Bug#550702: grub-pc: Grub hangs after having ran Windows XP

[Emmanuel Gamby]

Package: grub-pc
Version: 1.97~beta3-1
Severity: important

I have a laptop (HP/Compaq nc8430) with a dual (Linux/Windows XP
Professional) boot. When I switch to Windows and try to reboot Linux
afterwards, Grub hangs during the welcome message. I need to rerun
grub-install from a live CD to be able to boot again into my system.

Dual boot worked like a charm with the previous version of Grub.
Dual boot was automatically configured using os-prober.

-- Package-specific info:

*********************** BEGIN /proc/mounts
/dev/disk/by-uuid/7a83d93b-a79e-4f3b-bb06-b6e44d9ada95 / ext3 rw,relatime,errors=remount-ro,data=ordered 0 0
*********************** END /proc/mounts

*********************** BEGIN /boot/grub/device.map
(hd0)	/dev/sda
*********************** 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 /etc/grub.d and settings from /etc/default/grub
#

### BEGIN /etc/grub.d/00_header ###
set default=0
insmod ext2
set root=(hd0,2)
search --no-floppy --fs-uuid --set 7a83d93b-a79e-4f3b-bb06-b6e44d9ada95
if loadfont /usr/share/grub/unicode.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
set timeout=5
### END /etc/grub.d/00_header ###

### BEGIN /etc/grub.d/05_debian_theme ###
insmod ext2
set root=(hd0,2)
search --no-floppy --fs-uuid --set 7a83d93b-a79e-4f3b-bb06-b6e44d9ada95
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 2.6.30-2-686" {
	insmod ext2
	set root=(hd0,2)
	search --no-floppy --fs-uuid --set 7a83d93b-a79e-4f3b-bb06-b6e44d9ada95
	linux	/boot/vmlinuz-2.6.30-2-686 root=UUID=7a83d93b-a79e-4f3b-bb06-b6e44d9ada95 ro  quiet
	initrd	/boot/initrd.img-2.6.30-2-686
}
menuentry "Debian GNU/Linux, Linux 2.6.30-2-686 (recovery mode)" {
	insmod ext2
	set root=(hd0,2)
	search --no-floppy --fs-uuid --set 7a83d93b-a79e-4f3b-bb06-b6e44d9ada95
	linux	/boot/vmlinuz-2.6.30-2-686 root=UUID=7a83d93b-a79e-4f3b-bb06-b6e44d9ada95 ro single 
	initrd	/boot/initrd.img-2.6.30-2-686
}
menuentry "Debian GNU/Linux, Linux 2.6.30-1-686" {
	insmod ext2
	set root=(hd0,2)
	search --no-floppy --fs-uuid --set 7a83d93b-a79e-4f3b-bb06-b6e44d9ada95
	linux	/boot/vmlinuz-2.6.30-1-686 root=UUID=7a83d93b-a79e-4f3b-bb06-b6e44d9ada95 ro  quiet
	initrd	/boot/initrd.img-2.6.30-1-686
}
menuentry "Debian GNU/Linux, Linux 2.6.30-1-686 (recovery mode)" {
	insmod ext2
	set root=(hd0,2)
	search --no-floppy --fs-uuid --set 7a83d93b-a79e-4f3b-bb06-b6e44d9ada95
	linux	/boot/vmlinuz-2.6.30-1-686 root=UUID=7a83d93b-a79e-4f3b-bb06-b6e44d9ada95 ro single 
	initrd	/boot/initrd.img-2.6.30-1-686
}
menuentry "Debian GNU/Linux, Linux 2.6.26-2-686" {
	insmod ext2
	set root=(hd0,2)
	search --no-floppy --fs-uuid --set 7a83d93b-a79e-4f3b-bb06-b6e44d9ada95
	linux	/boot/vmlinuz-2.6.26-2-686 root=UUID=7a83d93b-a79e-4f3b-bb06-b6e44d9ada95 ro  quiet
	initrd	/boot/initrd.img-2.6.26-2-686
}
menuentry "Debian GNU/Linux, Linux 2.6.26-2-686 (recovery mode)" {
	insmod ext2
	set root=(hd0,2)
	search --no-floppy --fs-uuid --set 7a83d93b-a79e-4f3b-bb06-b6e44d9ada95
	linux	/boot/vmlinuz-2.6.26-2-686 root=UUID=7a83d93b-a79e-4f3b-bb06-b6e44d9ada95 ro single 
	initrd	/boot/initrd.img-2.6.26-2-686
}
### END /etc/grub.d/10_linux ###

### BEGIN /etc/grub.d/30_os-prober ###
menuentry "Microsoft Windows XP Professional (on /dev/sda1)" {
	insmod ntfs
	set root=(hd0,1)
	search --no-floppy --fs-uuid --set 700d3f7e3188c4fe
	drivemap -s (hd0) ${root}
	chainloader +1
}
### END /etc/grub.d/30_os-prober ###

### BEGIN /etc/grub.d/40_custom ###
# This file provides an easy way to add custom menu entries.  Simply type the
# menu entries you want to add after this comment.  Be careful not to change
# the 'exec tail' line above.
### END /etc/grub.d/40_custom ###
*********************** END /boot/grub/grub.cfg

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

Kernel: Linux 2.6.30-1-686 (SMP w/2 CPU cores)
Locale: LANG=en_US.ISO-8859-15, LC_CTYPE=en_US.ISO-8859-15 (charmap=ISO-8859-15)
Shell: /bin/sh linked to /bin/bash

Versions of packages grub-pc depends on:
ii  debconf [debconf-2.0]       1.5.27       Debian configuration management sy
ii  grub-common                 1.97~beta3-1 GRand Unified Bootloader, version 
ii  libc6                       2.9-25       GNU C Library: Shared libraries
ii  ucf                         3.0022       Update Configuration File: preserv

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

-- debconf information:
  grub2/kfreebsd_cmdline:
* grub2/linux_cmdline:
* grub-pc/chainload_from_menu.lst: true
  grub-pc/kopt_extracted: true
* grub-pc/install_devices: /dev/sda
  grub-pc/postrm_purge_boot_grub: false
  grub2/kfreebsd_cmdline_default: quiet
* grub2/linux_cmdline_default: quiet