On 06/22/2010 04:15 AM, Kapil Hari Paranjape wrote: > Package: grub-pc > Version: 1.98+20100617-1 > Severity: important > > Hello, > > This is to report a regression from Version 1.98-1 which "Works For > Me". In order to help with the 'testing' of grub2 I recently installed > the newer version mentioned in the bug report. > > I have grub2 installed to an external USB hard disk which is > formatted using GPT partition table. There is a separate BIOS boot > partition where I think grub is supposed to write its stage2. > > The boot/root partition is inside an LVM partion. > > The disk is recognised by linux on both systems as /dev/sdb. > > On one laptop (IBM Thinkpad R51) the system boots normally. > > On the other laptop (HCL Mileap based on Intel's old Classmate > design), grub goes into rescue mode with "no such disk" error. In this > state the disks and the partitions are recognised. However, > it does not recognise ext2 or lvm in this case. (I have a separate > ext2 partition on the disk which I attempted to use as root in > rescue mode but grub could not read the file system.) > > I'm completely mystified and would be willing to experiment or > provide additional data in order to debug the problem. > > Could it be the case of https://savannah.gnu.org/bugs/?27720 or http://grub.enbug.org/BIOSBugs ? > Regards, > > Kapil. > -- > > -- Package-specific info: > > *********************** BEGIN /proc/mounts > /dev/mapper/ghoom-mool / ext3 rw,relatime,errors=remount-ro,data=ordered 0 0 > /dev/mapper/makan /home ext4 rw,relatime,barrier=1,data=ordered 0 0 > /dev/mapper/ghoom-dubyen /var/cache/approx ext4 > rw,nosuid,nodev,noexec,relatime,barrier=1,data=ordered 0 0 > *********************** END /proc/mounts > > *********************** BEGIN /boot/grub/device.map > (hd0) /dev/sdb > (hd1) /dev/sdc > *********************** END /boot/grub/device.map > > *********************** BEGIN /boot/grub/grub.cfg > # > # DO NOT EDIT THIS FILE > # > # It is automatically generated by /usr/sbin/grub-mkconfig using templates > # from /etc/grub.d and settings from /etc/default/grub > # > > ### BEGIN /etc/grub.d/00_header ### > if [ -s $prefix/grubenv ]; then > load_env > fi > set default="${saved_entry}" > 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 > } > if terminal_input console ; then true ; else > # For backward compatibility with versions of terminal.mod that don't > # understand terminal_input > terminal console > fi > if terminal_output console ; then true ; else > # For backward compatibility with versions of terminal.mod that don't > # understand terminal_output > terminal console > fi > 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, with Linux 2.6.32-5-686" --class debian --class > gnu-linux --class gnu --class os { > insmod lvm > insmod ext2 > set root='(ghoom-mool)' > search --no-floppy --fs-uuid --set 6db2ca23-5a1e-4114-aa9b-930030d790fb > echo Loading Linux 2.6.32-5-686 ... > linux /boot/vmlinuz-2.6.32-5-686 root=/dev/mapper/ghoom-mool ro quiet > echo Loading initial ramdisk ... > initrd /boot/initrd.img-2.6.32-5-686 > } > menuentry "Debian GNU/Linux, with Linux 2.6.32-5-686 (recovery mode)" --class > debian --class gnu-linux --class gnu --class os { > insmod lvm > insmod ext2 > set root='(ghoom-mool)' > search --no-floppy --fs-uuid --set 6db2ca23-5a1e-4114-aa9b-930030d790fb > echo Loading Linux 2.6.32-5-686 ... > linux /boot/vmlinuz-2.6.32-5-686 root=/dev/mapper/ghoom-mool ro > single > echo Loading initial ramdisk ... > initrd /boot/initrd.img-2.6.32-5-686 > } > ### END /etc/grub.d/10_linux ### > > ### 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 > > -- System Information: > Debian Release: squeeze/sid > APT prefers testing > APT policy: (990, 'testing'), (500, 'unstable') > Architecture: i386 (i686) > > Kernel: Linux 2.6.32-5-686 (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] 1.5.32 Debian configuration management > sy > ii grub-common 1.98-1 GRand Unified Bootloader, > version > ii libc6 2.11.1-3 Embedded GNU C Library: Shared > lib > ii ucf 3.0025 Update Configuration File: > preserv > > grub-pc recommends no packages. > > Versions of packages grub-pc suggests: > pn desktop-base <none> (no description available) > > -- debconf information: > grub2/kfreebsd_cmdline: > * grub2/linux_cmdline: > grub-pc/install_devices_empty: false > grub-pc/chainload_from_menu.lst: true > grub-pc/kopt_extracted: false > * grub-pc/install_devices: /dev/sdb > grub-pc/postrm_purge_boot_grub: false > grub2/kfreebsd_cmdline_default: quiet > * grub2/linux_cmdline_default: quiet > grub-pc/mixed_legacy_and_grub2: true > > > > _______________________________________________ > Pkg-grub-devel mailing list > pkg-grub-de...@lists.alioth.debian.org > http://lists.alioth.debian.org/mailman/listinfo/pkg-grub-devel > >
-- Regards Vladimir 'φ-coder/phcoder' Serbinenko
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