Package: grub Version: 0.97-47 Severity: critical Justification: breaks unrelated software
When installing new kernels onto the system, the kernel package post instalation fails on update-grub (output attached below), this problem has also affected a number of my collegues, all of us have a raid1 configuration on our boot partition. I tried to get to the bottom of the problem by running the following steps: Running update-grub manually produces the errored status: [EMAIL PROTECTED]:~# update-grub Searching for GRUB installation directory ... found: /boot/grub [EMAIL PROTECTED]:~# echo $? 1 Upon investigation of the update-grub script, I tracked the problem down to line 155 of update grub: GRUB_LEGACY_0_BASED_PARTITIONS=1 grub-probe --device-map=${device_map} -t drive -d "$1" 2> /dev/null I discovered the options that were being used and this is the command which is being run: [EMAIL PROTECTED]:~# /usr/sbin/grub-probe --device-map=/boot/grub/device.map -t drive -d "/dev/sda1" error: cannot open `/dev/sdf' error: cannot open `/dev/sdf' grub-probe: error: Cannot find a GRUB drive for /dev/sda1. Check your device.map. This results in convert() returning error status. Please let me know if I can be of any more assistance APT OUTPUT: Setting up linux-image-2.6.26-1-686 (2.6.26-5) ... Running depmod. Running mkinitramfs-kpkg. initrd.img(/boot/initrd.img-2.6.26-1-686 ) points to /boot/initrd.img-2.6.26-1-686 (/boot/initrd.img-2.6.26-1-686) -- doing nothing at /var/lib/dpkg/info/linux-image-2.6.26-1-686.postinst line 569. vmlinuz(/boot/vmlinuz-2.6.26-1-686 ) points to /boot/vmlinuz-2.6.26-1-686 (/boot/vmlinuz-2.6.26-1-686) -- doing nothing at /var/lib/dpkg/info/linux-image-2.6.26-1-686.postinst line 569. Running postinst hook script update-grub. Searching for GRUB installation directory ... found: /boot/grub /dev/sda1 /boot/grub/device.map User postinst hook script [update-grub] exited with value 1 dpkg: error processing linux-image-2.6.26-1-686 (--configure): subprocess post-installation script returned error exit status 1 dpkg: dependency problems prevent configuration of linux-image-2.6-686: linux-image-2.6-686 depends on linux-image-2.6.26-1-686; however: Package linux-image-2.6.26-1-686 is not configured yet. dpkg: error processing linux-image-2.6-686 (--configure): dependency problems - leaving unconfigured Setting up libpq5 (8.3.4-1) ... Errors were encountered while processing: linux-image-2.6.26-1-686 linux-image-2.6-686 E: Sub-process /usr/bin/dpkg returned an error code (1) -- Package-specific info: *********************** BEGIN /boot/grub/device.map (hd0) /dev/sde (hd1) /dev/sdf *********************** END /boot/grub/device.map *********************** BEGIN /proc/mounts /dev/mapper/vg0-root / ext3 rw,errors=remount-ro,data=ordered 0 0 /dev/mapper/vg0-root /dev/.static/dev ext3 rw,errors=remount-ro,data=ordered 0 0 /dev/md0 /boot ext3 rw,errors=continue,data=ordered 0 0 /dev/mapper/vg0-home /home ext3 rw,errors=continue,data=ordered 0 0 /dev/mapper/vg0-srv /srv ext3 rw,errors=continue,data=ordered 0 0 /dev/mapper/vg0-usr /usr ext3 rw,errors=continue,data=ordered 0 0 /dev/mapper/vg0-var /var ext3 rw,errors=continue,data=ordered 0 0 *********************** END /proc/mounts *********************** BEGIN /boot/grub/menu.lst # menu.lst - See: grub(8), info grub, update-grub(8) # grub-install(8), grub-floppy(8), # grub-md5-crypt, /usr/share/doc/grub # and /usr/share/doc/grub-legacy-doc/. ## default num # Set the default entry to the entry number NUM. Numbering starts from 0, and # the entry number 0 is the default if the command is not used. # # You can specify 'saved' instead of a number. In this case, the default entry # is the entry saved with the command 'savedefault'. # WARNING: If you are using dmraid do not change this entry to 'saved' or your # array will desync and will not let you boot your system. default 0 ## timeout sec # Set a timeout, in SEC seconds, before automatically booting the default entry # (normally the first entry defined). timeout 5 # Pretty colours color cyan/blue white/blue ### PASSWORD LINE REMOVED ### # If used in the first section of a menu file, disable all interactive editing # control (menu entry editor and command-line) and entries protected by the # command 'lock' ### PASSWORD LINE REMOVED ### ### PASSWORD LINE REMOVED ### ### PASSWORD LINE REMOVED ### # # examples # # title Windows 95/98/NT/2000 # root (hd0,0) # makeactive # chainloader +1 # # title Linux # root (hd0,1) # kernel /vmlinuz root=/dev/hda2 ro # # # Put static boot stanzas before and/or after AUTOMAGIC KERNEL LIST ### BEGIN AUTOMAGIC KERNELS LIST ## lines between the AUTOMAGIC KERNELS LIST markers will be modified ## by the debian update-grub script except for the default options below ## DO NOT UNCOMMENT THEM, Just edit them to your needs ## ## Start Default Options ## ## default kernel options ## default kernel options for automagic boot options ## If you want special options for specific kernels use kopt_x_y_z ## where x.y.z is kernel version. Minor versions can be omitted. ## e.g. kopt=root=/dev/hda1 ro ## kopt_2_6_8=root=/dev/hdc1 ro ## kopt_2_6_8_2_686=root=/dev/hdc2 ro # kopt=root=/dev/mapper/vg0-root ro ## default grub root device ## e.g. groot=(hd0,0) # groot=(hd0,0) ## should update-grub create alternative automagic boot options ## e.g. alternative=true ## alternative=false # alternative=true ## should update-grub lock alternative automagic boot options ## e.g. lockalternative=true ## lockalternative=false # lockalternative=false ## additional options to use with the default boot option, but not with the ## alternatives ## e.g. defoptions=vga=791 resume=/dev/hda5 # defoptions= ## should update-grub lock old automagic boot options ## e.g. lockold=false ## lockold=true # lockold=false ## Xen hypervisor options to use with the default Xen boot option # xenhopt= ## Xen Linux kernel options to use with the default Xen boot option # xenkopt=console=tty0 ## altoption boot targets option ## multiple altoptions lines are allowed ## e.g. altoptions=(extra menu suffix) extra boot options ## altoptions=(single-user) single # altoptions=(single-user mode) single ## controls how many kernels should be put into the menu.lst ## only counts the first occurence of a kernel, not the ## alternative kernel options ## e.g. howmany=all ## howmany=7 # howmany=all ## should update-grub create memtest86 boot option ## e.g. memtest86=true ## memtest86=false # memtest86=true ## should update-grub adjust the value of the default booted system ## can be true or false # updatedefaultentry=false ## should update-grub add savedefault to the default options ## can be true or false # savedefault=false ## ## End Default Options ## title Debian GNU/Linux, kernel 2.6.26-1-vserver-686-bigmem root (hd0,0) kernel /vmlinuz-2.6.26-1-vserver-686-bigmem root=/dev/mapper/vg0-root ro initrd /initrd.img-2.6.26-1-vserver-686-bigmem title Debian GNU/Linux, kernel 2.6.26-1-vserver-686-bigmem (single-user mode) root (hd0,0) kernel /vmlinuz-2.6.26-1-vserver-686-bigmem root=/dev/mapper/vg0-root ro single initrd /initrd.img-2.6.26-1-vserver-686-bigmem title Debian GNU/Linux, kernel 2.6.26-1-686 root (hd0,0) kernel /vmlinuz-2.6.26-1-686 root=/dev/mapper/vg0-root ro initrd /initrd.img-2.6.26-1-686 title Debian GNU/Linux, kernel 2.6.26-1-686 (single-user mode) root (hd0,0) kernel /vmlinuz-2.6.26-1-686 root=/dev/mapper/vg0-root ro single initrd /initrd.img-2.6.26-1-686 title Debian GNU/Linux, kernel 2.6.24-1-686 root (hd0,0) kernel /vmlinuz-2.6.24-1-686 root=/dev/mapper/vg0-root ro initrd /initrd.img-2.6.24-1-686 title Debian GNU/Linux, kernel 2.6.24-1-686 (single-user mode) root (hd0,0) kernel /vmlinuz-2.6.24-1-686 root=/dev/mapper/vg0-root ro single initrd /initrd.img-2.6.24-1-686 ### END DEBIAN AUTOMAGIC KERNELS LIST *********************** END /boot/grub/menu.lst -- System Information: Debian Release: lenny/sid APT prefers testing APT policy: (500, 'testing') Architecture: i386 (i686) Kernel: Linux 2.6.26-1-vserver-686-bigmem (SMP w/2 CPU cores) Locale: LANG=en_GB.UTF-8, LC_CTYPE=en_GB.UTF-8 (charmap=UTF-8) Shell: /bin/sh linked to /bin/bash Versions of packages grub depends on: ii grub-common 1.96+20080724-10 GRand Unified Bootloader, version ii libc6 2.7-13 GNU C Library: Shared libraries ii libncurses5 5.6+20080830-1 shared libraries for terminal hand grub recommends no packages. Versions of packages grub suggests: pn grub-legacy-doc <none> (no description available) ii mdadm 2.6.7-3.1 tool to administer Linux MD arrays pn multiboot-doc <none> (no description available) -- no debconf information -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]