Bug#776098: grub-pc and grub-rescue-pc cause immediate reboot
Otto Meta
m.debian.e9beccf8 at sister-shadow.de
Fri Jan 23 22:33:07 UTC 2015
Package: grub-pc
Version: 2.02~beta2-20
Severity: important
Dear Maintainer,
I performed a fresh installation from the Jessie Beta 2 netinst CD and chose
to install grub-pc into the MBR of the only disk (MSDOS partitions) in this
system. After finishing the installation, the system was rebooted, but instead
of getting some output from grub or the grub menu, the system rebooted again,
immediately after the BIOS was done. This repeated over and over. I cannot say
whether there was any output from grub at all, because if there was, it was
gone before I could see it.
It was possible to use the installer's rescue mode to chroot into the fresh
installation and run grub-install again, which finished with no errors, but
grub would still not run and reboot instead.
Next I tried grub-rescue-pc from Jessie (2.02~beta2-19) via CD, but
the system still rebooted as soon as the CD drive spun up to load grub.
grub-rescue-pc from Wheezy (1.99-27+deb7u2) via CD works and boots Linux as
expected. Installing LILO works and boots the system as expected. I purged
LILO, installed grub-pc again and booted via Wheezy's grub-rescue-pc
before generating this report, though.
As I don't see it in the data below, I'd like to mention that this system
runs on a VIA C3 Ezra CPU (fam: 06, model: 07, stepping: 08), which doesn't
implement cmov. Might be a red herring, though.
Thanks,
Otto
-- Package-specific info:
*********************** BEGIN /proc/mounts
/dev/sda1 / ext4 rw,relatime,errors=remount-ro,data=ordered 0 0
*********************** END /proc/mounts
*********************** 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 $prefix/grubenv ]; then
set have_grubenv=true
load_env
fi
if [ "${next_entry}" ] ; then
set default="${next_entry}"
set next_entry=
save_env next_entry
set boot_once=true
else
set default="0"
fi
if [ x"${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 ext2
set root='hd0,msdos1'
if [ x$feature_platform_search_hint = xy ]; then
search --no-floppy --fs-uuid --set=root --hint-ieee1275='ieee1275//disk at 0,msdos1' --hint-bios=hd0,msdos1 --hint-efi=hd0,msdos1 --hint-baremetal=ahci0,msdos1 e5c0ccdd-95ce-4ab0-9ea3-1d3ddc91a615
else
search --no-floppy --fs-uuid --set=root e5c0ccdd-95ce-4ab0-9ea3-1d3ddc91a615
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_GB
insmod gettext
fi
terminal_output gfxterm
if [ "${recordfail}" = 1 ] ; then
set timeout=-1
else
if [ x$feature_timeout_style = xy ] ; then
set timeout_style=menu
set timeout=5
# Fallback normal timeout code in case the timeout_style feature is
# unavailable.
else
set timeout=5
fi
fi
### 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 ###
function gfxmode {
set gfxpayload="${1}"
}
set linux_gfx_mode=
export linux_gfx_mode
menuentry 'Debian GNU/Linux' --class debian --class gnu-linux --class gnu --class os $menuentry_id_option 'gnulinux-simple-e5c0ccdd-95ce-4ab0-9ea3-1d3ddc91a615' {
load_video
insmod gzio
if [ x$grub_platform = xxen ]; then insmod xzio; insmod lzopio; fi
insmod part_msdos
insmod ext2
set root='hd0,msdos1'
if [ x$feature_platform_search_hint = xy ]; then
search --no-floppy --fs-uuid --set=root --hint-ieee1275='ieee1275//disk at 0,msdos1' --hint-bios=hd0,msdos1 --hint-efi=hd0,msdos1 --hint-baremetal=ahci0,msdos1 e5c0ccdd-95ce-4ab0-9ea3-1d3ddc91a615
else
search --no-floppy --fs-uuid --set=root e5c0ccdd-95ce-4ab0-9ea3-1d3ddc91a615
fi
echo 'Loading Linux 3.16.0-4-586 ...'
linux /boot/vmlinuz-3.16.0-4-586 root=UUID=e5c0ccdd-95ce-4ab0-9ea3-1d3ddc91a615 ro quiet
echo 'Loading initial ramdisk ...'
initrd /boot/initrd.img-3.16.0-4-586
}
submenu 'Advanced options for Debian GNU/Linux' $menuentry_id_option 'gnulinux-advanced-e5c0ccdd-95ce-4ab0-9ea3-1d3ddc91a615' {
menuentry 'Debian GNU/Linux, with Linux 3.16.0-4-586' --class debian --class gnu-linux --class gnu --class os $menuentry_id_option 'gnulinux-3.16.0-4-586-advanced-e5c0ccdd-95ce-4ab0-9ea3-1d3ddc91a615' {
load_video
insmod gzio
if [ x$grub_platform = xxen ]; then insmod xzio; insmod lzopio; fi
insmod part_msdos
insmod ext2
set root='hd0,msdos1'
if [ x$feature_platform_search_hint = xy ]; then
search --no-floppy --fs-uuid --set=root --hint-ieee1275='ieee1275//disk at 0,msdos1' --hint-bios=hd0,msdos1 --hint-efi=hd0,msdos1 --hint-baremetal=ahci0,msdos1 e5c0ccdd-95ce-4ab0-9ea3-1d3ddc91a615
else
search --no-floppy --fs-uuid --set=root e5c0ccdd-95ce-4ab0-9ea3-1d3ddc91a615
fi
echo 'Loading Linux 3.16.0-4-586 ...'
linux /boot/vmlinuz-3.16.0-4-586 root=UUID=e5c0ccdd-95ce-4ab0-9ea3-1d3ddc91a615 ro quiet
echo 'Loading initial ramdisk ...'
initrd /boot/initrd.img-3.16.0-4-586
}
menuentry 'Debian GNU/Linux, with Linux 3.16.0-4-586 (recovery mode)' --class debian --class gnu-linux --class gnu --class os $menuentry_id_option 'gnulinux-3.16.0-4-586-recovery-e5c0ccdd-95ce-4ab0-9ea3-1d3ddc91a615' {
load_video
insmod gzio
if [ x$grub_platform = xxen ]; then insmod xzio; insmod lzopio; fi
insmod part_msdos
insmod ext2
set root='hd0,msdos1'
if [ x$feature_platform_search_hint = xy ]; then
search --no-floppy --fs-uuid --set=root --hint-ieee1275='ieee1275//disk at 0,msdos1' --hint-bios=hd0,msdos1 --hint-efi=hd0,msdos1 --hint-baremetal=ahci0,msdos1 e5c0ccdd-95ce-4ab0-9ea3-1d3ddc91a615
else
search --no-floppy --fs-uuid --set=root e5c0ccdd-95ce-4ab0-9ea3-1d3ddc91a615
fi
echo 'Loading Linux 3.16.0-4-586 ...'
linux /boot/vmlinuz-3.16.0-4-586 root=UUID=e5c0ccdd-95ce-4ab0-9ea3-1d3ddc91a615 ro single
echo 'Loading initial ramdisk ...'
initrd /boot/initrd.img-3.16.0-4-586
}
}
### 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
*********************** END LVM
*********************** BEGIN /dev/disk/by-id
total 0
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 9 Jan 23 23:02 ata-CW058D_ATAPI_CD-R_RW_NC000000Q0 -> ../../sr0
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 9 Jan 23 23:02 ata-SanDisk_SDCFX3-2048_020802C1007J3246 -> ../../sda
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 10 Jan 23 23:02 ata-SanDisk_SDCFX3-2048_020802C1007J3246-part1 -> ../../sda1
*********************** END /dev/disk/by-id
*********************** BEGIN /dev/disk/by-uuid
total 0
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 9 Jan 23 23:02 2013-07-03-03-31-46-00 -> ../../sr0
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 10 Jan 23 23:02 e5c0ccdd-95ce-4ab0-9ea3-1d3ddc91a615 -> ../../sda1
*********************** END /dev/disk/by-uuid
-- System Information:
Debian Release: 8.0
APT prefers testing
APT policy: (500, 'testing')
Architecture: i386 (i686)
Kernel: Linux 3.16.0-4-586
Locale: LANG=en_GB.UTF-8, LC_CTYPE=en_GB.UTF-8 (charmap=UTF-8)
Shell: /bin/sh linked to /bin/dash
Init: sysvinit (via /sbin/init)
Versions of packages grub-pc depends on:
ii debconf [debconf-2.0] 1.5.55
ii grub-common 2.02~beta2-20
ii grub-pc-bin 2.02~beta2-20
ii grub2-common 2.02~beta2-20
ii ucf 3.0030
grub-pc recommends no packages.
grub-pc suggests no packages.
-- debconf information:
* grub-pc/install_devices: /dev/disk/by-id/ata-SanDisk_SDCFX3-2048_020802C1007J3246
grub-pc/disk_description:
grub-pc/timeout: 5
grub2/force_efi_extra_removable: false
grub-pc/install_devices_disks_changed:
grub-pc/install_devices_failed_upgrade: true
grub2/kfreebsd_cmdline_default: quiet
grub2/kfreebsd_cmdline:
grub-pc/hidden_timeout: false
grub-pc/kopt_extracted: false
grub2/linux_cmdline_default: quiet
grub-pc/chainload_from_menu.lst: true
grub-pc/postrm_purge_boot_grub: false
grub-pc/install_devices_empty: false
grub2/device_map_regenerated:
grub2/linux_cmdline:
grub-pc/install_devices_failed: false
grub-pc/mixed_legacy_and_grub2: true
grub-pc/partition_description:
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