Package: grub2
Version: 1.96+20080724-12
Severity: important
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A typical Debian grub.cfg looks like this:
### BEGIN /etc/grub.d/10_linux ###
set root=(hd0,5)
search --fs-uuid --set fa23b4c4-ede2-4b69-8daa-4e405dc8ea36
menuentry "Debian GNU/Linux, linux 2.6.26-1-amd64" {
linux /boot/vmlinuz-2.6.26-1-amd64
root=UUID=fa23b4c4-ede2-4b69-8daa-4e405dc8ea36 ro usbcore.autosuspend=1
initrd /boot/initrd.img-2.6.26-1-amd64
}
[...]
### END /etc/grub.d/10_linux ###
This is wrong because the set root command should stay inside the
menuentry.
The effects are bad mostly through their didactic effects, trying to use
these method to add another distribution will make only the last
distribution in the list bootable (as can be seen in the grub.cfg that
comes with the report.
Debian Unstable updated today.
-- Package-specific info:
*********************** BEGIN /proc/mounts
/dev/disk/by-uuid/fa23b4c4-ede2-4b69-8daa-4e405dc8ea36 / reiserfs
rw,noatime,notail,commit=0 0 0
/dev/sda7 /home reiserfs rw,noatime,notail,commit=0 0 0
/dev/sda2 /mnt/winD fuseblk
rw,nosuid,nodev,noexec,noatime,user_id=0,group_id=0,allow_other,blksize=4096
0 0
/dev/sda1 /mnt/Fedora ext3
rw,noatime,errors=continue,user_xattr,acl,commit=5,data=ordered 0 0
*********************** END /proc/mounts
*********************** BEGIN /boot/grub/device.map
(hd0) /dev/sda
*********************** END /boot/grub/device.map
*********************** BEGIN /boot/grub/grub.cfg
#
# 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=2
terminal console
### 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 ###
set root=(hd0,5)
search --fs-uuid --set fa23b4c4-ede2-4b69-8daa-4e405dc8ea36
menuentry "Debian GNU/Linux, linux 2.6.26-1-amd64" {
linux /boot/vmlinuz-2.6.26-1-amd64
root=UUID=fa23b4c4-ede2-4b69-8daa-4e405dc8ea36 ro usbcore.autosuspend=1
initrd /boot/initrd.img-2.6.26-1-amd64
}
menuentry "Debian GNU/Linux, linux 2.6.26-1-amd64 (single-user mode)" {
linux /boot/vmlinuz-2.6.26-1-amd64
root=UUID=fa23b4c4-ede2-4b69-8daa-4e405dc8ea36 ro single
usbcore.autosuspend=1
initrd /boot/initrd.img-2.6.26-1-amd64
}
menuentry "Debian GNU/Linux, linux 2.6.18-6-amd64" {
linux /boot/vmlinuz-2.6.18-6-amd64
root=UUID=fa23b4c4-ede2-4b69-8daa-4e405dc8ea36 ro usbcore.autosuspend=1
initrd /boot/initrd.img-2.6.18-6-amd64
}
menuentry "Debian GNU/Linux, linux 2.6.18-6-amd64 (single-user mode)" {
linux /boot/vmlinuz-2.6.18-6-amd64
root=UUID=fa23b4c4-ede2-4b69-8daa-4e405dc8ea36 ro single
usbcore.autosuspend=1
initrd /boot/initrd.img-2.6.18-6-amd64
}
### END /etc/grub.d/10_linux ###
### BEGIN Fedora ###
#set root=(hd0, 1)
#search --fs-uuid --set 22fc0287-08c9-454e-9738-9043d65468ae
menuentry "Fedora, 2.6.27.5-117.fc10.x86_64" {
linux /boot/vmlinuz-2.6.27.5-117.fc10.x86_64
root=UUID=22fc0287-08c9-454e-9738-9043d65468ae rhgb quiet
usbcore.autosuspend=1
initrd /boot/initrd-2.6.27.5-117.fc10.x86_64.img
}
### END Fedora ###
### BEGIN /etc/grub.d/11_windows ###
menuentry "Windows XP" {
chainloader (hd0,2)+1
}
### END /etc/grub.d/11_windows ###
### 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 /boot/grub/grub.cfg
-- System Information:
Debian Release: 5.0
APT prefers testing
APT policy: (650, 'testing'), (600, 'unstable'), (200, 'experimental')
Architecture: amd64 (x86_64)
Kernel: Linux 2.6.26-1-amd64 (SMP w/2 CPU cores)
Locale: LANG=en_US.UTF-8, LC_CTYPE=en_US.UTF-8 (charmap=UTF-8)
Shell: /bin/sh linked to /bin/bash
Versions of packages grub2 depends on:
ii debconf [debconf-2.0] 1.5.24 Debian configuration
management sy
ii grub-pc 1.96+20080724-12 GRand Unified Bootloader,
version
grub2 recommends no packages.
grub2 suggests no packages.
-- debconf information:
grub2/numbering_scheme_transition:
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