Bug#601674: grub-pc: adds /boot to kernel/initrd path in grub.cfg when /boot is the root device

Bernd Zeimetz bzed at debian.org
Thu Oct 28 11:28:12 UTC 2010


Package: grub-pc
Version: 1.98+20100804-6
Severity: serious

Serious severity as the system does not boot anymore after the upgrade.
As my setup is a very common one, it should not not go into testing as
it is.

Since revision -6 update-grub writes /boot/vmlinuz-... and /boot/initrd-...
into grub.cfg, although /boot resides on /dev/sda1 and
set root='(hd0,msdos1)'
points to it. So the proper path would be /vmlinuz-... and /initrd-...
as it was with revision -4. My suspect is the ZFS-related change in
zfs_fix_mkrelpath.patch.

The files in /etc/grub.d were not modified with the exception that I've
removed os-prober as I neither need it nor do I trust it for the more or
less daily use.

-- Package-specific info:

*********************** BEGIN /proc/mounts
/dev/mapper/500G-root / ext4 rw,relatime,errors=remount-ro,barrier=1,data=ordered 0 0
/dev/sda1 /boot ext4 rw,relatime,barrier=1,data=ordered 0 0
/dev/mapper/500G-var /var ext4 rw,relatime,barrier=1,data=ordered 0 0
/dev/mapper/500G-pbuilder /var/cache/pbuilder ext4 rw,relatime,barrier=1,data=ordered 0 0
/dev/mapper/500G-home /home ext4 rw,relatime,barrier=1,data=ordered 0 0
*********************** END /proc/mounts

*********************** BEGIN /boot/grub/device.map
(hd0)	/dev/disk/by-id/ata-ST9500420ASG_5VJ2PBEH
*********************** 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
}

insmod part_msdos
insmod ext2
set root='(hd0,msdos1)'
search --no-floppy --fs-uuid --set c44ecbdf-a80d-4fe5-ac86-ab2346548657
if loadfont /grub/unicode.pf2 ; then
  set gfxmode=640x480
  load_video
  insmod gfxterm
fi
terminal_output gfxterm
insmod part_msdos
insmod ext2
set root='(hd0,msdos1)'
search --no-floppy --fs-uuid --set c44ecbdf-a80d-4fe5-ac86-ab2346548657
set locale_dir=($root)/grub/locale
set lang=en
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 2.6.35.7-think' --class debian --class gnu-linux --class gnu --class os {
	insmod part_msdos
	insmod ext2
	set root='(hd0,msdos1)'
	search --no-floppy --fs-uuid --set c44ecbdf-a80d-4fe5-ac86-ab2346548657
	echo	'Loading Linux 2.6.35.7-think ...'
	linux	/boot/vmlinuz-2.6.35.7-think root=/dev/mapper/500G-root ro resume=/dev/mapper/500G-swap quiet
	echo	'Loading initial ramdisk ...'
	initrd	/boot/initrd.img-2.6.35.7-think
}
menuentry 'Debian GNU/Linux, with Linux 2.6.35.7-think (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 c44ecbdf-a80d-4fe5-ac86-ab2346548657
	echo	'Loading Linux 2.6.35.7-think ...'
	linux	/boot/vmlinuz-2.6.35.7-think root=/dev/mapper/500G-root ro single resume=/dev/mapper/500G-swap
	echo	'Loading initial ramdisk ...'
	initrd	/boot/initrd.img-2.6.35.7-think
}
menuentry 'Debian GNU/Linux, with Linux 2.6.35.4-think+' --class debian --class gnu-linux --class gnu --class os {
	insmod part_msdos
	insmod ext2
	set root='(hd0,msdos1)'
	search --no-floppy --fs-uuid --set c44ecbdf-a80d-4fe5-ac86-ab2346548657
	echo	'Loading Linux 2.6.35.4-think+ ...'
	linux	/boot/vmlinuz-2.6.35.4-think+ root=/dev/mapper/500G-root ro resume=/dev/mapper/500G-swap quiet
	echo	'Loading initial ramdisk ...'
	initrd	/boot/initrd.img-2.6.35.4-think+
}
menuentry 'Debian GNU/Linux, with Linux 2.6.35.4-think+ (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 c44ecbdf-a80d-4fe5-ac86-ab2346548657
	echo	'Loading Linux 2.6.35.4-think+ ...'
	linux	/boot/vmlinuz-2.6.35.4-think+ root=/dev/mapper/500G-root ro single resume=/dev/mapper/500G-swap
	echo	'Loading initial ramdisk ...'
	initrd	/boot/initrd.img-2.6.35.4-think+
}
menuentry 'Debian GNU/Linux, with Linux 2.6.35.2-think' --class debian --class gnu-linux --class gnu --class os {
	insmod part_msdos
	insmod ext2
	set root='(hd0,msdos1)'
	search --no-floppy --fs-uuid --set c44ecbdf-a80d-4fe5-ac86-ab2346548657
	echo	'Loading Linux 2.6.35.2-think ...'
	linux	/boot/vmlinuz-2.6.35.2-think root=/dev/mapper/500G-root ro resume=/dev/mapper/500G-swap quiet
	echo	'Loading initial ramdisk ...'
	initrd	/boot/initrd.img-2.6.35.2-think
}
menuentry 'Debian GNU/Linux, with Linux 2.6.35.2-think (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 c44ecbdf-a80d-4fe5-ac86-ab2346548657
	echo	'Loading Linux 2.6.35.2-think ...'
	linux	/boot/vmlinuz-2.6.35.2-think root=/dev/mapper/500G-root ro single resume=/dev/mapper/500G-swap
	echo	'Loading initial ramdisk ...'
	initrd	/boot/initrd.img-2.6.35.2-think
}
menuentry 'Debian GNU/Linux, with Linux 2.6.34-think' --class debian --class gnu-linux --class gnu --class os {
	insmod part_msdos
	insmod ext2
	set root='(hd0,msdos1)'
	search --no-floppy --fs-uuid --set c44ecbdf-a80d-4fe5-ac86-ab2346548657
	echo	'Loading Linux 2.6.34-think ...'
	linux	/boot/vmlinuz-2.6.34-think root=/dev/mapper/500G-root ro resume=/dev/mapper/500G-swap quiet
	echo	'Loading initial ramdisk ...'
	initrd	/boot/initrd.img-2.6.34-think
}
menuentry 'Debian GNU/Linux, with Linux 2.6.34-think (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 c44ecbdf-a80d-4fe5-ac86-ab2346548657
	echo	'Loading Linux 2.6.34-think ...'
	linux	/boot/vmlinuz-2.6.34-think root=/dev/mapper/500G-root ro single resume=/dev/mapper/500G-swap
	echo	'Loading initial ramdisk ...'
	initrd	/boot/initrd.img-2.6.34-think
}
menuentry 'Debian GNU/Linux, with Linux 2.6.33.3-think' --class debian --class gnu-linux --class gnu --class os {
	insmod part_msdos
	insmod ext2
	set root='(hd0,msdos1)'
	search --no-floppy --fs-uuid --set c44ecbdf-a80d-4fe5-ac86-ab2346548657
	echo	'Loading Linux 2.6.33.3-think ...'
	linux	/boot/vmlinuz-2.6.33.3-think root=/dev/mapper/500G-root ro resume=/dev/mapper/500G-swap quiet
	echo	'Loading initial ramdisk ...'
	initrd	/boot/initrd.img-2.6.33.3-think
}
menuentry 'Debian GNU/Linux, with Linux 2.6.33.3-think (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 c44ecbdf-a80d-4fe5-ac86-ab2346548657
	echo	'Loading Linux 2.6.33.3-think ...'
	linux	/boot/vmlinuz-2.6.33.3-think root=/dev/mapper/500G-root ro single resume=/dev/mapper/500G-swap
	echo	'Loading initial ramdisk ...'
	initrd	/boot/initrd.img-2.6.33.3-think
}
menuentry 'Debian GNU/Linux, with Linux 2.6.33-think' --class debian --class gnu-linux --class gnu --class os {
	insmod part_msdos
	insmod ext2
	set root='(hd0,msdos1)'
	search --no-floppy --fs-uuid --set c44ecbdf-a80d-4fe5-ac86-ab2346548657
	echo	'Loading Linux 2.6.33-think ...'
	linux	/boot/vmlinuz-2.6.33-think root=/dev/mapper/500G-root ro resume=/dev/mapper/500G-swap quiet
	echo	'Loading initial ramdisk ...'
	initrd	/boot/initrd.img-2.6.33-think
}
menuentry 'Debian GNU/Linux, with Linux 2.6.33-think (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 c44ecbdf-a80d-4fe5-ac86-ab2346548657
	echo	'Loading Linux 2.6.33-think ...'
	linux	/boot/vmlinuz-2.6.33-think root=/dev/mapper/500G-root ro single resume=/dev/mapper/500G-swap
	echo	'Loading initial ramdisk ...'
	initrd	/boot/initrd.img-2.6.33-think
}
### END /etc/grub.d/10_linux ###

### BEGIN /etc/grub.d/20_linux_xen ###
### END /etc/grub.d/20_linux_xen ###

### 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'), (500, 'testing'), (1, 'experimental')
Architecture: amd64 (x86_64)

Kernel: Linux 2.6.35.7-think (SMP w/2 CPU cores; PREEMPT)
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]    1.5.36          Debian configuration management sy
ii  grub-common              1.98+20100804-6 GRand Unified Bootloader, version 
ii  libc6                    2.11.2-6        Embedded GNU C Library: Shared lib
ii  libdevmapper1.02.1       2:1.02.48-3     The Linux Kernel Device Mapper use
ii  ucf                      3.0025+nmu1     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: resume=/dev/mapper/500G-swap
  grub-pc/install_devices_empty: false
  grub-pc/install_devices_failed: false
  grub-pc/chainload_from_menu.lst: true
  grub-pc/kopt_extracted: false
* grub-pc/install_devices: /dev/disk/by-id/ata-ST9500420ASG_5VJ2PBEH
  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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