Bug#724756: grub-pc: Latest version of grub produces a core.img that is too large to install.
Michael Lustfield
michael at profarius.com
Fri Sep 27 14:46:56 UTC 2013
Package: grub-pc
Version: 2.00-19
Severity: important
Dear Maintainer,
After upgrading to the latest version of grub-pc in Debian jessie, th core.img
file went from 32K to 36K. This makes it no longer possible to install grub to
the MBR. It seems that some of the modules are significantly larger than they
should be and this is making it impossible to install grub to what seems to be
a very common setup. The only thing extra I'm using is LVM. Adding RAID and LVM
support should still keep core.img under the 32K limit. This is an issue on
over 400 systems for me, so just moving the first partition over and doing a
--force will not be an option, nor should it be required.
Version 1.99-27+deb7u1 did not have this issue (but was close).
-- Package-specific info:
*********************** BEGIN /proc/mounts
/dev/mapper/sys-root / ext4 rw,relatime,errors=remount-ro,data=ordered 0 0
/dev/mapper/sys-boot /boot ext2 rw,relatime,errors=continue 0 0
/dev/mapper/sys-home /home ext4 rw,relatime,data=ordered 0 0
/dev/mapper/sys-opt /opt ext4 rw,relatime,data=ordered 0 0
/dev/mapper/sys-var /var ext4 rw,relatime,data=ordered 0 0
/dev/mapper/sys-varlog /var/log ext4 rw,relatime,data=ordered 0 0
/dev/mapper/homedirs-7460 /srv/homedirs/7460 ext4 rw,relatime,data=ordered 0 0
*********************** END /proc/mounts
*********************** BEGIN /boot/grub/device.map
(hd0) /dev/sda
(hd1) /dev/sdb
*********************** 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 $prefix/grubenv ]; then
load_env
fi
set default="0"
if [ x"${feature_menuentry_id}" = xy ]; then
menuentry_id_option="--id"
else
menuentry_id_option=""
fi
export menuentry_id_option
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 {
if [ x$feature_all_video_module = xy ]; then
insmod all_video
else
insmod efi_gop
insmod efi_uga
insmod ieee1275_fb
insmod vbe
insmod vga
insmod video_bochs
insmod video_cirrus
fi
}
if [ x$feature_default_font_path = xy ] ; then
font=unicode
else
insmod part_msdos
insmod lvm
insmod ext2
set root='lvm/sys-root'
if [ x$feature_platform_search_hint = xy ]; then
search --no-floppy --fs-uuid --set=root --hint='lvm/sys-root' d19dfc15-d628-44da-a4e7-97269b289293
else
search --no-floppy --fs-uuid --set=root d19dfc15-d628-44da-a4e7-97269b289293
fi
font="/usr/share/grub/unicode.pf2"
fi
if loadfont $font ; then
set gfxmode=auto
load_video
insmod gfxterm
set locale_dir=$prefix/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 ###
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' --class debian --class gnu-linux --class gnu --class os $menuentry_id_option 'gnulinux-simple-d19dfc15-d628-44da-a4e7-97269b289293' {
load_video
insmod gzio
insmod part_msdos
insmod lvm
insmod ext2
set root='lvm/sys-boot'
if [ x$feature_platform_search_hint = xy ]; then
search --no-floppy --fs-uuid --set=root --hint='lvm/sys-boot' 89e952f3-c83a-4911-bab9-7c8f5a1b8228
else
search --no-floppy --fs-uuid --set=root 89e952f3-c83a-4911-bab9-7c8f5a1b8228
fi
echo 'Loading Linux 3.10-3-amd64 ...'
linux /vmlinuz-3.10-3-amd64 root=/dev/mapper/sys-root ro quiet
echo 'Loading initial ramdisk ...'
initrd /initrd.img-3.10-3-amd64
}
submenu 'Advanced options for Debian GNU/Linux' $menuentry_id_option 'gnulinux-advanced-d19dfc15-d628-44da-a4e7-97269b289293' {
menuentry 'Debian GNU/Linux, with Linux 3.10-3-amd64' --class debian --class gnu-linux --class gnu --class os $menuentry_id_option 'gnulinux-3.10-3-amd64-advanced-d19dfc15-d628-44da-a4e7-97269b289293' {
load_video
insmod gzio
insmod part_msdos
insmod lvm
insmod ext2
set root='lvm/sys-boot'
if [ x$feature_platform_search_hint = xy ]; then
search --no-floppy --fs-uuid --set=root --hint='lvm/sys-boot' 89e952f3-c83a-4911-bab9-7c8f5a1b8228
else
search --no-floppy --fs-uuid --set=root 89e952f3-c83a-4911-bab9-7c8f5a1b8228
fi
echo 'Loading Linux 3.10-3-amd64 ...'
linux /vmlinuz-3.10-3-amd64 root=/dev/mapper/sys-root ro quiet
echo 'Loading initial ramdisk ...'
initrd /initrd.img-3.10-3-amd64
}
menuentry 'Debian GNU/Linux, with Linux 3.10-3-amd64 (recovery mode)' --class debian --class gnu-linux --class gnu --class os $menuentry_id_option 'gnulinux-3.10-3-amd64-recovery-d19dfc15-d628-44da-a4e7-97269b289293' {
load_video
insmod gzio
insmod part_msdos
insmod lvm
insmod ext2
set root='lvm/sys-boot'
if [ x$feature_platform_search_hint = xy ]; then
search --no-floppy --fs-uuid --set=root --hint='lvm/sys-boot' 89e952f3-c83a-4911-bab9-7c8f5a1b8228
else
search --no-floppy --fs-uuid --set=root 89e952f3-c83a-4911-bab9-7c8f5a1b8228
fi
echo 'Loading Linux 3.10-3-amd64 ...'
linux /vmlinuz-3.10-3-amd64 root=/dev/mapper/sys-root ro single
echo 'Loading initial ramdisk ...'
initrd /initrd.img-3.10-3-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/30_os-prober ###
### END /etc/grub.d/30_os-prober ###
### BEGIN /etc/grub.d/30_uefi-firmware ###
### END /etc/grub.d/30_uefi-firmware ###
### 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 ${config_directory}/custom.cfg ]; then
source ${config_directory}/custom.cfg
elif [ -z "${config_directory}" -a -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 LVM
--- Volume group ---
VG Name homedirs
System ID
Format lvm2
Metadata Areas 1
Metadata Sequence No 3
VG Access read/write
VG Status resizable
MAX LV 0
Cur LV 1
Open LV 1
Max PV 0
Cur PV 1
Act PV 1
VG Size 3.12 TiB
PE Size 4.00 MiB
Total PE 819199
Alloc PE / Size 3584 / 14.00 GiB
Free PE / Size 815615 / 3.11 TiB
VG UUID nWZskg-eqHl-YFVa-UyDq-ISpF-RqCr-WLc0ZL
--- Volume group ---
VG Name sys
System ID
Format lvm2
Metadata Areas 2
Metadata Sequence No 55
VG Access read/write
VG Status resizable
MAX LV 0
Cur LV 7
Open LV 7
Max PV 0
Cur PV 2
Act PV 2
VG Size 13.99 GiB
PE Size 4.00 MiB
Total PE 3581
Alloc PE / Size 2047 / 8.00 GiB
Free PE / Size 1534 / 5.99 GiB
VG UUID 6v3MUT-Hx0y-Ew8P-eVSy-VZoY-nshp-KRnJ2b
--- Physical volume ---
PV Name /dev/sdc
VG Name homedirs
PV Size 3.12 TiB / not usable 4.00 MiB
Allocatable yes
PE Size 4.00 MiB
Total PE 819199
Free PE 815615
Allocated PE 3584
PV UUID 83oGtI-fMEy-EbAf-L3aD-NhY0-GE7O-iZfywA
--- Physical volume ---
PV Name /dev/sda1
VG Name sys
PV Size 10.99 GiB / not usable 462.00 KiB
Allocatable yes
PE Size 4.00 MiB
Total PE 2814
Free PE 767
Allocated PE 2047
PV UUID mg8jTQ-shJj-t8eW-qh8w-m6Pq-Cey2-UVhc05
--- Physical volume ---
PV Name /dev/sdb
VG Name sys
PV Size 3.00 GiB / not usable 4.00 MiB
Allocatable yes
PE Size 4.00 MiB
Total PE 767
Free PE 767
Allocated PE 0
PV UUID 1vq5xj-DpHR-veOT-YYaT-U0m7-iuQ8-K649Nd
--- Logical volume ---
LV Path /dev/homedirs/7460
LV Name 7460
VG Name homedirs
LV UUID WbEszB-juTY-a7dZ-Fyly-af7n-vGcL-S1j20B
LV Write Access read/write
LV Creation host, time homedirs, 2013-09-25 08:54:12 -0500
LV Status available
# open 1
LV Size 14.00 GiB
Current LE 3584
Segments 1
Allocation inherit
Read ahead sectors auto
- currently set to 256
Block device 254:1
--- Logical volume ---
LV Path /dev/sys/root
LV Name root
VG Name sys
LV UUID COA2bx-GAYE-HtwW-E3UG-6mP5-Pdka-e2kevA
LV Write Access read/write
LV Creation host, time ,
LV Status available
# open 1
LV Size 2.79 GiB
Current LE 715
Segments 1
Allocation inherit
Read ahead sectors auto
- currently set to 256
Block device 254:0
--- Logical volume ---
LV Path /dev/sys/boot
LV Name boot
VG Name sys
LV UUID H6JMW9-mS0F-okpg-fVza-p7eg-n0p3-dQLxxf
LV Write Access read/write
LV Creation host, time ,
LV Status available
# open 1
LV Size 244.00 MiB
Current LE 61
Segments 1
Allocation inherit
Read ahead sectors auto
- currently set to 256
Block device 254:2
--- Logical volume ---
LV Path /dev/sys/home
LV Name home
VG Name sys
LV UUID krtwUq-sgbd-7n20-xzne-fDGQ-9TUO-xXz3xq
LV Write Access read/write
LV Creation host, time ,
LV Status available
# open 1
LV Size 952.00 MiB
Current LE 238
Segments 1
Allocation inherit
Read ahead sectors auto
- currently set to 256
Block device 254:3
--- Logical volume ---
LV Path /dev/sys/var
LV Name var
VG Name sys
LV UUID 8MoGXV-YXFy-IOtz-Qlmq-dG1J-mjsR-237Adu
LV Write Access read/write
LV Creation host, time ,
LV Status available
# open 1
LV Size 1.86 GiB
Current LE 476
Segments 1
Allocation inherit
Read ahead sectors auto
- currently set to 256
Block device 254:4
--- Logical volume ---
LV Path /dev/sys/varlog
LV Name varlog
VG Name sys
LV UUID tK8lA2-X36b-VAEk-UHGc-CUNZ-Ki9o-S0MLXK
LV Write Access read/write
LV Creation host, time ,
LV Status available
# open 1
LV Size 952.00 MiB
Current LE 238
Segments 1
Allocation inherit
Read ahead sectors auto
- currently set to 256
Block device 254:5
--- Logical volume ---
LV Path /dev/sys/opt
LV Name opt
VG Name sys
LV UUID IRN0Ut-lVXM-XSck-IgY0-THXd-NU3m-7npwzn
LV Write Access read/write
LV Creation host, time ,
LV Status available
# open 1
LV Size 952.00 MiB
Current LE 238
Segments 1
Allocation inherit
Read ahead sectors auto
- currently set to 256
Block device 254:6
--- Logical volume ---
LV Path /dev/sys/swap
LV Name swap
VG Name sys
LV UUID aL0e7n-DMqf-fbAo-LapZ-w3En-lC50-DjVkeA
LV Write Access read/write
LV Creation host, time ,
LV Status available
# open 2
LV Size 324.00 MiB
Current LE 81
Segments 1
Allocation inherit
Read ahead sectors auto
- currently set to 256
Block device 254:7
*********************** END LVM
*********************** BEGIN /dev/disk/by-id
total 0
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 9 Sep 27 09:15 ata-VMware_Virtual_IDE_CDROM_Drive_10000000000000000001 -> ../../sr0
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 10 Sep 27 09:15 dm-name-homedirs-7460 -> ../../dm-1
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 10 Sep 27 09:15 dm-name-sys-boot -> ../../dm-2
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 10 Sep 27 09:15 dm-name-sys-home -> ../../dm-3
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 10 Sep 27 09:15 dm-name-sys-opt -> ../../dm-6
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 10 Sep 27 09:15 dm-name-sys-root -> ../../dm-0
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 10 Sep 27 09:15 dm-name-sys-swap -> ../../dm-7
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 10 Sep 27 09:15 dm-name-sys-var -> ../../dm-4
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 10 Sep 27 09:15 dm-name-sys-varlog -> ../../dm-5
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 10 Sep 27 09:15 dm-uuid-LVM-6v3MUTHx0yEw8PeVSyVZoYnshpKRnJ2b8MoGXVYXFyIOtzQlmqdG1JmjsR237Adu -> ../../dm-4
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 10 Sep 27 09:15 dm-uuid-LVM-6v3MUTHx0yEw8PeVSyVZoYnshpKRnJ2bCOA2bxGAYEHtwWE3UG6mP5Pdkae2kevA -> ../../dm-0
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 10 Sep 27 09:15 dm-uuid-LVM-6v3MUTHx0yEw8PeVSyVZoYnshpKRnJ2bH6JMW9mS0FokpgfVzap7egn0p3dQLxxf -> ../../dm-2
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 10 Sep 27 09:15 dm-uuid-LVM-6v3MUTHx0yEw8PeVSyVZoYnshpKRnJ2bIRN0UtlVXMXSckIgY0THXdNU3m7npwzn -> ../../dm-6
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 10 Sep 27 09:15 dm-uuid-LVM-6v3MUTHx0yEw8PeVSyVZoYnshpKRnJ2baL0e7nDMqffbAoLapZw3EnlC50DjVkeA -> ../../dm-7
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 10 Sep 27 09:15 dm-uuid-LVM-6v3MUTHx0yEw8PeVSyVZoYnshpKRnJ2bkrtwUqsgbd7n20xznefDGQ9TUOxXz3xq -> ../../dm-3
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 10 Sep 27 09:15 dm-uuid-LVM-6v3MUTHx0yEw8PeVSyVZoYnshpKRnJ2btK8lA2X36bVAEkUHGcCUNZKi9oS0MLXK -> ../../dm-5
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 10 Sep 27 09:15 dm-uuid-LVM-nWZskgeqHlYFVaUyDqISpFRqCrWLc0ZLWbEszBjuTYa7dZFylyaf7nvGcLS1j20B -> ../../dm-1
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 9 Sep 27 09:15 scsi-3600a0b800026f4f80000150d52307818 -> ../../sdc
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 9 Sep 27 09:15 wwn-0x600a0b800026f4f80000150d52307818 -> ../../sdc
*********************** END /dev/disk/by-id
*********************** BEGIN /dev/disk/by-uuid
total 0
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 10 Sep 27 09:15 0a5c6e3c-d8ee-4dd2-99b9-76330259b629 -> ../../dm-6
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 10 Sep 27 09:15 3c58fae4-c50b-4a95-8445-185317c5e3fb -> ../../dm-7
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 10 Sep 27 09:15 459e051b-ddcb-44b4-8acb-086cc2d1030d -> ../../dm-4
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 10 Sep 27 09:15 89e952f3-c83a-4911-bab9-7c8f5a1b8228 -> ../../dm-2
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 10 Sep 27 09:15 9b3ebabd-bf57-4a34-96fc-dee2e9cb8c85 -> ../../dm-3
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 10 Sep 27 09:15 9be53860-3503-4379-b154-4103d950b378 -> ../../dm-5
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 10 Sep 27 09:15 ad910398-fedc-41eb-95fa-8662dc70c8c8 -> ../../dm-1
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 10 Sep 27 09:15 d19dfc15-d628-44da-a4e7-97269b289293 -> ../../dm-0
*********************** END /dev/disk/by-uuid
-- System Information:
Debian Release: jessie/sid
APT prefers unstable
APT policy: (700, 'unstable'), (500, 'stable-updates'), (500, 'stable')
Architecture: amd64 (x86_64)
Kernel: Linux 3.10-3-amd64 (SMP w/1 CPU core)
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] 1.5.51
ii grub-common 2.00-19
ii grub-pc-bin 2.00-19
ii grub2-common 2.00-19
ii ucf 3.0027+nmu1
grub-pc recommends no packages.
grub-pc suggests no packages.
-- debconf information:
grub-pc/kopt_extracted: false
grub2/kfreebsd_cmdline_default: quiet
grub-pc/chainload_from_menu.lst: true
grub-pc/install_devices_failed_upgrade: true
* grub2/linux_cmdline:
grub-pc/partition_description:
* grub2/linux_cmdline_default: quiet
grub2/device_map_regenerated:
grub-pc/mixed_legacy_and_grub2: true
grub-pc/install_devices_disks_changed:
grub-pc/postrm_purge_boot_grub: false
* grub-pc/install_devices: /dev/sda
grub-pc/install_devices_empty: false
grub-pc/disk_description:
grub2/kfreebsd_cmdline:
* grub-pc/install_devices_failed: true
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