Package: grub-pc Version: 1.96+20090725-1 Severity: normal Hi,
I upgraded grub-pc but didn't install it in the boot record. A new grub.cfg was still created by update-grub and it is incompatible with the grub version installed in the boot record. The culprit is the line search --no-floppy --fs-uuid ... When booting and selecting the first menu entry, I get the error: error: Unknown argument `--no-floppy' Pressing a key got me back to the menu. But if I enter `e' to edit the entry, the `unknown argument' seems to have confused grub so much, that it now only shows the first line of the menu entry, i.e. `insmod lvm', which in turn confused me quite a bit. `grub-install' fixed the problem. IMO, this whole automagic configuration system is far too fragile, anyway and breaks the boot more often than not. But a concrete solution for cases like this might be to only call update-grub from postinst, if the user selects to install grub in the boot record and leave it alone otherwise. Cheers, harry PS: The new version of the loader doesn't get confused by unknown arguments. I tried to add a nonsense argument, it showed me an error but I them can still edit the menu entry with `e'. -- Package-specific info: *********************** BEGIN /proc/mounts /dev/mapper/vgsys-lvroot / ext3 rw,errors=remount-ro,data=ordered 0 0 /dev/mapper/vgraw-lvboot /boot ext3 rw,errors=continue,data=ordered 0 0 /dev/mapper/vghb-lvhb /home/hb ext3 rw,errors=continue,data=ordered 0 0 /dev/mapper/vgsys-lvvar /var ext3 rw,errors=continue,data=ordered 0 0 /dev/mapper/vgsys-lvvm /var/lib/vm ext3 rw,errors=continue,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/grub-mkconfig using templates # from /etc/grub.d and settings from /etc/default/grub # ### BEGIN /etc/grub.d/00_header ### set default=0 set timeout=5 insmod lvm set root=(vgraw-lvboot) search --no-floppy --fs-uuid --set 4631fcaa-cb7f-4147-818f-001ce123668f if loadfont /grub/ascii.pf2 ; then set gfxmode=640x480 insmod gfxterm insmod vbe if terminal_output.gfxterm ; then true ; else # For backward compatibility with versions of terminal.mod that don't # understand terminal_output terminal gfxterm fi 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_linux ### menuentry "Debian GNU/Linux, Linux 2.6.29.3" { insmod lvm set root=(vgraw-lvboot) search --no-floppy --fs-uuid --set 4631fcaa-cb7f-4147-818f-001ce123668f linux /vmlinuz-2.6.29.3 root=/dev/mapper/vgsys-lvroot ro resume=swap:/dev/mapper/vgsys-lvswap no_console_suspend hpet=force acpi_sleep=s4_nohwsig initrd /initrd.img-2.6.29.3 } menuentry "Debian GNU/Linux, Linux 2.6.29.3 (recovery mode)" { insmod lvm set root=(vgraw-lvboot) search --no-floppy --fs-uuid --set 4631fcaa-cb7f-4147-818f-001ce123668f linux /vmlinuz-2.6.29.3 root=/dev/mapper/vgsys-lvroot ro single resume=swap:/dev/mapper/vgsys-lvswap no_console_suspend hpet=force acpi_sleep=s4_nohwsig initrd /initrd.img-2.6.29.3 } menuentry "Debian GNU/Linux, Linux 2.6.27.8" { insmod lvm set root=(vgraw-lvboot) search --no-floppy --fs-uuid --set 4631fcaa-cb7f-4147-818f-001ce123668f linux /vmlinuz-2.6.27.8 root=/dev/mapper/vgsys-lvroot ro resume=swap:/dev/mapper/vgsys-lvswap no_console_suspend hpet=force acpi_sleep=s4_nohwsig initrd /initrd.img-2.6.27.8 } menuentry "Debian GNU/Linux, Linux 2.6.27.8 (recovery mode)" { insmod lvm set root=(vgraw-lvboot) search --no-floppy --fs-uuid --set 4631fcaa-cb7f-4147-818f-001ce123668f linux /vmlinuz-2.6.27.8 root=/dev/mapper/vgsys-lvroot ro single resume=swap:/dev/mapper/vgsys-lvswap no_console_suspend hpet=force acpi_sleep=s4_nohwsig initrd /initrd.img-2.6.27.8 } menuentry "Debian GNU/Linux, Linux 2.6.26" { insmod lvm set root=(vgraw-lvboot) search --no-floppy --fs-uuid --set 4631fcaa-cb7f-4147-818f-001ce123668f linux /vmlinuz-2.6.26 root=/dev/mapper/vgsys-lvroot ro resume=swap:/dev/mapper/vgsys-lvswap no_console_suspend hpet=force acpi_sleep=s4_nohwsig initrd /initrd.img-2.6.26 } menuentry "Debian GNU/Linux, Linux 2.6.26 (recovery mode)" { insmod lvm set root=(vgraw-lvboot) search --no-floppy --fs-uuid --set 4631fcaa-cb7f-4147-818f-001ce123668f linux /vmlinuz-2.6.26 root=/dev/mapper/vgsys-lvroot ro single resume=swap:/dev/mapper/vgsys-lvswap no_console_suspend hpet=force acpi_sleep=s4_nohwsig initrd /initrd.img-2.6.26 } menuentry "Debian GNU/Linux, Linux 2.6.25-1-686" { insmod lvm set root=(vgraw-lvboot) search --no-floppy --fs-uuid --set 4631fcaa-cb7f-4147-818f-001ce123668f linux /vmlinuz-2.6.25-1-686 root=/dev/mapper/vgsys-lvroot ro resume=swap:/dev/mapper/vgsys-lvswap no_console_suspend hpet=force acpi_sleep=s4_nohwsig initrd /initrd.img-2.6.25-1-686 } menuentry "Debian GNU/Linux, Linux 2.6.25-1-686 (recovery mode)" { insmod lvm set root=(vgraw-lvboot) search --no-floppy --fs-uuid --set 4631fcaa-cb7f-4147-818f-001ce123668f linux /vmlinuz-2.6.25-1-686 root=/dev/mapper/vgsys-lvroot ro single resume=swap:/dev/mapper/vgsys-lvswap no_console_suspend hpet=force acpi_sleep=s4_nohwsig initrd /initrd.img-2.6.25-1-686 } ### 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 /boot/grub/grub.cfg -- System Information: Debian Release: squeeze/sid APT prefers testing APT policy: (990, 'testing'), (500, 'unstable'), (500, 'stable'), (1, 'experimental') Architecture: i386 (i686) Kernel: Linux 2.6.29.3 Locale: LANG=POSIX, LC_CTYPE=de_AT.utf8 (charmap=UTF-8) Shell: /bin/sh linked to /bin/dash Versions of packages grub-pc depends on: ii debconf [debconf-2.0] 1.5.27 Debian configuration management sy ii grub-common 1.96+20090725-1 GRand Unified Bootloader, version ii libc6 2.9-23 GNU C Library: Shared libraries ii ucf 3.0018 Update Configuration File: preserv grub-pc recommends no packages. Versions of packages grub-pc suggests: pn desktop-base <none> (no description available) ii genisoimage 9:1.1.9-1 Creates ISO-9660 CD-ROM filesystem pn os-prober <none> (no description available) -- debconf information: * grub-pc/linux_cmdline: * grub-pc/chainload_from_menu.lst: false * grub-pc/install_devices: -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-bugs-dist-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org