Hi, this bug is still present in current wheezy release.
It seems Grub has problems with LVM where at least one PV is on a partition and not on the whole disk. % fdisk -lu /dev/cciss/c0d? Disk /dev/cciss/c0d0: 36.4 GB, 36385505280 bytes 255 heads, 32 sectors/track, 8709 cylinders, total 71065440 sectors Units = sectors of 1 * 512 = 512 bytes Sector size (logical/physical): 512 bytes / 512 bytes I/O size (minimum/optimal): 512 bytes / 512 bytes Disk identifier: 0x000a669d Device Boot Start End Blocks Id System /dev/cciss/c0d0p1 * 2048 391167 194560 83 Linux /dev/cciss/c0d0p2 391168 71063551 35336192 8e Linux LVM Disk /dev/cciss/c0d1: 293.6 GB, 293563949056 bytes 255 heads, 32 sectors/track, 70265 cylinders, total 573367088 sectors Units = sectors of 1 * 512 = 512 bytes Sector size (logical/physical): 512 bytes / 512 bytes I/O size (minimum/optimal): 512 bytes / 512 bytes Disk identifier: 0x00000000 Disk /dev/cciss/c0d1 doesn't contain a valid partition table % pvs PV VG Attr 1st PE PSize DevSize Used PFree /dev/cciss/c0d0p2 vg_mariner5 a-- 1.00m 33.70g 33.70g 15.00g 18.70g /dev/cciss/c0d1 vg_mariner5 a-- 1.00m 273.40g 273.40g 60.00g 213.40g % vgs VG #PV #LV #SN Attr VSize VFree #PV #LV #SN #Ext Free Ext vg_mariner5 2 4 0 wz--n- 307.09g 232.09g 2 4 0 78616 59416 4.00m % lvs LV VG Attr LSize Origin Snap% #Seg Start SSize PE Ranges root vg_mariner5 -wi-ao-- 5.00g 1 0 5.00g /dev/cciss/c0d0p2:0-1279 var vg_mariner5 -wi-ao-- 10.00g 1 0 10.00g /dev/cciss/c0d0p2:1280-3839 home vg_mariner5 -wi-ao-- 50.00g 1 0 50.00g /dev/cciss/c0d1:0-12799 mysql vg_mariner5 -wi-ao-- 10.00g 1 0 10.00g /dev/cciss/c0d1:12800-15359 % df -hT Filesystem Type Size Used Avail Use% Mounted on rootfs rootfs 5.0G 761M 4.0G 16% / udev devtmpfs 10M 0 10M 0% /dev tmpfs tmpfs 3.2G 224K 3.2G 1% /run /dev/mapper/vg_mariner5-root ext4 5.0G 761M 4.0G 16% / tmpfs tmpfs 5.0M 0 5.0M 0% /run/lock tmpfs tmpfs 6.3G 0 6.3G 0% /run/shm /dev/mapper/vg_mariner5-var xfs 10G 179M 9.9G 2% /var /dev/mapper/vg_mariner5-mysql xfs 10G 182M 9.9G 2% /var/lib/mysql /dev/mapper/vg_mariner5-home xfs 50G 4.0G 46G 8% /home /dev/cciss/c0d0p1 ext2 184M 22M 154M 13% /boot % cat /boot/grub/device.map (hd0) /dev/cciss/c0d0 (hd1) /dev/cciss/c0d1 % grub-probe --target=device /usr/share/grub/unicode.pf2 error: physical volume pv0 not found. error: physical volume pv0 not found. error: physical volume pv0 not found. error: physical volume pv0 not found. /dev/mapper/vg_mariner5-root % grub-probe --target=abstraction / error: physical volume pv0 not found. error: physical volume pv0 not found. error: physical volume pv0 not found. error: physical volume pv0 not found. lvm % grub-probe --device /dev/mapper/vg_mariner5-root --target=fs error: physical volume pv0 not found. error: physical volume pv0 not found. error: physical volume pv0 not found. error: physical volume pv0 not found. ext2 Deleting device.map and running grub-mkdevicemap does not change anything. ************************* If i change device.map to (hd0) /dev/cciss/c0d0p2 (hd1) /dev/cciss/c0d1 All errors go away! ************************* Verbose Output when device.map has c0d0 in it: % grub-probe -vv --target=abstraction / grub-core/disk/raid.c:740: Scanning for dmraid_nv RAID devices on disk hd0 grub-probe: info: Scanning for dmraid_nv RAID devices on disk hd0. grub-core/kern/disk.c:245: Opening `hd0'... grub-probe: info: the size of hd0 is 71065440. grub-core/kern/emu/hostdisk.c:716: opening the device `/dev/cciss/c0d0' in open_device() grub-core/kern/disk.c:338: Closing `hd0'. grub-core/kern/disk.c:245: Opening `hd0'... grub-probe: info: the size of hd0 is 71065440. grub-core/kern/disk.c:338: Closing `hd0'. grub-core/disk/raid.c:740: Scanning for dmraid_nv RAID devices on disk hd1 grub-probe: info: Scanning for dmraid_nv RAID devices on disk hd1. grub-core/kern/disk.c:245: Opening `hd1'... grub-probe: info: the size of hd1 is 573367088. grub-core/kern/emu/hostdisk.c:716: opening the device `/dev/cciss/c0d1' in open_device() grub-core/kern/disk.c:338: Closing `hd1'. grub-core/kern/disk.c:245: Opening `hd1'... grub-probe: info: the size of hd1 is 573367088. grub-core/kern/disk.c:338: Closing `hd1'. grub-probe: info: scanning hd0 for LVM. grub-core/kern/disk.c:245: Opening `hd0'... grub-probe: info: the size of hd0 is 71065440. grub-core/kern/emu/hostdisk.c:716: opening the device `/dev/cciss/c0d0' in open_device() grub-probe: info: no LVM signature found. grub-core/kern/disk.c:338: Closing `hd0'. grub-core/kern/disk.c:245: Opening `hd0'... grub-probe: info: the size of hd0 is 71065440. grub-core/kern/disk.c:338: Closing `hd0'. grub-probe: info: scanning hd1 for LVM. grub-core/kern/disk.c:245: Opening `hd1'... grub-probe: info: the size of hd1 is 573367088. grub-core/kern/emu/hostdisk.c:716: opening the device `/dev/cciss/c0d1' in open_device() grub-core/kern/emu/hostdisk.c:694: reusing open device `/dev/cciss/c0d1' grub-core/kern/disk.c:245: Opening `hd1'... grub-probe: info: the size of hd1 is 573367088. grub-core/kern/disk.c:338: Closing `hd1'. grub-core/kern/disk.c:245: Opening `hd1'... grub-probe: info: the size of hd1 is 573367088. grub-core/kern/disk.c:338: Closing `hd1'. grub-core/disk/raid.c:740: Scanning for mdraid09 RAID devices on disk vg_mariner5-mysql grub-probe: info: Scanning for mdraid09 RAID devices on disk vg_mariner5-mysql. grub-core/kern/disk.c:245: Opening `vg_mariner5-mysql'... grub-core/kern/emu/hostdisk.c:716: opening the device `/dev/cciss/c0d1' in open_device() grub-core/kern/disk.c:338: Closing `vg_mariner5-mysql'. grub-core/kern/disk.c:245: Opening `vg_mariner5-mysql'... grub-core/kern/disk.c:338: Closing `vg_mariner5-mysql'. grub-core/disk/raid.c:740: Scanning for mdraid09 RAID devices on disk vg_mariner5-home grub-probe: info: Scanning for mdraid09 RAID devices on disk vg_mariner5-home. grub-core/kern/disk.c:245: Opening `vg_mariner5-home'... grub-core/kern/emu/hostdisk.c:694: reusing open device `/dev/cciss/c0d1' grub-core/kern/disk.c:338: Closing `vg_mariner5-home'. grub-core/kern/disk.c:245: Opening `vg_mariner5-home'... grub-core/kern/disk.c:338: Closing `vg_mariner5-home'. grub-core/disk/raid.c:740: Scanning for mdraid09 RAID devices on disk vg_mariner5-var grub-probe: info: Scanning for mdraid09 RAID devices on disk vg_mariner5-var. grub-core/kern/disk.c:245: Opening `vg_mariner5-var'... grub-core/kern/disk.c:472: vg_mariner5-var read failed error: physical volume pv0 not found. grub-core/kern/disk.c:338: Closing `vg_mariner5-var'. grub-core/kern/disk.c:245: Opening `vg_mariner5-var'... grub-core/kern/disk.c:338: Closing `vg_mariner5-var'. grub-core/disk/raid.c:740: Scanning for mdraid09 RAID devices on disk vg_mariner5-root grub-probe: info: Scanning for mdraid09 RAID devices on disk vg_mariner5-root. grub-core/kern/disk.c:245: Opening `vg_mariner5-root'... grub-core/kern/disk.c:472: vg_mariner5-root read failed error: physical volume pv0 not found. grub-core/kern/disk.c:338: Closing `vg_mariner5-root'. grub-core/kern/disk.c:245: Opening `vg_mariner5-root'... grub-core/kern/disk.c:338: Closing `vg_mariner5-root'. grub-core/disk/raid.c:740: Scanning for mdraid09 RAID devices on disk hd0 grub-probe: info: Scanning for mdraid09 RAID devices on disk hd0. grub-core/kern/disk.c:245: Opening `hd0'... grub-probe: info: the size of hd0 is 71065440. grub-core/kern/emu/hostdisk.c:716: opening the device `/dev/cciss/c0d0' in open_device() grub-core/kern/disk.c:338: Closing `hd0'. grub-core/kern/disk.c:245: Opening `hd0'... grub-probe: info: the size of hd0 is 71065440. grub-core/kern/disk.c:338: Closing `hd0'. grub-core/disk/raid.c:740: Scanning for mdraid09 RAID devices on disk hd1 grub-probe: info: Scanning for mdraid09 RAID devices on disk hd1. grub-core/kern/disk.c:245: Opening `hd1'... grub-probe: info: the size of hd1 is 573367088. grub-core/kern/emu/hostdisk.c:716: opening the device `/dev/cciss/c0d1' in open_device() grub-core/kern/disk.c:338: Closing `hd1'. grub-core/kern/disk.c:245: Opening `hd1'... grub-probe: info: the size of hd1 is 573367088. grub-core/kern/disk.c:338: Closing `hd1'. grub-core/disk/raid.c:740: Scanning for mdraid1x RAID devices on disk vg_mariner5-mysql grub-probe: info: Scanning for mdraid1x RAID devices on disk vg_mariner5-mysql. grub-core/kern/disk.c:245: Opening `vg_mariner5-mysql'... grub-core/kern/emu/hostdisk.c:694: reusing open device `/dev/cciss/c0d1' grub-core/kern/emu/hostdisk.c:694: reusing open device `/dev/cciss/c0d1' grub-core/kern/disk.c:338: Closing `vg_mariner5-mysql'. grub-core/kern/disk.c:245: Opening `vg_mariner5-mysql'... grub-core/kern/disk.c:338: Closing `vg_mariner5-mysql'. grub-core/disk/raid.c:740: Scanning for mdraid1x RAID devices on disk vg_mariner5-home grub-probe: info: Scanning for mdraid1x RAID devices on disk vg_mariner5-home. grub-core/kern/disk.c:245: Opening `vg_mariner5-home'... grub-core/kern/emu/hostdisk.c:694: reusing open device `/dev/cciss/c0d1' grub-core/kern/emu/hostdisk.c:694: reusing open device `/dev/cciss/c0d1' grub-core/kern/disk.c:338: Closing `vg_mariner5-home'. grub-core/kern/disk.c:245: Opening `vg_mariner5-home'... grub-core/kern/disk.c:338: Closing `vg_mariner5-home'. grub-core/disk/raid.c:740: Scanning for mdraid1x RAID devices on disk vg_mariner5-var grub-probe: info: Scanning for mdraid1x RAID devices on disk vg_mariner5-var. grub-core/kern/disk.c:245: Opening `vg_mariner5-var'... grub-core/kern/disk.c:472: vg_mariner5-var read failed error: physical volume pv0 not found. grub-core/kern/disk.c:338: Closing `vg_mariner5-var'. grub-core/kern/disk.c:245: Opening `vg_mariner5-var'... grub-core/kern/disk.c:338: Closing `vg_mariner5-var'. grub-core/disk/raid.c:740: Scanning for mdraid1x RAID devices on disk vg_mariner5-root grub-probe: info: Scanning for mdraid1x RAID devices on disk vg_mariner5-root. grub-core/kern/disk.c:245: Opening `vg_mariner5-root'... grub-core/kern/disk.c:472: vg_mariner5-root read failed error: physical volume pv0 not found. grub-core/kern/disk.c:338: Closing `vg_mariner5-root'. grub-core/kern/disk.c:245: Opening `vg_mariner5-root'... grub-core/kern/disk.c:338: Closing `vg_mariner5-root'. grub-core/disk/raid.c:740: Scanning for mdraid1x RAID devices on disk hd0 grub-probe: info: Scanning for mdraid1x RAID devices on disk hd0. grub-core/kern/disk.c:245: Opening `hd0'... grub-probe: info: the size of hd0 is 71065440. grub-core/kern/emu/hostdisk.c:716: opening the device `/dev/cciss/c0d0' in open_device() grub-core/kern/disk.c:338: Closing `hd0'. grub-core/kern/disk.c:245: Opening `hd0'... grub-probe: info: the size of hd0 is 71065440. grub-core/kern/disk.c:338: Closing `hd0'. grub-core/disk/raid.c:740: Scanning for mdraid1x RAID devices on disk hd1 grub-probe: info: Scanning for mdraid1x RAID devices on disk hd1. grub-core/kern/disk.c:245: Opening `hd1'... grub-probe: info: the size of hd1 is 573367088. grub-core/kern/emu/hostdisk.c:716: opening the device `/dev/cciss/c0d1' in open_device() grub-core/kern/disk.c:338: Closing `hd1'. grub-core/kern/disk.c:245: Opening `hd1'... grub-probe: info: the size of hd1 is 573367088. grub-core/kern/disk.c:338: Closing `hd1'. grub-core/disk/raid.c:740: Scanning for mdraid09 RAID devices on disk hd0 grub-probe: info: Scanning for mdraid09 RAID devices on disk hd0. grub-core/kern/disk.c:245: Opening `hd0'... grub-probe: info: the size of hd0 is 71065440. grub-core/kern/disk.c:338: Closing `hd0'. grub-core/kern/disk.c:245: Opening `hd0'... grub-probe: info: the size of hd0 is 71065440. grub-core/partmap/msdos.c:166: partition 0: flag 0x80, type 0x83, start 0x800, len 0x5f000 grub-core/kern/emu/hostdisk.c:716: opening the device `/dev/cciss/c0d0p1' in open_device() grub-core/partmap/apple.c:123: bad magic (found 0x0; wanted 0x4552 grub-core/partmap/msdos.c:166: partition 1: flag 0x0, type 0x8e, start 0x5f800, len 0x4366000 grub-core/kern/emu/hostdisk.c:716: opening the device `/dev/cciss/c0d0p2' in open_device() grub-core/partmap/apple.c:123: bad magic (found 0x0; wanted 0x4552 grub-core/partmap/msdos.c:166: partition 2: flag 0x0, type 0x0, start 0x0, len 0x0 grub-core/partmap/msdos.c:166: partition 3: flag 0x0, type 0x0, start 0x0, len 0x0 grub-core/partmap/msdos.c:166: partition 0: flag 0x80, type 0x83, start 0x800, len 0x5f000 grub-core/partmap/msdos.c:166: partition 1: flag 0x0, type 0x8e, start 0x5f800, len 0x4366000 grub-core/partmap/msdos.c:166: partition 2: flag 0x0, type 0x0, start 0x0, len 0x0 grub-core/partmap/msdos.c:166: partition 3: flag 0x0, type 0x0, start 0x0, len 0x0 grub-core/partmap/msdos.c:166: partition 0: flag 0x80, type 0x83, start 0x800, len 0x5f000 grub-core/partmap/msdos.c:166: partition 1: flag 0x0, type 0x8e, start 0x5f800, len 0x4366000 grub-core/partmap/msdos.c:166: partition 2: flag 0x0, type 0x0, start 0x0, len 0x0 grub-core/partmap/msdos.c:166: partition 3: flag 0x0, type 0x0, start 0x0, len 0x0 grub-core/partmap/apple.c:123: bad magic (found 0xeb63; wanted 0x4552 grub-core/kern/disk.c:338: Closing `hd0'. grub-core/disk/raid.c:740: Scanning for mdraid09 RAID devices on disk hd0,msdos2 grub-probe: info: Scanning for mdraid09 RAID devices on disk hd0,msdos2. grub-core/kern/disk.c:245: Opening `hd0,msdos2'... grub-probe: info: the size of hd0 is 71065440. grub-core/partmap/msdos.c:166: partition 0: flag 0x80, type 0x83, start 0x800, len 0x5f000 grub-core/partmap/msdos.c:166: partition 1: flag 0x0, type 0x8e, start 0x5f800, len 0x4366000 grub-core/kern/emu/hostdisk.c:716: opening the device `/dev/cciss/c0d0p2' in open_device() grub-core/kern/disk.c:338: Closing `hd0'. grub-core/disk/raid.c:740: Scanning for mdraid09 RAID devices on disk hd0,msdos1 grub-probe: info: Scanning for mdraid09 RAID devices on disk hd0,msdos1. grub-core/kern/disk.c:245: Opening `hd0,msdos1'... grub-probe: info: the size of hd0 is 71065440. grub-core/partmap/msdos.c:166: partition 0: flag 0x80, type 0x83, start 0x800, len 0x5f000 grub-core/kern/emu/hostdisk.c:716: opening the device `/dev/cciss/c0d0p1' in open_device() grub-core/kern/disk.c:338: Closing `hd0'. grub-core/disk/raid.c:740: Scanning for mdraid09 RAID devices on disk hd1 grub-probe: info: Scanning for mdraid09 RAID devices on disk hd1. grub-core/kern/disk.c:245: Opening `hd1'... grub-probe: info: the size of hd1 is 573367088. grub-core/kern/disk.c:338: Closing `hd1'. grub-core/kern/disk.c:245: Opening `hd1'... grub-probe: info: the size of hd1 is 573367088. grub-core/partmap/apple.c:123: bad magic (found 0x0; wanted 0x4552 grub-core/kern/disk.c:338: Closing `hd1'. grub-core/disk/raid.c:740: Scanning for mdraid1x RAID devices on disk hd0 grub-probe: info: Scanning for mdraid1x RAID devices on disk hd0. grub-core/kern/disk.c:245: Opening `hd0'... grub-probe: info: the size of hd0 is 71065440. grub-core/kern/emu/hostdisk.c:716: opening the device `/dev/cciss/c0d0' in open_device() grub-core/kern/disk.c:338: Closing `hd0'. grub-core/kern/disk.c:245: Opening `hd0'... grub-probe: info: the size of hd0 is 71065440. grub-core/partmap/msdos.c:166: partition 0: flag 0x80, type 0x83, start 0x800, len 0x5f000 grub-core/partmap/apple.c:123: bad magic (found 0x0; wanted 0x4552 grub-core/partmap/msdos.c:166: partition 1: flag 0x0, type 0x8e, start 0x5f800, len 0x4366000 grub-core/partmap/apple.c:123: bad magic (found 0x0; wanted 0x4552 grub-core/partmap/msdos.c:166: partition 2: flag 0x0, type 0x0, start 0x0, len 0x0 grub-core/partmap/msdos.c:166: partition 3: flag 0x0, type 0x0, start 0x0, len 0x0 grub-core/partmap/msdos.c:166: partition 0: flag 0x80, type 0x83, start 0x800, len 0x5f000 grub-core/partmap/msdos.c:166: partition 1: flag 0x0, type 0x8e, start 0x5f800, len 0x4366000 grub-core/partmap/msdos.c:166: partition 2: flag 0x0, type 0x0, start 0x0, len 0x0 grub-core/partmap/msdos.c:166: partition 3: flag 0x0, type 0x0, start 0x0, len 0x0 grub-core/partmap/msdos.c:166: partition 0: flag 0x80, type 0x83, start 0x800, len 0x5f000 grub-core/partmap/msdos.c:166: partition 1: flag 0x0, type 0x8e, start 0x5f800, len 0x4366000 grub-core/partmap/msdos.c:166: partition 2: flag 0x0, type 0x0, start 0x0, len 0x0 grub-core/partmap/msdos.c:166: partition 3: flag 0x0, type 0x0, start 0x0, len 0x0 grub-core/partmap/apple.c:123: bad magic (found 0xeb63; wanted 0x4552 grub-core/kern/disk.c:338: Closing `hd0'. grub-core/disk/raid.c:740: Scanning for mdraid1x RAID devices on disk hd0,msdos2 grub-probe: info: Scanning for mdraid1x RAID devices on disk hd0,msdos2. grub-core/kern/disk.c:245: Opening `hd0,msdos2'... grub-probe: info: the size of hd0 is 71065440. grub-core/partmap/msdos.c:166: partition 0: flag 0x80, type 0x83, start 0x800, len 0x5f000 grub-core/partmap/msdos.c:166: partition 1: flag 0x0, type 0x8e, start 0x5f800, len 0x4366000 grub-core/kern/emu/hostdisk.c:716: opening the device `/dev/cciss/c0d0p2' in open_device() grub-core/kern/disk.c:338: Closing `hd0'. grub-core/disk/raid.c:740: Scanning for mdraid1x RAID devices on disk hd0,msdos1 grub-probe: info: Scanning for mdraid1x RAID devices on disk hd0,msdos1. grub-core/kern/disk.c:245: Opening `hd0,msdos1'... grub-probe: info: the size of hd0 is 71065440. grub-core/partmap/msdos.c:166: partition 0: flag 0x80, type 0x83, start 0x800, len 0x5f000 grub-core/kern/emu/hostdisk.c:716: opening the device `/dev/cciss/c0d0p1' in open_device() grub-core/kern/disk.c:338: Closing `hd0'. grub-core/disk/raid.c:740: Scanning for mdraid1x RAID devices on disk hd1 grub-probe: info: Scanning for mdraid1x RAID devices on disk hd1. grub-core/kern/disk.c:245: Opening `hd1'... grub-probe: info: the size of hd1 is 573367088. grub-core/kern/emu/hostdisk.c:716: opening the device `/dev/cciss/c0d1' in open_device() grub-core/kern/disk.c:338: Closing `hd1'. grub-core/kern/disk.c:245: Opening `hd1'... grub-probe: info: the size of hd1 is 573367088. grub-core/partmap/apple.c:123: bad magic (found 0x0; wanted 0x4552 grub-core/kern/disk.c:338: Closing `hd1'. grub-probe: info: scanning hd0 for LVM. grub-core/kern/disk.c:245: Opening `hd0'... grub-probe: info: the size of hd0 is 71065440. grub-probe: info: no LVM signature found. grub-core/kern/disk.c:338: Closing `hd0'. grub-core/kern/disk.c:245: Opening `hd0'... grub-probe: info: the size of hd0 is 71065440. grub-core/partmap/msdos.c:166: partition 0: flag 0x80, type 0x83, start 0x800, len 0x5f000 grub-core/partmap/apple.c:123: bad magic (found 0x0; wanted 0x4552 grub-core/partmap/msdos.c:166: partition 1: flag 0x0, type 0x8e, start 0x5f800, len 0x4366000 grub-core/partmap/apple.c:123: bad magic (found 0x0; wanted 0x4552 grub-core/partmap/msdos.c:166: partition 2: flag 0x0, type 0x0, start 0x0, len 0x0 grub-core/partmap/msdos.c:166: partition 3: flag 0x0, type 0x0, start 0x0, len 0x0 grub-core/partmap/msdos.c:166: partition 0: flag 0x80, type 0x83, start 0x800, len 0x5f000 grub-core/partmap/msdos.c:166: partition 1: flag 0x0, type 0x8e, start 0x5f800, len 0x4366000 grub-core/partmap/msdos.c:166: partition 2: flag 0x0, type 0x0, start 0x0, len 0x0 grub-core/partmap/msdos.c:166: partition 3: flag 0x0, type 0x0, start 0x0, len 0x0 grub-core/partmap/msdos.c:166: partition 0: flag 0x80, type 0x83, start 0x800, len 0x5f000 grub-core/partmap/msdos.c:166: partition 1: flag 0x0, type 0x8e, start 0x5f800, len 0x4366000 grub-core/partmap/msdos.c:166: partition 2: flag 0x0, type 0x0, start 0x0, len 0x0 grub-core/partmap/msdos.c:166: partition 3: flag 0x0, type 0x0, start 0x0, len 0x0 grub-core/partmap/apple.c:123: bad magic (found 0xeb63; wanted 0x4552 grub-core/kern/disk.c:338: Closing `hd0'. grub-probe: info: scanning hd0,msdos2 for LVM. grub-core/kern/disk.c:245: Opening `hd0,msdos2'... grub-probe: info: the size of hd0 is 71065440. grub-core/partmap/msdos.c:166: partition 0: flag 0x80, type 0x83, start 0x800, len 0x5f000 grub-core/partmap/msdos.c:166: partition 1: flag 0x0, type 0x8e, start 0x5f800, len 0x4366000 grub-core/kern/emu/hostdisk.c:716: opening the device `/dev/cciss/c0d0p2' in open_device() grub-core/kern/disk.c:245: Opening `hd0,msdos2'... grub-probe: info: the size of hd0 is 71065440. grub-core/kern/emu/hostdisk.c:716: opening the device `/dev/cciss/c0d0' in open_device() grub-core/partmap/msdos.c:166: partition 0: flag 0x80, type 0x83, start 0x800, len 0x5f000 grub-core/partmap/msdos.c:166: partition 1: flag 0x0, type 0x8e, start 0x5f800, len 0x4366000 grub-core/kern/disk.c:338: Closing `hd0'. grub-probe: info: scanning hd0,msdos1 for LVM. grub-core/kern/disk.c:245: Opening `hd0,msdos1'... grub-probe: info: the size of hd0 is 71065440. grub-core/partmap/msdos.c:166: partition 0: flag 0x80, type 0x83, start 0x800, len 0x5f000 grub-probe: info: no LVM signature found. grub-core/kern/disk.c:338: Closing `hd0'. grub-probe: info: scanning hd1 for LVM. grub-core/kern/disk.c:245: Opening `hd1'... grub-probe: info: the size of hd1 is 573367088. grub-core/kern/disk.c:245: Opening `hd1'... grub-probe: info: the size of hd1 is 573367088. grub-core/kern/disk.c:338: Closing `hd1'. grub-core/kern/disk.c:245: Opening `hd1'... grub-probe: info: the size of hd1 is 573367088. grub-core/partmap/apple.c:123: bad magic (found 0x0; wanted 0x4552 grub-core/kern/disk.c:338: Closing `hd1'. grub-probe: info: changing current directory to /dev/mapper. grub-core/kern/emu/hostdisk.c:1422: /dev/dm-0 is an LVM grub-probe: info: opening vg_mariner5-root. grub-core/kern/disk.c:245: Opening `vg_mariner5-root'... lvm grub-core/kern/disk.c:338: Closing `vg_mariner5-root'. Now the same command when device.map has c0d0p2 in it: % grub-probe -vv --target=abstraction / grub-core/disk/raid.c:740: Scanning for dmraid_nv RAID devices on disk hd0 grub-probe: info: Scanning for dmraid_nv RAID devices on disk hd0. grub-core/kern/disk.c:245: Opening `hd0'... grub-probe: info: the size of hd0 is 70672384. grub-core/kern/emu/hostdisk.c:716: opening the device `/dev/cciss/c0d0p2' in open_device() grub-core/kern/disk.c:338: Closing `hd0'. grub-core/kern/disk.c:245: Opening `hd0'... grub-probe: info: the size of hd0 is 70672384. grub-core/kern/disk.c:338: Closing `hd0'. grub-core/disk/raid.c:740: Scanning for dmraid_nv RAID devices on disk hd1 grub-probe: info: Scanning for dmraid_nv RAID devices on disk hd1. grub-core/kern/disk.c:245: Opening `hd1'... grub-probe: info: the size of hd1 is 573367088. grub-core/kern/emu/hostdisk.c:716: opening the device `/dev/cciss/c0d1' in open_device() grub-core/kern/disk.c:338: Closing `hd1'. grub-core/kern/disk.c:245: Opening `hd1'... grub-probe: info: the size of hd1 is 573367088. grub-core/kern/disk.c:338: Closing `hd1'. grub-probe: info: scanning hd0 for LVM. grub-core/kern/disk.c:245: Opening `hd0'... grub-probe: info: the size of hd0 is 70672384. grub-core/kern/emu/hostdisk.c:716: opening the device `/dev/cciss/c0d0p2' in open_device() grub-core/kern/emu/hostdisk.c:694: reusing open device `/dev/cciss/c0d0p2' grub-core/kern/disk.c:245: Opening `hd0'... grub-probe: info: the size of hd0 is 70672384. grub-core/kern/disk.c:338: Closing `hd0'. grub-core/kern/disk.c:245: Opening `hd0'... grub-probe: info: the size of hd0 is 70672384. grub-core/kern/disk.c:338: Closing `hd0'. grub-probe: info: scanning hd1 for LVM. grub-core/kern/disk.c:245: Opening `hd1'... grub-probe: info: the size of hd1 is 573367088. grub-core/kern/emu/hostdisk.c:716: opening the device `/dev/cciss/c0d1' in open_device() grub-core/kern/emu/hostdisk.c:694: reusing open device `/dev/cciss/c0d1' grub-core/kern/disk.c:245: Opening `hd1'... grub-probe: info: the size of hd1 is 573367088. grub-core/kern/disk.c:338: Closing `hd1'. grub-core/kern/disk.c:245: Opening `hd1'... grub-probe: info: the size of hd1 is 573367088. grub-core/kern/disk.c:338: Closing `hd1'. grub-core/disk/raid.c:740: Scanning for mdraid09 RAID devices on disk vg_mariner5-mysql grub-probe: info: Scanning for mdraid09 RAID devices on disk vg_mariner5-mysql. grub-core/kern/disk.c:245: Opening `vg_mariner5-mysql'... grub-core/kern/emu/hostdisk.c:716: opening the device `/dev/cciss/c0d1' in open_device() grub-core/kern/disk.c:338: Closing `vg_mariner5-mysql'. grub-core/kern/disk.c:245: Opening `vg_mariner5-mysql'... grub-core/kern/disk.c:338: Closing `vg_mariner5-mysql'. grub-core/disk/raid.c:740: Scanning for mdraid09 RAID devices on disk vg_mariner5-home grub-probe: info: Scanning for mdraid09 RAID devices on disk vg_mariner5-home. grub-core/kern/disk.c:245: Opening `vg_mariner5-home'... grub-core/kern/emu/hostdisk.c:694: reusing open device `/dev/cciss/c0d1' grub-core/kern/disk.c:338: Closing `vg_mariner5-home'. grub-core/kern/disk.c:245: Opening `vg_mariner5-home'... grub-core/kern/disk.c:338: Closing `vg_mariner5-home'. grub-core/disk/raid.c:740: Scanning for mdraid09 RAID devices on disk vg_mariner5-var grub-probe: info: Scanning for mdraid09 RAID devices on disk vg_mariner5-var. grub-core/kern/disk.c:245: Opening `vg_mariner5-var'... grub-core/kern/emu/hostdisk.c:716: opening the device `/dev/cciss/c0d0p2' in open_device() grub-core/kern/disk.c:338: Closing `vg_mariner5-var'. grub-core/kern/disk.c:245: Opening `vg_mariner5-var'... grub-core/kern/disk.c:338: Closing `vg_mariner5-var'. grub-core/disk/raid.c:740: Scanning for mdraid09 RAID devices on disk vg_mariner5-root grub-probe: info: Scanning for mdraid09 RAID devices on disk vg_mariner5-root. grub-core/kern/disk.c:245: Opening `vg_mariner5-root'... grub-core/kern/emu/hostdisk.c:694: reusing open device `/dev/cciss/c0d0p2' grub-core/kern/disk.c:338: Closing `vg_mariner5-root'. grub-core/kern/disk.c:245: Opening `vg_mariner5-root'... grub-core/kern/disk.c:338: Closing `vg_mariner5-root'. grub-core/disk/raid.c:740: Scanning for mdraid09 RAID devices on disk hd0 grub-probe: info: Scanning for mdraid09 RAID devices on disk hd0. grub-core/kern/disk.c:245: Opening `hd0'... grub-probe: info: the size of hd0 is 70672384. grub-core/kern/emu/hostdisk.c:716: opening the device `/dev/cciss/c0d0p2' in open_device() grub-core/kern/disk.c:338: Closing `hd0'. grub-core/kern/disk.c:245: Opening `hd0'... grub-probe: info: the size of hd0 is 70672384. grub-core/kern/disk.c:338: Closing `hd0'. grub-core/disk/raid.c:740: Scanning for mdraid09 RAID devices on disk hd1 grub-probe: info: Scanning for mdraid09 RAID devices on disk hd1. grub-core/kern/disk.c:245: Opening `hd1'... grub-probe: info: the size of hd1 is 573367088. grub-core/kern/emu/hostdisk.c:716: opening the device `/dev/cciss/c0d1' in open_device() grub-core/kern/disk.c:338: Closing `hd1'. grub-core/kern/disk.c:245: Opening `hd1'... grub-probe: info: the size of hd1 is 573367088. grub-core/kern/disk.c:338: Closing `hd1'. grub-core/disk/raid.c:740: Scanning for mdraid1x RAID devices on disk vg_mariner5-mysql grub-probe: info: Scanning for mdraid1x RAID devices on disk vg_mariner5-mysql. grub-core/kern/disk.c:245: Opening `vg_mariner5-mysql'... grub-core/kern/emu/hostdisk.c:694: reusing open device `/dev/cciss/c0d1' grub-core/kern/emu/hostdisk.c:694: reusing open device `/dev/cciss/c0d1' grub-core/kern/disk.c:338: Closing `vg_mariner5-mysql'. grub-core/kern/disk.c:245: Opening `vg_mariner5-mysql'... grub-core/kern/disk.c:338: Closing `vg_mariner5-mysql'. grub-core/disk/raid.c:740: Scanning for mdraid1x RAID devices on disk vg_mariner5-home grub-probe: info: Scanning for mdraid1x RAID devices on disk vg_mariner5-home. grub-core/kern/disk.c:245: Opening `vg_mariner5-home'... grub-core/kern/emu/hostdisk.c:694: reusing open device `/dev/cciss/c0d1' grub-core/kern/emu/hostdisk.c:694: reusing open device `/dev/cciss/c0d1' grub-core/kern/disk.c:338: Closing `vg_mariner5-home'. grub-core/kern/disk.c:245: Opening `vg_mariner5-home'... grub-core/kern/disk.c:338: Closing `vg_mariner5-home'. grub-core/disk/raid.c:740: Scanning for mdraid1x RAID devices on disk vg_mariner5-var grub-probe: info: Scanning for mdraid1x RAID devices on disk vg_mariner5-var. grub-core/kern/disk.c:245: Opening `vg_mariner5-var'... grub-core/kern/emu/hostdisk.c:694: reusing open device `/dev/cciss/c0d0p2' grub-core/kern/emu/hostdisk.c:694: reusing open device `/dev/cciss/c0d0p2' grub-core/kern/disk.c:338: Closing `vg_mariner5-var'. grub-core/kern/disk.c:245: Opening `vg_mariner5-var'... grub-core/kern/disk.c:338: Closing `vg_mariner5-var'. grub-core/disk/raid.c:740: Scanning for mdraid1x RAID devices on disk vg_mariner5-root grub-probe: info: Scanning for mdraid1x RAID devices on disk vg_mariner5-root. grub-core/kern/disk.c:245: Opening `vg_mariner5-root'... grub-core/kern/emu/hostdisk.c:694: reusing open device `/dev/cciss/c0d0p2' grub-core/kern/emu/hostdisk.c:694: reusing open device `/dev/cciss/c0d0p2' grub-core/kern/disk.c:338: Closing `vg_mariner5-root'. grub-core/kern/disk.c:245: Opening `vg_mariner5-root'... grub-core/kern/disk.c:338: Closing `vg_mariner5-root'. grub-core/disk/raid.c:740: Scanning for mdraid1x RAID devices on disk hd0 grub-probe: info: Scanning for mdraid1x RAID devices on disk hd0. grub-core/kern/disk.c:245: Opening `hd0'... grub-probe: info: the size of hd0 is 70672384. grub-core/kern/emu/hostdisk.c:716: opening the device `/dev/cciss/c0d0p2' in open_device() grub-core/kern/disk.c:338: Closing `hd0'. grub-core/kern/disk.c:245: Opening `hd0'... grub-probe: info: the size of hd0 is 70672384. grub-core/kern/disk.c:338: Closing `hd0'. grub-core/disk/raid.c:740: Scanning for mdraid1x RAID devices on disk hd1 grub-probe: info: Scanning for mdraid1x RAID devices on disk hd1. grub-core/kern/disk.c:245: Opening `hd1'... grub-probe: info: the size of hd1 is 573367088. grub-core/kern/emu/hostdisk.c:716: opening the device `/dev/cciss/c0d1' in open_device() grub-core/kern/disk.c:338: Closing `hd1'. grub-core/kern/disk.c:245: Opening `hd1'... grub-probe: info: the size of hd1 is 573367088. grub-core/kern/disk.c:338: Closing `hd1'. grub-core/disk/raid.c:740: Scanning for mdraid09 RAID devices on disk hd0 grub-probe: info: Scanning for mdraid09 RAID devices on disk hd0. grub-core/kern/disk.c:245: Opening `hd0'... grub-probe: info: the size of hd0 is 70672384. grub-core/kern/disk.c:338: Closing `hd0'. grub-core/kern/disk.c:245: Opening `hd0'... grub-probe: info: the size of hd0 is 70672384. grub-core/partmap/apple.c:123: bad magic (found 0x0; wanted 0x4552 grub-core/kern/disk.c:338: Closing `hd0'. grub-core/disk/raid.c:740: Scanning for mdraid09 RAID devices on disk hd1 grub-probe: info: Scanning for mdraid09 RAID devices on disk hd1. grub-core/kern/disk.c:245: Opening `hd1'... grub-probe: info: the size of hd1 is 573367088. grub-core/kern/emu/hostdisk.c:716: opening the device `/dev/cciss/c0d1' in open_device() grub-core/kern/disk.c:338: Closing `hd1'. grub-core/kern/disk.c:245: Opening `hd1'... grub-probe: info: the size of hd1 is 573367088. grub-core/partmap/apple.c:123: bad magic (found 0x0; wanted 0x4552 grub-core/kern/disk.c:338: Closing `hd1'. grub-core/disk/raid.c:740: Scanning for mdraid1x RAID devices on disk hd0 grub-probe: info: Scanning for mdraid1x RAID devices on disk hd0. grub-core/kern/disk.c:245: Opening `hd0'... grub-probe: info: the size of hd0 is 70672384. grub-core/kern/emu/hostdisk.c:716: opening the device `/dev/cciss/c0d0p2' in open_device() grub-core/kern/disk.c:338: Closing `hd0'. grub-core/kern/disk.c:245: Opening `hd0'... grub-probe: info: the size of hd0 is 70672384. grub-core/partmap/apple.c:123: bad magic (found 0x0; wanted 0x4552 grub-core/kern/disk.c:338: Closing `hd0'. grub-core/disk/raid.c:740: Scanning for mdraid1x RAID devices on disk hd1 grub-probe: info: Scanning for mdraid1x RAID devices on disk hd1. grub-core/kern/disk.c:245: Opening `hd1'... grub-probe: info: the size of hd1 is 573367088. grub-core/kern/emu/hostdisk.c:716: opening the device `/dev/cciss/c0d1' in open_device() grub-core/kern/disk.c:338: Closing `hd1'. grub-core/kern/disk.c:245: Opening `hd1'... grub-probe: info: the size of hd1 is 573367088. grub-core/partmap/apple.c:123: bad magic (found 0x0; wanted 0x4552 grub-core/kern/disk.c:338: Closing `hd1'. grub-probe: info: scanning hd0 for LVM. grub-core/kern/disk.c:245: Opening `hd0'... grub-probe: info: the size of hd0 is 70672384. grub-core/kern/emu/hostdisk.c:716: opening the device `/dev/cciss/c0d0p2' in open_device() grub-core/kern/disk.c:245: Opening `hd0'... grub-probe: info: the size of hd0 is 70672384. grub-core/kern/disk.c:338: Closing `hd0'. grub-core/kern/disk.c:245: Opening `hd0'... grub-probe: info: the size of hd0 is 70672384. grub-core/partmap/apple.c:123: bad magic (found 0x0; wanted 0x4552 grub-core/kern/disk.c:338: Closing `hd0'. grub-probe: info: scanning hd1 for LVM. grub-core/kern/disk.c:245: Opening `hd1'... grub-probe: info: the size of hd1 is 573367088. grub-core/kern/disk.c:245: Opening `hd1'... grub-probe: info: the size of hd1 is 573367088. grub-core/kern/disk.c:338: Closing `hd1'. grub-core/kern/disk.c:245: Opening `hd1'... grub-probe: info: the size of hd1 is 573367088. grub-core/partmap/apple.c:123: bad magic (found 0x0; wanted 0x4552 grub-core/kern/disk.c:338: Closing `hd1'. grub-probe: info: changing current directory to /dev/mapper. grub-core/kern/emu/hostdisk.c:1422: /dev/dm-0 is an LVM grub-probe: info: opening vg_mariner5-root. grub-core/kern/disk.c:245: Opening `vg_mariner5-root'... lvm grub-core/kern/disk.c:338: Closing `vg_mariner5-root'. I think it's not a good idea to have the path to a partition instead of the path to the whole disk in device.map. Any suggestions? Yours Marcel -- Registrierter Linux User #307343 -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-bugs-dist-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org