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has caused the Debian Bug report #497791,
regarding upgrade makes system unbootable
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--- Begin Message ---
Package: grub-pc
Version: 1.96+20080724-14
Severity: grave
hey,
After a recent upgrade, my laptop became unbootable. I don't have
local access to the machine rigth now, so unfortunately the preboot
information will have to come from memory.
According to dpkg.log, the upgrade was this one:
2009-01-20 22:37:55 upgrade grub-pc 1.96+20080724-12 1.96+20080724-14
At boot time, grub complains that 'initrd' is an invalid option and
refuses to boot.
My boot entry looks like this:
set root=(hd0,1)
search --fs-uuid --set e7bf09bb-8d63-4bbb-84d8-4ada743f643f
linux /boot/vmlinuz-2.6.26-1-686
root=UUID=e7bf09bb-8d63-4bbb-84d8-4ada743f643f ro
initrd /boot/initrd.img-2.6.26-1-686
I found through experimentation that deleting the first two lines
allows my system to boot again. There are obviously more experiments I
could do - see if just removing one of the two lines fixes things, and
try downgrading to see if it makes my system bootable again. I haven't
had time to do these tests (and probably won't until next week), but I
wanted to get a bug filed in the meantime.
I'll attach my grub.cfg for reference.
--
dann frazier
#
# DO NOT EDIT THIS FILE
#
# It is automatically generated by /usr/sbin/update-grub using templates
# from /etc/grub.d and settings from /etc/default/grub
#
### BEGIN /etc/grub.d/00_header ###
set default=0
set timeout=5
set root=(hd0,1)
search --fs-uuid --set e7bf09bb-8d63-4bbb-84d8-4ada743f643f
if font /usr/share/grub/ascii.pff ; then
set gfxmode=640x480
insmod gfxterm
insmod vbe
terminal gfxterm
fi
### 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_hurd ###
### END /etc/grub.d/10_hurd ###
### BEGIN /etc/grub.d/10_linux ###
menuentry "Debian GNU/Linux, linux 2.6.26-1-686" {
set root=(hd0,1)
search --fs-uuid --set e7bf09bb-8d63-4bbb-84d8-4ada743f643f
linux /boot/vmlinuz-2.6.26-1-686
root=UUID=e7bf09bb-8d63-4bbb-84d8-4ada743f643f ro
initrd /boot/initrd.img-2.6.26-1-686
}
menuentry "Debian GNU/Linux, linux 2.6.26-1-686 (single-user mode)" {
set root=(hd0,1)
search --fs-uuid --set e7bf09bb-8d63-4bbb-84d8-4ada743f643f
linux /boot/vmlinuz-2.6.26-1-686
root=UUID=e7bf09bb-8d63-4bbb-84d8-4ada743f643f ro single
initrd /boot/initrd.img-2.6.26-1-686
}
### 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 is an example on how to add custom entries
### END /etc/grub.d/40_custom ###
--- End Message ---
--- Begin Message ---
Version: 1.96+20090401-1
Since above version we have a debconf prompt to run grub-install after a
package upgrade so in the future this shouldn't happen anymore.
--
Felix Zielcke
--- End Message ---
