Bug#650724: grub-pc: /usr/sbin/grub-probe: error: Couldn't find PV pv2. Check your device.map.

Luca Capello luca at pca.it
Fri Dec 2 11:25:04 UTC 2011


Package: grub-pc
Version: 1.98+20100804-14+squeeze1
File: /etc/kernel/postinst.d/zz-update-grub
Severity: important
Usertags: pca.it-boot

Hi there!

After having changed both 500GB Samsung HDs with two 1TB Seagate HDs (in
RAID1 and LV for /srv) and having rebooted at least twice with no
problems, today's kernel upgrade fails:
=====
sha:/etc# apt-get update
[...]

sha:/etc# apt-get upgrade
[...]
The following packages will be upgraded:
  bind9-host dnsutils libbind9-60 libcups2 libdns69 libfreetype6
  libisc62 libisccc60 libisccfg62 liblwres60 linux-base
  linux-image-2.6.32-5-686 linux-libc-dev
[...]
Preparing to replace linux-image-2.6.32-5-686 2.6.32-38 \
 (using .../linux-image-2.6.32-5-686_2.6.32-39_i386.deb) ... 
Unpacking replacement linux-image-2.6.32-5-686 ...
Examining /etc/kernel/postrm.d .
run-parts: executing /etc/kernel/postrm.d/initramfs-tools 2.6.32-5-686 \
 /boot/vmlinuz-2.6.32-5-686
run-parts: executing /etc/kernel/postrm.d/zz-update-grub 2.6.32-5-686 \
 /boot/vmlinuz-2.6.32-5-686
[...]
Setting up linux-image-2.6.32-5-686 (2.6.32-39) ...
Running depmod.
Running update-initramfs.
update-initramfs: Generating /boot/initrd.img-2.6.32-5-686
Examining /etc/kernel/postinst.d.
run-parts: executing /etc/kernel/postinst.d/initramfs-tools 2.6.32-5-686 \
 /boot/vmlinuz-2.6.32-5-686
run-parts: executing /etc/kernel/postinst.d/zz-update-grub 2.6.32-5-686 \
 /boot/vmlinuz-2.6.32-5-686
Generating grub.cfg ...
/usr/sbin/grub-probe: error: Couldn't find PV pv2. Check your device.map.
run-parts: /etc/kernel/postinst.d/zz-update-grub exited with return code 1
Failed to process /etc/kernel/postinst.d at \
 /var/lib/dpkg/info/linux-image-2.6.32-5-686.postinst line 799.
dpkg: error processing linux-image-2.6.32-5-686 (--configure):
 subprocess installed post-installation script returned error exit status 2
Setting up libisc62 (1:9.7.3.dfsg-1~squeeze4) ...
[...]
Errors were encountered while processing:
 linux-image-2.6.32-5-686
E: Sub-process /usr/bin/dpkg returned an error code (1)

sha:/etc#
=====

Not being a RAID/partition/boot expert, after having looked through the
grub-pc bugs for RAID1/LVM, I could see three problems:

1) debconf's 'grub-pc/install_devices' refers to an MD device which is
   not partitioned and with 0.9 metatada:

    <http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=593648#69>
    <http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=632048#24>
    <http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=637208#15>

=====
sha:/etc# fdisk -l /dev/disk/by-id/md-uuid-a3208af4:1df324f6:0359f4d8:3a34e120

Disk /dev/disk/by-id/md-uuid-a3208af4:1df324f6:0359f4d8:3a34e120: \
 197 MB, 197263360 bytes
[...]
Disk /dev/disk/by-id/md-uuid-a3208af4:1df324f6:0359f4d8:3a34e120 \
 doesn't contain a valid partition table

sha:/etc# file -s /dev/disk/by-id/md-uuid-a3208af4:1df324f6:0359f4d8:3a34e120
/dev/disk/by-id/md-uuid-a3208af4:1df324f6:0359f4d8:3a34e120: \
 symbolic link to `../../md2'

sha:/etc# file -s /dev/md2
/dev/md2: Linux rev 1.0 ext3 filesystem data, UUID=50fdd9f5-2c08-4e16-8044-e8e8771a3195 \
 (needs journal recovery)

sha:/etc# mdadm --detail /dev/md2 | grep Version
        Version : 0.90

sha:/etc#
=====

2) debconf's 'grub-pc/install_devices' refers to an MD device, which is
   wrong and should be corrected by 1.99~20101210-2, given that AFAIK
   the RAID device was automatically added:

     <http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=612692#13>

   Please note that this worked well before and was supported by debconf
   question:

     <http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=587017>

3) device.map is not in sync with the current situation, which means
   that a simple `grub-mkdevicemap` should solve this.

Despite the machine being in production, it is not critical and thus I
have not touched anything yet, so feel free to ask for tests ;-)

Thx, bye,
Gismo / Luca

-- Package-specific info:

*********************** BEGIN /proc/mounts
/dev/mapper/vgsha-lvroot / ext3 rw,relatime,errors=remount-ro,data=ordered 0 0
/dev/md2 /boot ext3 rw,relatime,errors=continue,data=ordered 0 0
/dev/mapper/vgsha-lvsrv /srv ext3 rw,relatime,errors=continue,data=ordered 0 0
*********************** END /proc/mounts

*********************** BEGIN /boot/grub/device.map
(hd0)	/dev/disk/by-id/ata-SAMSUNG_HD502HJ_S20BJA0Z108086
(hd1)	/dev/disk/by-id/ata-SAMSUNG_HD502HJ_S20BJA0Z108087
(hd2)	/dev/disk/by-id/scsi-35005076206cac30e
(hd3)	/dev/disk/by-id/scsi-SSEAGATE_ST39236LW_3BN0VTMQ0000711534E4
(hd4)	/dev/disk/by-id/scsi-SIBM_DDRS-34560D_RD3Q8116
*********************** 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 raid
insmod mdraid
insmod lvm
insmod part_msdos
insmod part_msdos
insmod part_msdos
insmod part_msdos
insmod part_msdos
insmod ext2
set root='(vgsha-lvroot)'
search --no-floppy --fs-uuid --set 41c04aeb-46b9-45c7-8aea-77d3da070136
if loadfont /usr/share/grub/unicode.pf2 ; then
  set gfxmode=640x480
  load_video
  insmod gfxterm
fi
terminal_output gfxterm
insmod raid
insmod mdraid
insmod part_msdos
insmod part_msdos
insmod ext2
set root='(md2)'
search --no-floppy --fs-uuid --set 50fdd9f5-2c08-4e16-8044-e8e8771a3195
set locale_dir=($root)/grub/locale
set lang=it
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 2.6.32-5-686' --class debian --class gnu-linux --class gnu --class os {
	insmod raid
	insmod mdraid
	insmod part_msdos
	insmod part_msdos
	insmod ext2
	set root='(md2)'
	search --no-floppy --fs-uuid --set 50fdd9f5-2c08-4e16-8044-e8e8771a3195
	echo	'Loading Linux 2.6.32-5-686 ...'
	linux	/vmlinuz-2.6.32-5-686 root=/dev/mapper/vgsha-lvroot ro rootdelay=15 
	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 raid
	insmod mdraid
	insmod part_msdos
	insmod part_msdos
	insmod ext2
	set root='(md2)'
	search --no-floppy --fs-uuid --set 50fdd9f5-2c08-4e16-8044-e8e8771a3195
	echo	'Loading Linux 2.6.32-5-686 ...'
	linux	/vmlinuz-2.6.32-5-686 root=/dev/mapper/vgsha-lvroot ro single rootdelay=15
	echo	'Loading initial ramdisk ...'
	initrd	/initrd.img-2.6.32-5-686
}
menuentry 'Debian GNU/Linux, with Linux 2.6.26-2-686' --class debian --class gnu-linux --class gnu --class os {
	insmod raid
	insmod mdraid
	insmod part_msdos
	insmod part_msdos
	insmod ext2
	set root='(md2)'
	search --no-floppy --fs-uuid --set 50fdd9f5-2c08-4e16-8044-e8e8771a3195
	echo	'Loading Linux 2.6.26-2-686 ...'
	linux	/vmlinuz-2.6.26-2-686 root=/dev/mapper/vgsha-lvroot ro rootdelay=15 
	echo	'Loading initial ramdisk ...'
	initrd	/initrd.img-2.6.26-2-686
}
menuentry 'Debian GNU/Linux, with Linux 2.6.26-2-686 (recovery mode)' --class debian --class gnu-linux --class gnu --class os {
	insmod raid
	insmod mdraid
	insmod part_msdos
	insmod part_msdos
	insmod ext2
	set root='(md2)'
	search --no-floppy --fs-uuid --set 50fdd9f5-2c08-4e16-8044-e8e8771a3195
	echo	'Loading Linux 2.6.26-2-686 ...'
	linux	/vmlinuz-2.6.26-2-686 root=/dev/mapper/vgsha-lvroot ro single rootdelay=15
	echo	'Loading initial ramdisk ...'
	initrd	/initrd.img-2.6.26-2-686
}
### 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 ###
### 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: 6.0.3
  APT prefers stable-updates
  APT policy: (500, 'stable-updates'), (500, 'stable')
Architecture: i386 (i686)

Kernel: Linux 2.6.32-5-686 (SMP w/2 CPU cores)
Locale: LANG=it_IT.UTF-8, LC_CTYPE=it_IT.UTF-8 (charmap=UTF-8)
Shell: /bin/sh linked to /bin/dash

Versions of packages grub-pc depends on:
ii  debconf [debco 1.5.36.1                  Debian configuration management sy
ii  grub-common    1.98+20100804-14+squeeze1 GRand Unified Bootloader, version 
ii  libc6          2.11.2-10                 Embedded GNU C Library: Shared lib
ii  libdevmapper1. 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)

-- Configuration Files:
/etc/default/grub changed:
GRUB_DEFAULT=0
GRUB_TIMEOUT=5
GRUB_DISTRIBUTOR=`lsb_release -i -s 2> /dev/null || echo Debian`
GRUB_CMDLINE_LINUX_DEFAULT=""
GRUB_CMDLINE_LINUX="rootdelay=15"


-- debconf information:
  grub2/kfreebsd_cmdline:
* grub2/device_map_regenerated:
  grub-pc/linux_cmdline: fillme
* grub2/linux_cmdline: rootdelay=15
  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/md-uuid-a3208af4:1df324f6:0359f4d8:3a34e120
  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: true
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