Bug#623946: grub-pc: M/C unbootable if primary bootable flag not set

Rustom Mody rustompmody at gmail.com
Sun Apr 24 17:35:07 UTC 2011


Package: grub-pc
Version: 1.98+20100804-14
Severity: normal

I moved my boot  partition to a logical sector
Running dpkg-reconfigure grub-pc said it had gone through without error
However the disk remained unbootable until a primary (or extended) partition
was flagged as bootable

It would be good if grub install were to warn about installing to a logical
partition with bootable flag set



-- Package-specific info:

*********************** WARNING grub-setup left core.img in filesystem

*********************** BEGIN /proc/mounts
/dev/disk/by-uuid/2cbdf0f8-3c5f-4e04-80e3-f9b971c02a4f / ext4 rw,relatime,errors=remount-ro,barrier=1,data=ordered 0 0
/dev/sda5 /boot ext4 rw,relatime,barrier=1,data=ordered 0 0
/dev/sda8 /opt ext4 rw,relatime,barrier=1,data=ordered 0 0
/dev/sda6 /home ext4 rw,relatime,barrier=1,data=ordered 0 0
/dev/sda9 /download ext4 rw,relatime,barrier=1,data=ordered 0 0
/dev/sda10 /dataDir ext4 rw,relatime,barrier=1,data=ordered 0 0
*********************** END /proc/mounts

*********************** BEGIN /boot/grub/device.map
(hd0)	/dev/disk/by-id/ata-ST3160215A_9RX0CCBE
(hd1)	/dev/disk/by-id/ata-ST3500418AS_9VMWXCC9
*********************** 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,msdos7)'
search --no-floppy --fs-uuid --set 2cbdf0f8-3c5f-4e04-80e3-f9b971c02a4f
if loadfont /usr/share/grub/unicode.pf2 ; then
  set gfxmode=640x480
  load_video
  insmod gfxterm
fi
terminal_output gfxterm
insmod part_msdos
insmod ext2
set root='(hd0,msdos5)'
search --no-floppy --fs-uuid --set 02c0b58e-0695-460b-a6f5-a2b1e667c18c
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 ###
insmod part_msdos
insmod ext2
set root='(hd0,msdos7)'
search --no-floppy --fs-uuid --set 2cbdf0f8-3c5f-4e04-80e3-f9b971c02a4f
insmod png
if background_image /usr/share/images/desktop-base/spacefun-grub.png; then
  set color_normal=light-gray/black
  set color_highlight=white/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='(hd0,msdos5)'
	search --no-floppy --fs-uuid --set 02c0b58e-0695-460b-a6f5-a2b1e667c18c
	echo	'Loading Linux 2.6.32-5-686 ...'
	linux	/vmlinuz-2.6.32-5-686 root=UUID=2cbdf0f8-3c5f-4e04-80e3-f9b971c02a4f ro  
	echo	'Loading initial ramdisk ...'
	initrd	/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='(hd0,msdos5)'
	search --no-floppy --fs-uuid --set 02c0b58e-0695-460b-a6f5-a2b1e667c18c
	echo	'Loading Linux 2.6.32-5-686 ...'
	linux	/vmlinuz-2.6.32-5-686 root=UUID=2cbdf0f8-3c5f-4e04-80e3-f9b971c02a4f ro single 
	echo	'Loading initial ramdisk ...'
	initrd	/initrd.img-2.6.32-5-686
}
### END /etc/grub.d/10_linux ###

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

### BEGIN /etc/grub.d/30_os-prober ###
menuentry "Windows NT/2000/XP (on /dev/sdb1)" {
	insmod part_msdos
	insmod ntfs
	set root='(hd1,msdos1)'
	search --no-floppy --fs-uuid --set a40ced6c0ced39c6
	drivemap -s (hd0) ${root}
	chainloader +1
}
menuentry "Debian GNU/Linux, with Linux 2.6.32-5-686 (on /dev/sdb5)" {
	insmod part_msdos
	insmod ext2
	set root='(hd1,msdos5)'
	search --no-floppy --fs-uuid --set f0f0647c-39c9-4624-af1a-46082f9a27c7
	linux /boot/vmlinuz-2.6.32-5-686 root=UUID=f0f0647c-39c9-4624-af1a-46082f9a27c7 ro resume=/dev/sda12
	initrd /boot/initrd.img-2.6.32-5-686
}
menuentry "Debian GNU/Linux, with Linux 2.6.32-5-686 (recovery mode) (on /dev/sdb5)" {
	insmod part_msdos
	insmod ext2
	set root='(hd1,msdos5)'
	search --no-floppy --fs-uuid --set f0f0647c-39c9-4624-af1a-46082f9a27c7
	linux /boot/vmlinuz-2.6.32-5-686 root=UUID=f0f0647c-39c9-4624-af1a-46082f9a27c7 ro single
	initrd /boot/initrd.img-2.6.32-5-686
}
menuentry "Ubuntu, Linux 2.6.31-14-generic (on /dev/sdb6)" {
	insmod part_msdos
	insmod ext2
	set root='(hd1,msdos6)'
	search --no-floppy --fs-uuid --set a94f07a6-a5da-4029-9933-9181c3e7c5c9
	linux /boot/vmlinuz-2.6.31-14-generic root=UUID=a94f07a6-a5da-4029-9933-9181c3e7c5c9 ro
	initrd /boot/initrd.img-2.6.31-14-generic
}
menuentry "Ubuntu, Linux 2.6.31-14-generic (recovery mode) (on /dev/sdb6)" {
	insmod part_msdos
	insmod ext2
	set root='(hd1,msdos6)'
	search --no-floppy --fs-uuid --set a94f07a6-a5da-4029-9933-9181c3e7c5c9
	linux /boot/vmlinuz-2.6.31-14-generic root=UUID=a94f07a6-a5da-4029-9933-9181c3e7c5c9 ro single
	initrd /boot/initrd.img-2.6.31-14-generic
}
### 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: wheezy/sid
  APT prefers testing
  APT policy: (500, 'testing')
Architecture: i386 (i686)

Kernel: Linux 2.6.32-5-686 (SMP w/2 CPU cores)
Locale: LANG=en_US, LC_CTYPE=en_US (charmap=ISO-8859-1)
Shell: /bin/sh linked to /bin/dash

Versions of packages grub-pc depends on:
ii  debconf [debconf-2.0]   1.5.38           Debian configuration management sy
ii  grub-common             1.98+20100804-14 GRand Unified Bootloader, version 
ii  libc6                   2.11.2-11        Embedded GNU C Library: Shared lib
ii  libdevmapper1.02.1      2:1.02.63-3      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:
ii  desktop-base                  6.0.6      common files for the Debian Deskto

-- 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:
* grub-pc/mixed_legacy_and_grub2: false





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