Bug#462159: grub-pc: doesn't boot: "free magic is broken"

2008-01-31 Thread Piotr Kaczuba
W dniu 31.01.2008 21:01, Robert Millan pisze: On Thu, Jan 31, 2008 at 08:32:27PM +0100, Robert Millan wrote: Yuck. xfs strikes again, like some kind of curse or so. Please could you try the attached patch? Also, if you can test the one in: http://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/grub-devel/2008

Bug#462159: grub-pc: doesn't boot: "free magic is broken"

2008-01-31 Thread Robert Millan
tags 462159 patch thanks On Thu, Jan 31, 2008 at 07:24:50PM +0100, Piotr Kaczuba wrote: > W dniu 23.01.2008 22:52, Piotr Kaczuba pisze: > [...] > >I will try it but not sooner than at the weekend. > [...] > > I've finally managed to attach a second computer via serial cable and do > a debug run

Bug#462159: grub-pc: doesn't boot: "free magic is broken"

2008-01-31 Thread Robert Millan
On Thu, Jan 31, 2008 at 08:32:27PM +0100, Robert Millan wrote: > > Yuck. xfs strikes again, like some kind of curse or so. > > Please could you try the attached patch? Also, if you can test the one in: http://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/grub-devel/2008-01/msg00830.html and it works, maybe we

Bug#462159: grub-pc: doesn't boot: "free magic is broken"

2008-01-31 Thread Piotr Kaczuba
W dniu 23.01.2008 22:52, Piotr Kaczuba pisze: [...] I will try it but not sooner than at the weekend. [...] I've finally managed to attach a second computer via serial cable and do a debug run of grub. I'm attaching the log. The command that has triggered the reboot is "linux (hd0," followed

Bug#462159: grub-pc: doesn't boot: "free magic is broken"

2008-01-23 Thread Piotr Kaczuba
W dniu 23.01.2008 22:35, Robert Millan pisze: [...] Ok. Please attach a serial cable, and run a terminal client (e.g. minicom or cu) in the other end that logs everything. Then, from the local console, run: serial terminal serial From the other end (at 9600 8N1): set debug=all [ anyt

Bug#462159: grub-pc: doesn't boot: "free magic is broken"

2008-01-23 Thread Robert Millan
On Wed, Jan 23, 2008 at 10:18:41PM +0100, Piotr Kaczuba wrote: > W dniu 23.01.2008 20:02, Robert Millan pisze: > [...] > >If you rename grub.cfg, do you get a GRUB prompt where you can type > >commands? > [...] > > Yes, that works. But then another problem appears: when I use TAB > completion on

Bug#462159: grub-pc: doesn't boot: "free magic is broken"

2008-01-23 Thread Piotr Kaczuba
W dniu 23.01.2008 20:03, Robert Millan pisze: Also, please do check with memtest86 to be sure your hardware is OK. I don't think this is likely, but it doesn't take much effort to discard this explanation of the problem. Unfortunately, it will take some time before I will be able to run memte

Bug#462159: grub-pc: doesn't boot: "free magic is broken"

2008-01-23 Thread Piotr Kaczuba
W dniu 23.01.2008 20:02, Robert Millan pisze: [...] If you rename grub.cfg, do you get a GRUB prompt where you can type commands? [...] Yes, that works. But then another problem appears: when I use TAB completion on "(hd0," in order to list all partitions the machine immediately reboots (well

Bug#462159: grub-pc: doesn't boot: "free magic is broken"

2008-01-23 Thread Robert Millan
Also, please do check with memtest86 to be sure your hardware is OK. I don't think this is likely, but it doesn't take much effort to discard this explanation of the problem. -- Robert Millan I know my rights; I want my phone call! What use is a phone call… if you are unable to speak? (as se

Bug#462159: grub-pc: doesn't boot: "free magic is broken"

2008-01-23 Thread Robert Millan
On Wed, Jan 23, 2008 at 07:11:31PM +0100, Piotr Kaczuba wrote: > W dniu 23.01.2008 10:27, Robert Millan pisze: > [...] > >Or otherwise, please tell us which is the last version known to work for > >you, > >and we can figure out what happened. You can get older grub-pc versions > >from > >http://

Bug#462159: grub-pc: doesn't boot: "free magic is broken"

2008-01-23 Thread Piotr Kaczuba
W dniu 23.01.2008 10:27, Robert Millan pisze: [...] Or otherwise, please tell us which is the last version known to work for you, and we can figure out what happened. You can get older grub-pc versions from http://snapshot.debian.net/ [...] The last version to work for me is 1.95+20071101-1.

Bug#462159: grub-pc: doesn't boot: "free magic is broken"

2008-01-23 Thread Robert Millan
On Wed, Jan 23, 2008 at 01:13:20AM +0100, Robert Millan wrote: > > Sounds like memory corruption. Could you run memtest86 on that machine? Or otherwise, please tell us which is the last version known to work for you, and we can figure out what happened. You can get older grub-pc versions from h

Bug#462159: grub-pc: doesn't boot: "free magic is broken"

2008-01-22 Thread Robert Millan
severity 462159 important thanks On Tue, Jan 22, 2008 at 11:24:36PM +0100, Piotr Kaczuba wrote: > Package: grub-pc > Version: 1.95+20080116-2 > Severity: critical > Justification: breaks the whole system > > After having done a 'grub-install --recheck --no-floppy /dev/hda' and > 'update-grub' the

Bug#462159: grub-pc: doesn't boot: "free magic is broken"

2008-01-22 Thread Piotr Kaczuba
Package: grub-pc Version: 1.95+20080116-2 Severity: critical Justification: breaks the whole system After having done a 'grub-install --recheck --no-floppy /dev/hda' and 'update-grub' the system has become unbootable. After 'Loading grub' the message 'free magic is broken at (some address): (some