Bug#564936: grub-pc: reproducable

[bugs+debian at kcore.org]

Package: grub-pc
Severity: normal


I can also reproduce this problem with grub 1.98~20100115-1. Removing grub.cfg lets grub
go into it's recovery prompt.

Reinstalling grub does not fix anything.

Downgrading to 1.98~20100107-1 makes everyting work again.

-- Package-specific info:

*********************** BEGIN /proc/mounts
/dev/root / ext3 rw,relatime,errors=remount-ro,data=ordered 0 0
/dev/hda4 /home ext3 rw,relatime,errors=continue,data=ordered 0 0
/dev/hda1 /mnt/windows vfat rw,noexec,relatime,fmask=0111,dmask=0000,allow_utime=0022,codepage=cp850,iocharset=iso8859-15,errors=remount-ro 0 0
*********************** END /proc/mounts

*********************** BEGIN /boot/grub/device.map
(hd0)	/dev/hda
*********************** 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=(hd0,3)
search --no-floppy --fs-uuid --set 8bb75fa5-df36-459f-9f26-907e713477b4
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 locale_dir=/boot/grub/locale
set lang=
insmod gettext
set timeout=5
### END /etc/grub.d/00_header ###

### BEGIN /etc/grub.d/05_debian_theme ###
set menu_color_normal=cyan/blue
set menu_color_highlight=white/blue
### END /etc/grub.d/05_debian_theme ###

### BEGIN /etc/grub.d/10_linux ###
menuentry "Debian GNU/Linux, with Linux 2.6.31.11" {
	insmod ext2
	set root=(hd0,3)
	search --no-floppy --fs-uuid --set 8bb75fa5-df36-459f-9f26-907e713477b4
	linux	/boot/vmlinuz-2.6.31.11 root=/dev/hda3 ro  
}
menuentry "Debian GNU/Linux, with Linux 2.6.31.6" {
	insmod ext2
	set root=(hd0,3)
	search --no-floppy --fs-uuid --set 8bb75fa5-df36-459f-9f26-907e713477b4
	linux	/boot/vmlinuz-2.6.31.6 root=/dev/hda3 ro  
}
menuentry "Debian GNU/Linux, with Linux 2.6.31.4" {
	insmod ext2
	set root=(hd0,3)
	search --no-floppy --fs-uuid --set 8bb75fa5-df36-459f-9f26-907e713477b4
	linux	/boot/vmlinuz-2.6.31.4 root=/dev/hda3 ro  
}
### END /etc/grub.d/10_linux ###

### BEGIN /etc/grub.d/30_os-prober ###
menuentry "Microsoft Windows XP Professional (on /dev/hda1)" {
	insmod fat
	set root=(hd0,1)
	search --no-floppy --fs-uuid --set 4331-703f
	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 2.6.31.11 (PREEMPT)
Locale: LANG=en_GB, LC_CTYPE=es_ES (charmap=ISO-8859-1)
Shell: /bin/sh linked to /bin/bash

Versions of packages grub-pc depends on:
ii  debconf [debconf-2.0]    1.5.28          Debian configuration management sy
ii  grub-common              1.98~20100101-1 GRand Unified Bootloader, version 
ii  libc6                    2.10.2-2        GNU C Library: Shared libraries
ii  ucf                      3.0025          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

-- 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/hda
  grub-pc/postrm_purge_boot_grub: false
  grub2/kfreebsd_cmdline_default: quiet
* grub2/linux_cmdline_default: