Package: grub
Version: 0.5.96.1progeny5
Severity: serious
Hey there :) Normally I wouldn't give a bug like this a severity of "serious". But
since update-grub is(I think) an automatic script, it should work right the first
time, and every time.
Anyhoo, I will include my /etc/fstab, the output of 'mount', and a menu.lst generated
by 'update-grub'. The main problem is that 'update-grub' doesn't work properly(for
me), when I have /boot on a seperate partition. I believe the issue is DevFS-related.
Let me check.
Hmmm, can't be sure. The problem still exists when I run 'devfsd'(I usually do not).
Looking at the "dev2grub" function, it looks to be awfully simplistic. I think that's
the problem. I'm no Perl coder, though :) Anyways, here's the output of the various
files I mentioned above:
/etc/fstab:
####START####
# /etc/fstab: static file system information.
#
# <file system> <mount point> <type> <options> <dump> <pass>
/dev/md/0 / reiserfs defaults 0 1
/dev/ide/host0/bus0/target0/lun0/part6 /boot ext2 defaults 0 2
/dev/ide/host0/bus0/target0/lun0/part2 none swap sw,pri=1
0 0
/dev/ide/host0/bus1/target0/lun0/part1 none swap sw,pri=1
0 0
none /dev devfs defaults 0 0
proc /proc proc defaults 0 0
tmpfs /dev/shm tmpfs defaults 0 0
/dev/floppy/0 /floppy auto defaults,user,noauto 0 0
/dev/cdroms/cdrom0 /cdrom iso9660 defaults,ro,user,noauto 0
0
/dev/ide/host0/bus0/target0/lun0/part5 /mnt reiserfs defaults,noauto,users
0 0
/dev/ide/host0/bus0/target0/lun0/part1 /win vfat
defaults,noauto,users,uid=1000,gid=1000 0 0
/lizc //den/cdrive smbfs defaults,noauto,users,password=blork 0 0
/lizd //den/ddrive smbfs defaults,noauto,users,password=blork 0 0
/paul //upstairs/cdrive smbfs defaults,noauto,users,password=blork 0 0
####END####
/boot/boot/grub/menu.lst:
####START####
default 0
timeout 2
fallback 1
password (Yeah, I know, like you guys are going to be poking around my computer - but
still ;)
color cyan/blue white/blue
# --> PROGENY START (1.0) <--
title Progeny Debian (kernel 2.2.18pre21)
root
kernel //vmlinuz-2.2.18pre21 root=/dev/md/0 ro
title Progeny Debian - single-user (kernel 2.2.18pre21)
root
kernel //vmlinuz-2.2.18pre21 root=/dev/md/0 ro single
<snip>
# --> PROGENY END <--
####END####
Now, those *should* be "kernel (hd0,5)/vmlinuz-2.2.18pre21 root=/dev/md/0 ro"...
`mount`:
####START####
/dev/md/0 on / type reiserfs (rw)
proc on /proc type proc (rw)
none on /dev type devfs (rw)
/dev/ide/host0/bus0/target0/lun0/part6 on /boot type ext2 (rw)
tmpfs on /dev/shm type tmpfs (rw)
automount(pid263) on /auto type autofs (rw,fd=5,pgrp=263,minproto=2,maxproto=3)
automount(pid271) on /ftp type autofs (rw,fd=5,pgrp=271,minproto=2,maxproto=3)
####END####
I'd also like to say that I don't think the ordering of the kernels is proper. If
someone has some custom kernels, I really think they'd rather they were at the top.
Here's a 'diff -u' of what I use:
####START####
--- ./update-grub Sun Mar 4 14:49:38 2001
+++ ./update-grub-custom Sat Mar 31 01:27:30 2001
@@ -112,11 +112,11 @@
{
if ($kern_version =~ /^$supported_kernel_series/)
{
- push @supported_kernels, $kern_version;
+ push @other_kernels, $kern_version;
}
else
{
- push @other_kernels, $kern_version;
+ push @supported_kernels, $kern_version;
}
}
####END####
Also, it might be worthwhile to grep /var/log/dmesg for the kernel command line. I use
'devfs=mount', as I'd prefer it not be automatic all the time. I can imagine lots of
people who use custom command lines, whether for IDE-SCSI emulation or having nice
pretty bootup logos or whatnot :) That's beyond my ability, however.
Anyways, thanks a bunch for GRUB - it's really quite good :) If you have any questions
at all, please let me know. I'm more than willing to be a guinea pig, or to help you
track down problems. Thanks again :)
-- System Information
Debian Release: testing/unstable
Architecture: i386
Kernel: Linux david 2.4.2-ac27-a2 #4 Fri Mar 30 01:34:03 EST 2001 i686
Versions of packages grub depends on:
ii debconf 0.9.31 Debian configuration management sy
ii libc6 2.2.2-4 GNU C Library: Shared libraries an
ii libncurses5 5.2.20010318-1 Shared libraries for terminal hand
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