hi, I was biten by this bug
here are some info, hoping they help I have two hard disks /dev/sda /dev/sdb, each 500GB , each with 4 primary partitions (I created an identical layout in them two), the first partition /dev/sda1 is a standard ext3 containing /boot ; the last one is a RAID1 partition, so that /dev/sda4 /dev/sdb4 -> /dev/md0 and inside /dev/md0 I have LVM2, and inside LVM2 I have all other partitions, including / After I update grub-pc 1.98~20100115-1 -> 1.98-1 the bug appeared debconf info # debconf-show grub-pc grub2/kfreebsd_cmdline: grub-pc/linux_cmdline: fillme * grub2/linux_cmdline: * grub-pc/chainload_from_menu.lst: false grub-pc/kopt_extracted: true * grub-pc/install_devices: /dev/sda grub-pc/postrm_purge_boot_grub: false grub2/kfreebsd_cmdline_default: quiet * grub2/linux_cmdline_default: quiet ---------------------------- Let me also report how I solved the problem, so as to help people who may be Googling around I booted with an Ubuntu-live CD 9.10, I opened a terminal, I became root using $ sudo bash -l then $ apt-get install mdadm then $ mdadm --assemble --scan at this point Ubuntu finds out about the new device and automatically scans it using LVM (all new devices LVM magically appear in the "My Computer" window) then I mounted my root and boot in right order under /mnt $ mount /dev/myraidlvm/root /mnt/ $ mount /dev/sda1 /mnt/boot/ then $ grub-install --root-directory=/mnt /dev/sda then shutdown, and now it is booting again. a. -- Andrea Mennucc "E' un mondo difficile. Che vita intensa!" (Tonino Carotone) -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [email protected] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [email protected]
