#
# Put static boot stanzas before and/or after AUTOMAGIC KERNEL LIST
### BEGIN AUTOMAGIC KERNELS LIST
## lines between the AUTOMAGIC KERNELS LIST markers will be modified
## by the debian update-grub script except for the default options below
## DO NOT UNCOMMENT THEM, Just edit them to your needs
## ## Start Default Options ##
## default kernel options
## default kernel options for automagic boot options
## If you want special options for specific kernels use kopt_x_y_z
## where x.y.z is kernel version. Minor versions can be omitted.
## e.g. kopt=root=/dev/hda1 ro
## kopt_2_6_8=root=/dev/hdc1 ro
## kopt_2_6_8_2_686=root=/dev/hdc2 ro
# kopt=root=/dev/mapper/stg5-root ro rootflags=quota
## default grub root device
## e.g. groot=(hd0,0)
# groot=(hd0,0)
## should update-grub create alternative automagic boot options
## e.g. alternative=true
## alternative=false
# alternative=true
## should update-grub lock alternative automagic boot options
## e.g. lockalternative=true
## lockalternative=false
# lockalternative=false
## additional options to use with the default boot option, but not with the
## alternatives
## e.g. defoptions=vga=791 resume=/dev/hda5
# defoptions=
## should update-grub lock old automagic boot options
## e.g. lockold=false
## lockold=true
# lockold=false
## Xen hypervisor options to use with the default Xen boot option
# xenhopt=
## Xen Linux kernel options to use with the default Xen boot option
# xenkopt=console=tty0
## altoption boot targets option
## multiple altoptions lines are allowed
## e.g. altoptions=(extra menu suffix) extra boot options
## altoptions=(single-user) single
# altoptions=(single-user mode) single
## controls how many kernels should be put into the menu.lst
## only counts the first occurence of a kernel, not the
## alternative kernel options
## e.g. howmany=all
## howmany=7
# howmany=all
## should update-grub create memtest86 boot option
## e.g. memtest86=true
## memtest86=false
# memtest86=true
## should update-grub adjust the value of the default booted system
## can be true or false
# updatedefaultentry=false
## should update-grub add savedefault to the default options
## can be true or false
# savedefault=false
## ## End Default Options ##
title Debian GNU/Linux, kernel 2.6.28.4-vpac-1
root (hd0,0)
kernel /vmlinuz-2.6.28.4-vpac-1 root=/dev/mapper/stg5-root ro rootflags=quota
initrd /initrd.img-2.6.28.4-vpac-1
title Debian GNU/Linux, kernel 2.6.28.4-vpac-1 (single-user mode)
root (hd0,0)
kernel /vmlinuz-2.6.28.4-vpac-1 root=/dev/mapper/stg5-root ro rootflags=quota single
initrd /initrd.img-2.6.28.4-vpac-1
title Debian GNU/Linux, kernel 2.6.28.3-vpac3
root (hd0,0)
kernel /vmlinuz-2.6.28.3-vpac3 root=/dev/mapper/stg5-root ro rootflags=quota
initrd /initrd.img-2.6.28.3-vpac3
title Debian GNU/Linux, kernel 2.6.28.3-vpac3 (single-user mode)
root (hd0,0)
kernel /vmlinuz-2.6.28.3-vpac3 root=/dev/mapper/stg5-root ro rootflags=quota single
initrd /initrd.img-2.6.28.3-vpac3
title Debian GNU/Linux, kernel 2.6.26-1-amd64
root (hd0,0)
kernel /vmlinuz-2.6.26-1-amd64 root=/dev/mapper/stg5-root ro rootflags=quota
initrd /initrd.img-2.6.26-1-amd64
title Debian GNU/Linux, kernel 2.6.26-1-amd64 (single-user mode)
root (hd0,0)
kernel /vmlinuz-2.6.26-1-amd64 root=/dev/mapper/stg5-root ro rootflags=quota single
initrd /initrd.img-2.6.26-1-amd64
title Debian GNU/Linux, kernel 2.6.18-6-amd64
root (hd0,0)
kernel /vmlinuz-2.6.18-6-amd64 root=/dev/mapper/stg5-root ro rootflags=quota
initrd /initrd.img-2.6.18-6-amd64
title Debian GNU/Linux, kernel 2.6.18-6-amd64 (single-user mode)
root (hd0,0)
kernel /vmlinuz-2.6.18-6-amd64 root=/dev/mapper/stg5-root ro rootflags=quota single
initrd /initrd.img-2.6.18-6-amd64
### END DEBIAN AUTOMAGIC KERNELS LIST
*********************** END /boot/grub/menu.lst
-- System Information:
Debian Release: 5.0
APT prefers testing
APT policy: (500, 'testing')
Architecture: amd64 (x86_64)
Kernel: Linux 2.6.28.4-vpac-1 (SMP w/4 CPU cores)
Locale: LANG=en_AU.UTF-8, LC_CTYPE=en_AU.UTF-8 (charmap=UTF-8)
Shell: /bin/sh linked to /bin/bash
Versions of packages grub depends on:
ii grub-common 1.96+20080724-14 GRand Unified Bootloader, version
grub recommends no packages.
Versions of packages grub suggests:
pn grub-legacy-doc <none> (no description available)
ii mdadm 2.6.7.1-1 tool to administer Linux MD arrays
pn multiboot-doc <none> (no description available)
-- debconf-show failed
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