Bug#544731: "error: no such disk" renders system unbootable

[Albin Tonnerre]

Package: grub-pc
Version: 1.97~beta1-1
Severity: grave
Justification: renders package unusable

Hello,
After installing grub-pc, the system (using /boot and / on LVM) fails to boot
with the following error:

Entering rescue mode...
error: no such disk

This is not particularly related to grub 1.97, as I've been experiencing this
for some time now. Lilo is able to boot the system correctly. If there's
anything I can do to help you fix this, please let me know.

Regards,
Albin


-- Package-specific info:

*********************** BEGIN /proc/mounts
/dev/mapper/lvm-system / ext3 rw,relatime,errors=remount-ro,data=ordered 0 0
/dev/mapper/home /home ext3 rw,noatime,errors=remount-ro,data=ordered 0 0
*********************** END /proc/mounts

*********************** BEGIN /boot/grub/device.map
(hd0)	/dev/sda
(lvm-system) /dev/mapper/lvm-system
*********************** 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=(lvm-system)
search --no-floppy --fs-uuid --set e2d78b0a-2ed3-4369-adcc-c9be72ca5431
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=(lvm-system)
search --no-floppy --fs-uuid --set e2d78b0a-2ed3-4369-adcc-c9be72ca5431
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/09_default ###
### END /etc/grub.d/09_default ###

### BEGIN /etc/grub.d/10_linux ###
menuentry "Debian GNU/Linux, Linux 2.6.30-1-amd64" {
	insmod ext2
	set root=(lvm-system)
	search --no-floppy --fs-uuid --set e2d78b0a-2ed3-4369-adcc-c9be72ca5431
	linux	/boot/vmlinuz-2.6.30-1-amd64 root=/dev/mapper/lvm-system ro  quiet
	initrd	/boot/initrd.img-2.6.30-1-amd64
}
menuentry "Debian GNU/Linux, Linux 2.6.30-1-amd64 (recovery mode)" {
	insmod ext2
	set root=(lvm-system)
	search --no-floppy --fs-uuid --set e2d78b0a-2ed3-4369-adcc-c9be72ca5431
	linux	/boot/vmlinuz-2.6.30-1-amd64 root=/dev/mapper/lvm-system ro single 
	initrd	/boot/initrd.img-2.6.30-1-amd64
}
### END /etc/grub.d/10_linux ###

### 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 unstable
  APT policy: (500, 'unstable'), (100, 'experimental')
Architecture: amd64 (x86_64)

Kernel: Linux 2.6.30-1-amd64 (SMP w/2 CPU cores)
Locale: LANG=en_US.UTF-8, LC_CTYPE=en_US.UTF-8 (charmap=UTF-8)
Shell: /bin/sh linked to /bin/dash

Versions of packages grub-pc depends on:
ii  debconf [debconf-2.0]       1.5.27       Debian configuration management sy
ii  grub-common                 1.97~beta1-1 GRand Unified Bootloader, version 
ii  libc6                       2.9-26       GNU C Library: Shared libraries
ii  ucf                         3.0021       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:
  grub-pc/kopt_extracted: false
  grub2/kfreebsd_cmdline:
* grub-pc/install_devices: /dev/sda
  grub-pc/postrm_purge_boot_grub: false
  grub-pc/linux_cmdline: fillme
* grub2/linux_cmdline:
  grub2/kfreebsd_cmdline_default: quiet
* grub2/linux_cmdline_default: quiet
  grub-pc/chainload_from_menu.lst: true

-- 
Albin Tonnerre