Package: grub2 Version: 1.96+20080621-1 Followup-For: Bug #487755 With Version 1.96+20080617-1 grub-install ran through and worked in a virtual machine directly after install, but not after a reboot anymore.
with version 1.96+20080621-1 I get this :~$ mount /dev/sda7 /1 :~$ grub-install /dev/sda6 grub-setup: error: Cannot read `/boot/grub/core.img' correctly :~$ grub-install --root-directory=/1 /dev/sda7 grub-setup: error: Cannot read `/boot/grub/core.img' correctly :~# grub-setup -d /1/boot/grub -r '(hd0,7)' '(hd0,7)' grub-setup: error: Cannot read `/boot/grub/core.img' correctly :~# grub-setup '(hd0,6)' grub-setup: error: Cannot read `/boot/grub/core.img' correctly Oh and (maybe again) some hardware info: MB: Asus m2a-vm (sb600/amd690g) RAM: 8gb ddr800 sata disk samsung 2,5" connected to sata port 4 on mainboard filesytems mounted with uuid in fstab and grub.cfg -- Package-specific info: *********************** BEGIN /proc/mounts /dev/disk/by-uuid/c329d509-b7d7-4c73-a2eb-34dc2f6bd41e / ext2 rw,noatime,errors=remount-ro 0 0 /dev/disk/by-uuid/c329d509-b7d7-4c73-a2eb-34dc2f6bd41e /dev/.static/dev ext2 rw,errors=remount-ro 0 0 /dev/sda7 /1 ext3 rw,errors=continue,user_xattr,acl,data=journal 0 0 *********************** END /proc/mounts *********************** BEGIN /boot/grub/device.map (hd0) /dev/sda *********************** END /boot/grub/device.map *********************** BEGIN /boot/grub/grub.cfg # # DO NOT EDIT THIS FILE # # It is automatically generated by /usr/sbin/update-grub using templates # from /etc/grub.d and settings from /etc/default/grub # ### BEGIN /etc/grub.d/00_header ### set default=0 set timeout=5 set root=(hd0,6) search --fs-uuid --set c329d509-b7d7-4c73-a2eb-34dc2f6bd41e if font /usr/share/grub/unicode.pff ; then set gfxmode=640x480 insmod gfxterm insmod vbe terminal gfxterm fi ### END /etc/grub.d/00_header ### ### BEGIN /etc/grub.d/05_debian_theme ### set root=(hd0,6) search --fs-uuid --set c329d509-b7d7-4c73-a2eb-34dc2f6bd41e insmod png if background_image /usr/share/images/desktop-base/debian-blueish-wallpaper-640x480.png ; then set color_normal=black/black set color_highlight=magenta/black 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_hurd ### ### END /etc/grub.d/10_hurd ### ### BEGIN /etc/grub.d/10_linux ### set root=(hd0,6) search --fs-uuid --set c329d509-b7d7-4c73-a2eb-34dc2f6bd41e menuentry "Debian GNU/Linux, linux 2.6.25-2-amd64" { linux /boot/vmlinuz-2.6.25-2-amd64 root=UUID=c329d509-b7d7-4c73-a2eb-34dc2f6bd41e ro iommu=soft initrd /boot/initrd.img-2.6.25-2-amd64 } menuentry "Debian GNU/Linux, linux 2.6.25-2-amd64 (single-user mode)" { linux /boot/vmlinuz-2.6.25-2-amd64 root=UUID=c329d509-b7d7-4c73-a2eb-34dc2f6bd41e ro single iommu=soft initrd /boot/initrd.img-2.6.25-2-amd64 } ### END /etc/grub.d/10_linux ### ### BEGIN /etc/grub.d/30_os-prober ### ### END /etc/grub.d/30_os-prober ### *********************** END /boot/grub/grub.cfg -- System Information: Debian Release: lenny/sid APT prefers unstable APT policy: (500, 'unstable'), (1, 'experimental') Architecture: amd64 (x86_64) Kernel: Linux 2.6.25-2-amd64 (SMP w/2 CPU cores) Locale: LANG=en_US.UTF-8, LC_CTYPE=en_US.UTF-8 (charmap=UTF-8) Shell: /bin/sh linked to /bin/bash Versions of packages grub2 depends on: ii debconf 1.5.22 Debian configuration management sy ii grub-pc 1.96+20080621-1 GRand Unified Bootloader, version grub2 recommends no packages. -- debconf information: grub2/numbering_scheme_transition: -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]