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@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@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@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@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: -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-bugs-dist-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". 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