Public bug reported: Binary package hint: grub
Hi, I installed edgy on a logical partition (hda7) on an old PIII with one single 80 GB Harddisk a few days ago. On the same partition I had some other Ubuntu or Debian before Dapper without any problems. (I use two alternately to install) Today I got grub Error 18 the 2nd time. (most time it works, but sometimes not !) First time: I had grub from edgy in hda7 and one from dapper in MBR (chainloading hda7) (like I decided to install for trying - Installation was normal) Suddenly I could not boot edgy any more. (Didn'd change anything but maybe an update occoured) Solved it this time: After reboot I edited one entry in my first grub loarded from MBR (installed from Dapper) to load edgy from hda7 - surprise it booted ! After that I installed grub from edgy in MBR. (no chainloading any more) That worked again for some days. (I booted the machine between three and five times a day or maybe more using suspend to disk) Second time: (today) Suddenly I could not boot edgy any more. (again) Solved it this time: Booted from floppy (grub installed there from Breezy) Typed on grub console exactly what is in menu.lst (root, kernel with all params, initrd) but without savedefault, quiet and then "boot" - surprise it booted again ! Then I googled and found this: http://lists.alioth.debian.org/pipermail/pkg-grub-devel/2006-March/001641.html --8<-- Package: grub Version: 0.97-5 Severity: important *** Please type your bug below this line *** I have a Fujitsu Scaleo 600. Sometimes the system doesn't start after the last upgrade one week ago. The message when start the computer is: "Grub is initializing ....", and after 30 seconds the message is: "Error 18". Although if Irestart five or more times the system start, and the grub works well. Is there a bug on this version of grub for my type of computer? --8<-- And on packages.ubuntu.com: --8<-- # dapper (admin): GRand Unified Bootloader 0.97-1ubuntu9: amd64 i386 # edgy (admin): GRand Unified Bootloader 0.97-11ubuntu14: amd64 i386 --8<-- So I am realy afraid, there was a bug introduced into grub on edgy. ** Affects: grub (Ubuntu) Importance: Undecided Status: Unconfirmed -- grub - Error 18 sometimes since edgy https://launchpad.net/bugs/79578 -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list [email protected] https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
