Bug#614833: grub-pc: Grub fails to install on /dev/md0 (Raid5)

[Vladimir 'φ-coder/phcoder' Serbinenko]

reassign 614833 udev
thanks
Bsed on discussion upstream the problem is that the devices /dev/sd?
disappeared even though mdX remains accessible.
On 23.02.2011 18:40, S. Porth wrote:
> Package: grub-pc
> Version: 1.98+20100804-14
> Severity: normal
>
> Upgraded to squeeze.  Let grub chainload as recommended, reboted and that
> worked fine so I ran upgrade-from-grub-legacy and now grub wont install on
> my Raid5 device.
>
> backup:/etc# grub-install /dev/md0
> /usr/sbin/grub-probe: error: no such disk.
> Auto-detection of a filesystem of /dev/md0 failed.
> Please report this together with the output of "/usr/sbin/grub-probe --device-map="/boot/grub/device.map" --target=fs -v /boot/grub" to <bug-grub at gnu.org>
>
> backup:/etc# /usr/sbin/grub-probe --device-map="/boot/grub/device.map" --target=fs -v /boot/grub
> /usr/sbin/grub-probe: info: changing current directory to /dev.
> /usr/sbin/grub-probe: info: changing current directory to disk.
> /usr/sbin/grub-probe: info: changing current directory to by-uuid.
> /usr/sbin/grub-probe: info: changing current directory to by-id.
> /usr/sbin/grub-probe: info: changing current directory to block.
> /usr/sbin/grub-probe: info: opening md0.
> /usr/sbin/grub-probe: error: no such disk.
>
>
>
> -- Package-specific info:
>
> *********************** BEGIN /proc/mounts
> /dev/root / ext3 rw,relatime,errors=remount-ro,barrier=0,data=writeback 0 0
> /dev/md1 /var ext3 rw,relatime,errors=continue,barrier=0,data=writeback 0 0
> *********************** END /proc/mounts
>
> *********************** BEGIN /boot/grub/device.map
> *********************** END /boot/grub/device.map
>
> -- System Information:
> Debian Release: 6.0
>   APT prefers squeeze-updates
>   APT policy: (500, 'squeeze-updates'), (500, 'stable')
> Architecture: amd64 (x86_64)
>
> Kernel: Linux 2.6.37 (SMP w/4 CPU cores)
> 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]   1.5.36.1         Debian configuration management sy
> ii  grub-common             1.98+20100804-14 GRand Unified Bootloader, version 
> ii  libc6                   2.11.2-10        Embedded GNU C Library: Shared lib
> ii  libdevmapper1.02.1      2:1.02.48-5      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:
> * grub-pc/install_devices_empty: true
>   grub-pc/install_devices_failed: false
> * grub-pc/chainload_from_menu.lst: true
>   grub-pc/kopt_extracted: true
> * grub-pc/install_devices:
>   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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Regards
Vladimir 'φ-coder/phcoder' Serbinenko


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