Bug#588293: grub-pc: fails to allocate memory so nothing can be booted (on an old compaq laptop)
Hans Ekbrand
hans at sociologi.cjb.net
Wed Jul 7 00:12:18 UTC 2010
Package: grub-pc
Version: 1.98+20100706-1
Severity: normal
Tags: d-i
When trying to boot linux, I get this error message:
"error: cannot allocate real mode pages"
And, when trying to boot memtest86+, I is informed that
"error: too small lower memory (0x9910 > 0x0)"
The same problem is reported in ubuntu, see
https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/grub2/+bug/513528
The problem is not specific for grub-pc 20100706, I have had it for a
couple of versions of grub-pc but did not report until today. I have
followed unstable only for a few weeks, so earlier versions are not
tested. However, grub-legacy works perfectly.
The machine is a compaq Armada 1540D. Until this bug is fixed, perhaps
the d-i team keep a list of devices that only work with grub-legacy.
And the compaq Armade 1540D is such a device.
Kind regards,
Hans Ekbrand
-- Package-specific info:
*********************** BEGIN /proc/mounts
/dev/mapper/amin-root / ext3 rw,noatime,nodiratime,errors=remount-ro,commit=3600,data=ordered 0 0
/dev/hda1 /boot ext3 rw,relatime,errors=continue,commit=3600,data=ordered 0 0
*********************** END /proc/mounts
*********************** BEGIN /boot/grub/device.map
(hd0) /dev/disk/by-id/ata-ST92130AG_FW185822
*********************** END /boot/grub/device.map
*********************** BEGIN /boot/grub/grub.cfg
#
# DO NOT EDIT THIS FILE
#
# It is automatically generated by grub-mkconfig using templates
# from /etc/grub.d and settings from /etc/default/grub
#
### BEGIN /etc/grub.d/00_header ###
if [ -s $prefix/grubenv ]; then
load_env
fi
set default="0"
if [ "${prev_saved_entry}" ]; then
set saved_entry="${prev_saved_entry}"
save_env saved_entry
set prev_saved_entry=
save_env prev_saved_entry
set boot_once=true
fi
function savedefault {
if [ -z "${boot_once}" ]; then
saved_entry="${chosen}"
save_env saved_entry
fi
}
function load_video {
insmod vbe
insmod vga
insmod video_bochs
insmod video_cirrus
}
if terminal_input console ; then true ; else
# For backward compatibility with versions of terminal.mod that don't
# understand terminal_input
terminal console
fi
if terminal_output console ; then true ; else
# For backward compatibility with versions of terminal.mod that don't
# understand terminal_output
terminal console
fi
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 2.6.32-5-486' --class debian --class gnu-linux --class gnu --class os {
insmod part_msdos
insmod ext2
set root='(hd0,msdos1)'
search --no-floppy --fs-uuid --set 94c58265-b185-496f-bb9d-f70c9fc88dd7
echo 'Loading Linux 2.6.32-5-486 ...'
linux /vmlinuz-2.6.32-5-486 root=/dev/mapper/amin-root ro quiet
echo 'Loading initial ramdisk ...'
initrd /initrd.img-2.6.32-5-486
}
menuentry 'Debian GNU/Linux, with Linux 2.6.32-5-486 (recovery mode)' --class debian --class gnu-linux --class gnu --class os {
insmod part_msdos
insmod ext2
set root='(hd0,msdos1)'
search --no-floppy --fs-uuid --set 94c58265-b185-496f-bb9d-f70c9fc88dd7
echo 'Loading Linux 2.6.32-5-486 ...'
linux /vmlinuz-2.6.32-5-486 root=/dev/mapper/amin-root ro single
echo 'Loading initial ramdisk ...'
initrd /initrd.img-2.6.32-5-486
}
### END /etc/grub.d/10_linux ###
### BEGIN /etc/grub.d/20_linux_xen ###
### END /etc/grub.d/20_linux_xen ###
### BEGIN /etc/grub.d/20_memtest86+ ###
menuentry "Memory test (memtest86+)" {
insmod part_msdos
insmod ext2
set root='(hd0,msdos1)'
search --no-floppy --fs-uuid --set 94c58265-b185-496f-bb9d-f70c9fc88dd7
linux16 /memtest86+.bin
}
menuentry "Memory test (memtest86+, serial console 115200)" {
insmod part_msdos
insmod ext2
set root='(hd0,msdos1)'
search --no-floppy --fs-uuid --set 94c58265-b185-496f-bb9d-f70c9fc88dd7
linux16 /memtest86+.bin console=ttyS0,115200n8
}
menuentry "Memory test (memtest86+, experimental multiboot)" {
insmod part_msdos
insmod ext2
set root='(hd0,msdos1)'
search --no-floppy --fs-uuid --set 94c58265-b185-496f-bb9d-f70c9fc88dd7
multiboot /memtest86+_multiboot.bin
}
menuentry "Memory test (memtest86+, serial console 115200, experimental multiboot)" {
insmod part_msdos
insmod ext2
set root='(hd0,msdos1)'
search --no-floppy --fs-uuid --set 94c58265-b185-496f-bb9d-f70c9fc88dd7
multiboot /memtest86+_multiboot.bin console=ttyS0,115200n8
}
### END /etc/grub.d/20_memtest86+ ###
### BEGIN /etc/grub.d/30_os-prober ###
### 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 ###
### BEGIN /etc/grub.d/41_custom ###
if [ -f $prefix/custom.cfg ]; then
source $prefix/custom.cfg;
fi
### END /etc/grub.d/41_custom ###
*********************** END /boot/grub/grub.cfg
-- System Information:
Debian Release: squeeze/sid
APT prefers unstable
APT policy: (500, 'unstable')
Architecture: i386 (i586)
Kernel: Linux 2.6.32-5-486
Locale: LANG=C, LC_CTYPE=C (charmap=UTF-8) (ignored: LC_ALL set to sv_SE.utf8)
Shell: /bin/sh linked to /bin/dash
Versions of packages grub-pc depends on:
ii debconf [debconf-2.0] 1.5.32 Debian configuration management sy
ii grub-common 1.98+20100706-1 GRand Unified Bootloader, version
ii libc6 2.11.2-2 Embedded GNU C Library: Shared lib
ii libdevmapper1.02.1 2:1.02.48-2 The Linux Kernel Device Mapper use
ii ucf 3.0025 Update Configuration File: preserv
grub-pc recommends no packages.
Versions of packages grub-pc suggests:
pn desktop-base <none> (no description available)
-- debconf information:
grub2/kfreebsd_cmdline:
grub2/device_map_regenerated:
* grub2/linux_cmdline:
grub-pc/install_devices_empty: false
grub-pc/install_devices_failed: false
* grub-pc/chainload_from_menu.lst: true
grub-pc/kopt_extracted: true
* grub-pc/install_devices: /dev/disk/by-id/ata-ST92130AG_FW185822
grub-pc/postrm_purge_boot_grub: false
grub-pc/install_devices_failed_upgrade: true
grub-pc/disk_description:
grub2/kfreebsd_cmdline_default: quiet
grub-pc/partition_description:
grub-pc/install_devices_disks_changed:
* grub2/linux_cmdline_default: quiet
grub-pc/mixed_legacy_and_grub2: true
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