Public bug reported:
Binary package hint: grub-pc
I have an up-to-date install of ubuntu karmic on a macbook pro unibody
laptop. I have a dual boot setup with OSX on /dev/sda2 and ubuntu on
/dev/sda3. reFIT is installed on the hd boot sector to select the OS to
boot and I have grub installed using blocklists in the /dev/sda3
partition which is (hd0,3).
This setup works perfectly, except whenever the grub-pc package is
updated by apt. I get the following output:
Setting up grub-pc (1.97~beta3-1ubuntu4) ...
grub-probe: error: Cannot stat `(hd0'
Invalid device `(hd0'.
Try ``grub-setup --help'' for more information.
grub-probe: error: Cannot stat `3)'
Invalid device `3)'.
Try ``grub-setup --help'' for more information.
Generating grub.cfg ...
Found linux image: /boot/vmlinuz-2.6.31-10-generic
Found initrd image: /boot/initrd.img-2.6.31-10-generic
Found linux image: /boot/vmlinuz-2.6.31-9-generic
Found initrd image: /boot/initrd.img-2.6.31-9-generic
Found linux image: /boot/vmlinuz-2.6.31-5-rt
Found initrd image: /boot/initrd.img-2.6.31-5-rt
Found linux image: /boot/vmlinuz-2.6.31-4-rt
Found initrd image: /boot/initrd.img-2.6.31-4-rt
Found memtest86+ image: /boot/memtest86+.bin
Found Mac OS X on /dev/sda2
done
After this, the system won't boot anymore and freezes after displaying
'GRUB'. I managed to fix this either by using an install disk and
choosing "Rescue Broken System" -> "Install GRUB Boot loader" -> (hd0,3)
or by preemptively running
grub-setup --force "(hd0,3)"
(note the quotes) every time grub-pc is updated.
I believe this could be related to a quoting issue in the postinstall
script for grub-pc, since this is usually called with device names with
no commas like (hd0)
** Affects: grub2 (Ubuntu)
Importance: Undecided
Status: New
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grub-pc package update fails on grub-setup
https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/430950
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