Bug#550477: after update-from-grub-legacy the system stopped booting
Jordan Metzmeier
jordan at linuxgen.com
Wed Jun 9 14:31:37 UTC 2010
Package: grub-pc
Version: 1.98+20100602-2
Severity: normal
I wasn't sure whether or not I should file a new bug for this issue. The
descrition of the orginal bug matches my behavior exactly but the issue is not
the same as orginal report.
I created this sid VM to test packages that I plan to build. I started with
Lenny and went through the upgrades. Currently, the machine is working fine
with chainloading grub-pc from grub-legacy.
After the failed upgrade-from-grub-legacy, I restored a snapshot of the VM.
The configuration you see below is actually prior the upgrade-from-grub-legacy.
If you request it, I can push the failed upgrade and generate a new report from a
chroot.
The exact issue is an "error 15: file not found" upon a reboot. This is prior
to grub menu appearing, which is an indication to me that grub2 was not properly
written to the MBR.
Unless virtualbox is a factor, it seems this setup would be very common.
Let me know if there is any more information you need. Also, sorry if the formatting
of this email is bad, I hadn't changed my editor on this machine yet and had to write
this in nano.
-- Package-specific info:
*********************** BEGIN /proc/mounts
/dev/disk/by-uuid/15a6f836-4407-4443-908e-b6e1d8069ac0 / ext3 rw,relatime,errors=remount-ro,data=ordered 0 0
/dev/sr0 /media/cdrom0 iso9660 ro,nosuid,nodev,noexec,relatime 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 ###
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
}
insmod part_msdos
insmod ext2
set root='(/dev/sda,1)'
search --no-floppy --fs-uuid --set 15a6f836-4407-4443-908e-b6e1d8069ac0
if loadfont /usr/share/grub/unicode.pf2 ; then
set gfxmode=640x480
insmod gfxterm
insmod vbe
fi
if terminal_output gfxterm ; then true ; else
# For backward compatibility with versions of terminal.mod that don't
# understand terminal_output
terminal gfxterm
fi
insmod part_msdos
insmod ext2
set root='(/dev/sda,1)'
search --no-floppy --fs-uuid --set 15a6f836-4407-4443-908e-b6e1d8069ac0
set locale_dir=($root)/boot/grub/locale
set lang=en
insmod gettext
set timeout=5
### END /etc/grub.d/00_header ###
### BEGIN /etc/grub.d/05_debian_theme ###
insmod part_msdos
insmod ext2
set root='(/dev/sda,1)'
search --no-floppy --fs-uuid --set 15a6f836-4407-4443-908e-b6e1d8069ac0
insmod png
if background_image /usr/share/images/desktop-base/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, with Linux 2.6.32-5-686' --class debian --class gnu-linux --class gnu --class os {
insmod part_msdos
insmod ext2
set root='(/dev/sda,1)'
search --no-floppy --fs-uuid --set 15a6f836-4407-4443-908e-b6e1d8069ac0
echo 'Loading Linux 2.6.32-5-686 ...'
linux /boot/vmlinuz-2.6.32-5-686 root=UUID=15a6f836-4407-4443-908e-b6e1d8069ac0 ro quiet
echo 'Loading initial ramdisk ...'
initrd /boot/initrd.img-2.6.32-5-686
}
menuentry 'Debian GNU/Linux, with Linux 2.6.32-5-686 (recovery mode)' --class debian --class gnu-linux --class gnu --class os {
insmod part_msdos
insmod ext2
set root='(/dev/sda,1)'
search --no-floppy --fs-uuid --set 15a6f836-4407-4443-908e-b6e1d8069ac0
echo 'Loading Linux 2.6.32-5-686 ...'
linux /boot/vmlinuz-2.6.32-5-686 root=UUID=15a6f836-4407-4443-908e-b6e1d8069ac0 ro single
echo 'Loading initial ramdisk ...'
initrd /boot/initrd.img-2.6.32-5-686
}
### 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 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 unstable
APT policy: (500, 'unstable')
Architecture: i386 (i686)
Kernel: Linux 2.6.32-5-686 (SMP w/1 CPU core)
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] 1.5.32 Debian configuration management sy
ii grub-common 1.98+20100602-2 GRand Unified Bootloader, version
ii libc6 2.11.1-2 Embedded GNU C Library: Shared lib
ii libdevmapper1.02.1 2:1.02.48-1 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:
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:
grub-pc/postrm_purge_boot_grub: false
grub2/kfreebsd_cmdline_default: quiet
grub2/linux_cmdline_default: quiet
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