Bug#586143: Same problem

[Salvatore Bonaccorso]

Hi

On Fri, Jun 18, 2010 at 01:10:42PM +0100, Colin Watson wrote:
> On Fri, Jun 18, 2010 at 01:59:15PM +0200, Salvatore Bonaccorso wrote:
> > I'm not the original reporter but experience the similar problem,
> > getting 'unaligned pointer 0x4c1b0297'. I tried to collect the
> > information you requested for that:
> 
> Thanks.  This is the most interesting part:
> 
> > Generating core.img
> > Saving menu.lst backup in /boot/grub/menu.lst_backup_by_grub2_postinst
> > Running update-grub Legacy to hook our core.img in it
> [...]
> 
> I've just gone through an extensive debugging session with an affected
> user on IRC who had the same symptom (thanks, dileX), and I believe I
> understand the problem now.  I would like to confirm one fact with the
> people who have contributed to this bug report so far, namely:
> 
> Does the file /boot/grub/stage2 exist on your system?
> 
> I strongly suspect at this point that that will be the case for all of
> you, and if that's the case then I know what to do.

Yes I can confirm: /boot/grub/stage2 exists on the problematic hosts!

Thanks for your work, Colin

Bests
Salvatore
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