Bug#531191: grub-pc update: system unbootable

steph stephrom at gmx.com
Sat May 30 16:15:13 UTC 2009


Package: grub-pc
Version: 1.96+20090523-1
Severity: critical
Justification: breaks the whole system

Since last update my system is unbootable.
At start after the bios:
Error:the symbol 'grub_machine_fini' not found
Then, I have a grub-rescue prompt
This error becomes after a grub-install. If I downgrade to
grub-pc/testing, a grub-install command make my system bootable.

I think that this problem is different of #530927  #530357
because I've modified /etc/default/grub without any change.

The only way I can boot on this grub install on /dev/sdb is with
another grub from another linux on /dev/sda. If I make a chainloader
from this old grub, the grub on /dev/sdb works. In fact the problem
becomes when I want to boot directly from bios to /dev/sdb.

reagrds

-- Package-specific info:

*********************** BEGIN /proc/mounts
/dev/sdb1 / ext3 rw,relatime,errors=remount-ro,data=ordered 0 0
/dev/sdb2 /home ext4 rw,noatime,barrier=1,data=ordered 0 0
/dev/sdb3 /mnt/musik ext4 rw,noatime,barrier=1,data=ordered 0 0
/dev/sdb6 /mnt/video ext4 rw,noatime,barrier=1,data=ordered 0 0
*********************** END /proc/mounts

*********************** BEGIN /boot/grub/device.map
(hd0)	/dev/hda
(hd1)	/dev/sda
(hd2)	/dev/sdb
*********************** END /boot/grub/device.map

*********************** BEGIN /boot/grub/grub.cfg
#
# DO NOT EDIT THIS FILE
#
# It is automatically generated by /usr/sbin/grub-mkconfig using templates
# from  and settings from /etc/default/grub
#

### BEGIN /etc/grub.d/00_header ###
set default=0
set timeout=8
set root=(hd2,1)
search --fs-uuid --set b9ff094c-15ef-4c4a-a513-62b0178f0b00
if loadfont /usr/share/grub/ascii.pf2 ; then
  set gfxmode=640x480
  insmod gfxterm
  insmod vbe
  if terminal_output gfxterm ; then true ; else
    # For backward compatibility with versions of terminal.mod that don't
    # understand terminal_output
    terminal gfxterm
  fi
fi
### END /etc/grub.d/00_header ###

### BEGIN /etc/grub.d/05_debian_theme ###
set root=(hd2,1)
search --fs-uuid --set b9ff094c-15ef-4c4a-a513-62b0178f0b00
insmod png
if background_image /boot/grub/moreblue-orbit-grub.png ; then
  set color_normal=black/black
  set color_highlight=magenta/black
else
  set menu_color_normal=cyan/blue
  set menu_color_highlight=white/blue
fi
### END /etc/grub.d/05_debian_theme ###

### BEGIN /etc/grub.d/10_linux ###
menuentry "Debian GNU/Linux, linux 2.6.29-2-amd64" {
	set root=(hd2,1)
	search --fs-uuid --set b9ff094c-15ef-4c4a-a513-62b0178f0b00
	linux	/boot/vmlinuz-2.6.29-2-amd64 root=/dev/sdb1 ro vga=795 
	initrd	/boot/initrd.img-2.6.29-2-amd64
}
menuentry "Debian GNU/Linux, linux 2.6.29-2-amd64 (recovery mode)" {
	set root=(hd2,1)
	search --fs-uuid --set b9ff094c-15ef-4c4a-a513-62b0178f0b00
	linux	/boot/vmlinuz-2.6.29-2-amd64 root=/dev/sdb1 ro single vga=795
	initrd	/boot/initrd.img-2.6.29-2-amd64
}
menuentry "Debian GNU/Linux, linux 2.6.26-2-amd64" {
	set root=(hd2,1)
	search --fs-uuid --set b9ff094c-15ef-4c4a-a513-62b0178f0b00
	linux	/boot/vmlinuz-2.6.26-2-amd64 root=/dev/sdb1 ro vga=795 
	initrd	/boot/initrd.img-2.6.26-2-amd64
}
menuentry "Debian GNU/Linux, linux 2.6.26-2-amd64 (recovery mode)" {
	set root=(hd2,1)
	search --fs-uuid --set b9ff094c-15ef-4c4a-a513-62b0178f0b00
	linux	/boot/vmlinuz-2.6.26-2-amd64 root=/dev/sdb1 ro single vga=795
	initrd	/boot/initrd.img-2.6.26-2-amd64
}
### END /etc/grub.d/10_linux ###

### BEGIN /etc/grub.d/29_gentoo ###
menuentry "Gentoo GNU/Linux x86_64 (on /dev/sda2)" {
        set root=(hd1,2)
        linux /boot/kernel-genkernel-x86_64-2.6.29-gentoo-r5-libre root=/dev/ram0 real_root=/dev/sda2 rootfstype=ext4 init=/linuxrc udev doscsi video=intelfb:mode=1440x900-24 at 60
        initrd /boot/initramfs-genkernel-x86_64-2.6.29-gentoo-r5-libre
}
### END /etc/grub.d/29_gentoo ###

### BEGIN /etc/grub.d/30_os-prober ###
### END /etc/grub.d/30_os-prober ###

### BEGIN /etc/grub.d/40_custom ###
# This file is an example on how to add custom entries
### END /etc/grub.d/40_custom ###
*********************** END /boot/grub/grub.cfg


*** /tmp/reportbug-grub-pc-20090530-4565-mhqSX_
Subject: grub-pc update: system unbootable
Package: grub-pc
Version: 1.96+20090523-1
Justification: breaks the whole system
Severity: critical



-- Package-specific info:

*********************** BEGIN /proc/mounts
/dev/sdb1 / ext3 rw,relatime,errors=remount-ro,data=ordered 0 0
/dev/sdb2 /home ext4 rw,noatime,barrier=1,data=ordered 0 0
/dev/sdb3 /mnt/musik ext4 rw,noatime,barrier=1,data=ordered 0 0
/dev/sdb6 /mnt/video ext4 rw,noatime,barrier=1,data=ordered 0 0
*********************** END /proc/mounts

*********************** BEGIN /boot/grub/device.map
(hd0)	/dev/hda
(hd1)	/dev/sda
(hd2)	/dev/sdb
*********************** END /boot/grub/device.map

*********************** BEGIN /boot/grub/grub.cfg
#
# DO NOT EDIT THIS FILE
#
# It is automatically generated by /usr/sbin/grub-mkconfig using templates
# from  and settings from /etc/default/grub
#

### BEGIN /etc/grub.d/00_header ###
set default=0
set timeout=8
set root=(hd2,1)
search --fs-uuid --set b9ff094c-15ef-4c4a-a513-62b0178f0b00
if loadfont /usr/share/grub/ascii.pf2 ; then
  set gfxmode=640x480
  insmod gfxterm
  insmod vbe
  if terminal_output gfxterm ; then true ; else
    # For backward compatibility with versions of terminal.mod that don't
    # understand terminal_output
    terminal gfxterm
  fi
fi
### END /etc/grub.d/00_header ###

### BEGIN /etc/grub.d/05_debian_theme ###
set root=(hd2,1)
search --fs-uuid --set b9ff094c-15ef-4c4a-a513-62b0178f0b00
insmod png
if background_image /boot/grub/moreblue-orbit-grub.png ; then
  set color_normal=black/black
  set color_highlight=magenta/black
else
  set menu_color_normal=cyan/blue
  set menu_color_highlight=white/blue
fi
### END /etc/grub.d/05_debian_theme ###

### BEGIN /etc/grub.d/10_linux ###
menuentry "Debian GNU/Linux, linux 2.6.29-2-amd64" {
	set root=(hd2,1)
	search --fs-uuid --set b9ff094c-15ef-4c4a-a513-62b0178f0b00
	linux	/boot/vmlinuz-2.6.29-2-amd64 root=/dev/sdb1 ro vga=795 
	initrd	/boot/initrd.img-2.6.29-2-amd64
}
menuentry "Debian GNU/Linux, linux 2.6.29-2-amd64 (recovery mode)" {
	set root=(hd2,1)
	search --fs-uuid --set b9ff094c-15ef-4c4a-a513-62b0178f0b00
	linux	/boot/vmlinuz-2.6.29-2-amd64 root=/dev/sdb1 ro single vga=795
	initrd	/boot/initrd.img-2.6.29-2-amd64
}
menuentry "Debian GNU/Linux, linux 2.6.26-2-amd64" {
	set root=(hd2,1)
	search --fs-uuid --set b9ff094c-15ef-4c4a-a513-62b0178f0b00
	linux	/boot/vmlinuz-2.6.26-2-amd64 root=/dev/sdb1 ro vga=795 
	initrd	/boot/initrd.img-2.6.26-2-amd64
}
menuentry "Debian GNU/Linux, linux 2.6.26-2-amd64 (recovery mode)" {
	set root=(hd2,1)
	search --fs-uuid --set b9ff094c-15ef-4c4a-a513-62b0178f0b00
	linux	/boot/vmlinuz-2.6.26-2-amd64 root=/dev/sdb1 ro single vga=795
	initrd	/boot/initrd.img-2.6.26-2-amd64
}
### END /etc/grub.d/10_linux ###

### BEGIN /etc/grub.d/29_gentoo ###
menuentry "Gentoo GNU/Linux x86_64 (on /dev/sda2)" {
        set root=(hd1,2)
        linux /boot/kernel-genkernel-x86_64-2.6.29-gentoo-r5-libre root=/dev/ram0 real_root=/dev/sda2 rootfstype=ext4 init=/linuxrc udev doscsi video=intelfb:mode=1440x900-24 at 60
        initrd /boot/initramfs-genkernel-x86_64-2.6.29-gentoo-r5-libre
}
### END /etc/grub.d/29_gentoo ###

### BEGIN /etc/grub.d/30_os-prober ###
### END /etc/grub.d/30_os-prober ###

### BEGIN /etc/grub.d/40_custom ###
# This file is an example on how to add custom entries
### END /etc/grub.d/40_custom ###
*********************** END /boot/grub/grub.cfg

-- System Information:
Debian Release: squeeze/sid
  APT prefers testing
  APT policy: (998, 'testing'), (100, 'unstable'), (1, 'experimental')
Architecture: amd64 (x86_64)

Kernel: Linux 2.6.29-2-amd64 (SMP w/2 CPU cores)
Locale: LANG=fr_FR.UTF-8, LC_CTYPE=fr_FR.UTF-8 (charmap=UTF-8)
Shell: /bin/sh linked to /bin/dash

Versions of packages grub-pc depends on:
ii  debconf [debconf-2.0]    1.5.26          Debian configuration management sy
ii  grub-common              1.96+20090523-1 GRand Unified Bootloader, version 
ii  libc6                    2.9-12          GNU C Library: Shared libraries

grub-pc recommends no packages.

Versions of packages grub-pc suggests:
ii  desktop-base                  5.0.5      common files for the Debian Deskto
ii  genisoimage                   9:1.1.9-1  Creates ISO-9660 CD-ROM filesystem
pn  os-prober                     <none>     (no description available)

-- debconf information:
* grub-pc/install_devices: /dev/sdb
* grub-pc/linux_cmdline:
* grub-pc/chainload_from_menu.lst: true


-- System Information:
Debian Release: squeeze/sid
  APT prefers testing
  APT policy: (998, 'testing'), (100, 'unstable'), (1, 'experimental')
Architecture: amd64 (x86_64)

Kernel: Linux 2.6.29-2-amd64 (SMP w/2 CPU cores)
Locale: LANG=fr_FR.UTF-8, LC_CTYPE=fr_FR.UTF-8 (charmap=UTF-8)
Shell: /bin/sh linked to /bin/dash

Versions of packages grub-pc depends on:
ii  debconf [debconf-2.0]    1.5.26          Debian configuration management sy
ii  grub-common              1.96+20090523-1 GRand Unified Bootloader, version 
ii  libc6                    2.9-12          GNU C Library: Shared libraries

grub-pc recommends no packages.

Versions of packages grub-pc suggests:
ii  desktop-base                  5.0.5      common files for the Debian Deskto
ii  genisoimage                   9:1.1.9-1  Creates ISO-9660 CD-ROM filesystem
pn  os-prober                     <none>     (no description available)

-- debconf information:
* grub-pc/install_devices: /dev/sdb
* grub-pc/linux_cmdline:
* grub-pc/chainload_from_menu.lst: true






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