Bug#687320: grub-efi-amd64: Stuck at grub recovery prompt when USB media reader attached
Vladimir 'φ-coder/phcoder' Serbinenko
phcoder at gmail.com
Tue Sep 11 20:08:29 UTC 2012
tag 687320 fixed-upstream
thanks
On 11.09.2012 19:14, Christian Jacobsen wrote:
> Package: grub-efi-amd64
> Version: 1.99-22.1
> Severity: critical
> Justification: breaks the whole system
>
> Dear Maintainer,
>
> With the recent hubbub about UEFI I thought I'd try getting my new system, an
> Asus P8H61-M LE/CSM with Core i53450, booting using EFI instead of bios
> compatibility mode.
>
> At first I tried to convert my system to uefi boot without reinstalling by
> following some guides online, but I was left with a system that wouldn't boot
> past just "GRUB" showing the upper left.
>
> With no clue what I did wrong I decided to try Steve's efi test install cd 1
> which installed elilo by default. This gave me a booting system for a while,
> but I was unhappy with elilo so I tried switching over to grub by adding
> /boot/efi to fstab and installing grub-efi-amd64. On rebooting I got "invalid
> sector size 65535"
>
> Figuring that I'd fubared my system again I reinstalled using Steve's 3rd CD.
> This left my system booting to the same grub recovery prompt and the "invalid
> sector size 65535". At this point I searched for the error and found:
> http://savannah.gnu.org/bugs/?35382
> https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/grub2/+bug/975061
>
> So now I can boot my system, either by opening the case and disconnecting my
> card reader before power up OR manually setting the prefix and loading/running
> the normal module.
>
> I've tried several variations of running grub-install with and without the card
> reader attached, rebooting between tries, and I have also tried manually
> setting things in devices.map. So far the only way I can get my system to boot
> without intervention is to disconnect the card reader.
>
> This is my first time submitting a bug... please me gentle
>
> Thanks :)
>
>
>
> -- Package-specific info:
>
> *********************** BEGIN /proc/mounts
> /dev/disk/by-uuid/aa3909a2-fcc8-4b69-9b32-f6716fdd2e7e / ext4
> rw,relatime,errors=remount-ro,data=ordered 0 0
> /dev/sda1 /boot/efi vfat
> rw,relatime,fmask=0022,dmask=0022,codepage=cp437,iocharset=utf8,shortname=mixed,errors
> =remount-ro 0 0
> /dev/sdb1 /home xfs rw,relatime,attr2,noquota 0 0
> *********************** END /proc/mounts
>
> *********************** BEGIN /boot/grub/device.map
> (hd0) /dev/disk/by-id/ata-ST340016A_3HS4JDEX
> (hd1) /dev/disk/by-id/ata-ST3320613AS_9SZ6H6P4
> *********************** 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="${chosen}"
> save_env saved_entry
> fi
> }
>
> function load_video {
> insmod efi_gop
> insmod efi_uga
> insmod video_bochs
> insmod video_cirrus
> }
>
> insmod part_gpt
> insmod ext2
> set root='(hd5,gpt2)'
> search --no-floppy --fs-uuid --set=root aa3909a2-fcc8-4b69-9b32-f6716fdd2e7e
> if loadfont /usr/share/grub/unicode.pf2 ; then
> set gfxmode=1440x900x32
> load_video
> insmod gfxterm
> insmod part_gpt
> insmod ext2
> set root='(hd5,gpt2)'
> search --no-floppy --fs-uuid --set=root aa3909a2-fcc8-4b69-9b32-f6716fdd2e7e
> set locale_dir=($root)/boot/grub/locale
> set lang=en_US
> insmod gettext
> fi
> terminal_output gfxterm
> set timeout=5
> ### END /etc/grub.d/00_header ###
>
> ### BEGIN /etc/grub.d/05_debian_theme ###
> insmod part_gpt
> insmod ext2
> set root='(hd5,gpt2)'
> search --no-floppy --fs-uuid --set=root aa3909a2-fcc8-4b69-9b32-f6716fdd2e7e
> insmod png
> if background_image /usr/share/images/desktop-base/joy-grub.png; then
> set color_normal=white/black
> set color_highlight=black/white
> 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 3.5-trunk-amd64' --class debian --class
> gnu-linux --class gnu --class os {
> load_video
> set gfxpayload=keep
> insmod gzio
> insmod part_gpt
> insmod ext2
> set root='(hd5,gpt2)'
> search --no-floppy --fs-uuid --set=root
> aa3909a2-fcc8-4b69-9b32-f6716fdd2e7e
> echo 'Loading Linux 3.5-trunk-amd64 ...'
> linux /boot/vmlinuz-3.5-trunk-amd64
> root=UUID=aa3909a2-fcc8-4b69-9b32-f6716fdd2e7e ro quiet splash
> echo 'Loading initial ramdisk ...'
> initrd /boot/initrd.img-3.5-trunk-amd64
> }
> menuentry 'Debian GNU/Linux, with Linux 3.5-trunk-amd64 (recovery mode)'
> --class debian --class gnu-linux --class gnu --class os {
> load_video
> set gfxpayload=keep
> insmod gzio
> insmod part_gpt
> insmod ext2
> set root='(hd5,gpt2)'
> search --no-floppy --fs-uuid --set=root
> aa3909a2-fcc8-4b69-9b32-f6716fdd2e7e
> echo 'Loading Linux 3.5-trunk-amd64 ...'
> linux /boot/vmlinuz-3.5-trunk-amd64
> root=UUID=aa3909a2-fcc8-4b69-9b32-f6716fdd2e7e ro single
> echo 'Loading initial ramdisk ...'
> initrd /boot/initrd.img-3.5-trunk-amd64
> }
> menuentry 'Debian GNU/Linux, with Linux 3.2.0-3-amd64' --class debian --class
> gnu-linux --class gnu --class os {
> load_video
> set gfxpayload=keep
> insmod gzio
> insmod part_gpt
> insmod ext2
> set root='(hd5,gpt2)'
> search --no-floppy --fs-uuid --set=root
> aa3909a2-fcc8-4b69-9b32-f6716fdd2e7e
> echo 'Loading Linux 3.2.0-3-amd64 ...'
> linux /boot/vmlinuz-3.2.0-3-amd64
> root=UUID=aa3909a2-fcc8-4b69-9b32-f6716fdd2e7e ro quiet splash
> echo 'Loading initial ramdisk ...'
> initrd /boot/initrd.img-3.2.0-3-amd64
> }
> menuentry 'Debian GNU/Linux, with Linux 3.2.0-3-amd64 (recovery mode)' --class
> debian --class gnu-linux --class gnu --class os {
> load_video
> set gfxpayload=keep
> insmod gzio
> insmod part_gpt
> insmod ext2
> set root='(hd5,gpt2)'
> search --no-floppy --fs-uuid --set=root
> aa3909a2-fcc8-4b69-9b32-f6716fdd2e7e
> echo 'Loading Linux 3.2.0-3-amd64 ...'
> linux /boot/vmlinuz-3.2.0-3-amd64
> root=UUID=aa3909a2-fcc8-4b69-9b32-f6716fdd2e7e ro single
> echo 'Loading initial ramdisk ...'
> initrd /boot/initrd.img-3.2.0-3-amd64
> }
> ### END /etc/grub.d/10_linux ###
>
> ### BEGIN /etc/grub.d/20_linux_xen ###
> ### END /etc/grub.d/20_linux_xen ###
>
> ### BEGIN /etc/grub.d/20_memtest86 ###
> menuentry "Memory test (memtest86)" {
> linux16 /boot/memtest86.bin
> }
> ### END /etc/grub.d/20_memtest86 ###
>
> ### 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
>
> *********************** BEGIN /proc/mdstat
> cat: /proc/mdstat: No such file or directory
> *********************** END /proc/mdstat
>
> *********************** BEGIN /dev/disk/by-id
> total 0
> lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 9 Sep 11 12:19 ata-SONY_DVD_RW_DRU-
> 810A_815027554810A_U30508 -> ../../sr0
> lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 9 Sep 11 12:19 ata-ST3320613AS_9SZ6H6P4 -> ../../sdb
> lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 10 Sep 11 12:19 ata-ST3320613AS_9SZ6H6P4-part1 ->
> .../../sdb1
> lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 9 Sep 11 12:19 ata-ST340016A_3HS4JDEX -> ../../sda
> lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 10 Sep 11 12:19 ata-ST340016A_3HS4JDEX-part1 ->
> .../../sda1
> lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 10 Sep 11 12:19 ata-ST340016A_3HS4JDEX-part2 ->
> .../../sda2
> lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 10 Sep 11 12:19 ata-ST340016A_3HS4JDEX-part3 ->
> .../../sda3
> lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 9 Sep 11 12:19 scsi-SATA_ST3320613AS_9SZ6H6P4 ->
> .../../sdb
> lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 10 Sep 11 12:19 scsi-SATA_ST3320613AS_9SZ6H6P4-part1 ->
> .../../sdb1
> lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 9 Sep 11 12:19 scsi-SATA_ST340016A_3HS4JDEX ->
> .../../sda
> lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 10 Sep 11 12:19 scsi-SATA_ST340016A_3HS4JDEX-part1 ->
> .../../sda1
> lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 10 Sep 11 12:19 scsi-SATA_ST340016A_3HS4JDEX-part2 ->
> .../../sda2
> lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 10 Sep 11 12:19 scsi-SATA_ST340016A_3HS4JDEX-part3 ->
> .../../sda3
> lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 9 Sep 11 12:19 usb-Generic-
> _Compact_Flash_20060413092100000-0:0 -> ../../sdc
> lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 9 Sep 11 12:19 usb-Generic-_MS_MS-
> Pro_HG_20060413092100000-0:3 -> ../../sdf
> lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 9 Sep 11 12:19 usb-Generic-
> _SD_MMC_20060413092100000-0:2 -> ../../sde
> lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 9 Sep 11 12:19 usb-Generic-
> _SD_MMC_MS_MSPRO_20060413092100000-0:4 -> ../../sdg
> lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 9 Sep 11 12:19 usb-Generic-_SM_xD-
> Picture_20060413092100000-0:1 -> ../../sdd
> lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 9 Sep 11 12:19 wwn-0x5000c5001f9a9994 -> ../../sdb
> lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 10 Sep 11 12:19 wwn-0x5000c5001f9a9994-part1 ->
> .../../sdb1
> *********************** END /dev/disk/by-id
>
> *********************** BEGIN /dev/disk/by-uuid
> total 0
> lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 10 Sep 11 12:19 1c0c9d31-4ebd-44d7-94d9-2cc7378a3825 ->
> .../../sda3
> lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 10 Sep 11 12:19 D3B7-3D30 -> ../../sda1
> lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 10 Sep 11 12:19 aa3909a2-fcc8-4b69-9b32-f6716fdd2e7e ->
> .../../sda2
> lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 10 Sep 11 12:19 bb6eb18e-955e-49f4-ae6c-065de64d6cdf ->
> .../../sdb1
> *********************** END /dev/disk/by-uuid
>
> -- System Information:
> Debian Release: wheezy/sid
> APT prefers testing
> APT policy: (500, 'testing')
> Architecture: amd64 (x86_64)
> Foreign Architectures: i386
>
> Kernel: Linux 3.5-trunk-amd64 (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-efi-amd64 depends on:
> ii debconf [debconf-2.0] 1.5.46
> ii grub-common 1.99-22.1
> ii grub-efi-amd64-bin 1.99-22.1
> ii grub2-common 1.99-22.1
> ii ucf 3.0025+nmu3
>
> grub-efi-amd64 recommends no packages.
>
> grub-efi-amd64 suggests no packages.
>
> -- debconf information:
> grub2/kfreebsd_cmdline:
> grub2/device_map_regenerated:
> * grub2/linux_cmdline:
>
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--
Regards
Vladimir 'φ-coder/phcoder' Serbinenko
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