Public bug reported:
Grub2 does not understand lilo.conf on Salix.
Bug
I got error message when I tried to update-grub on Ubuntu 14.04 with os-
prober;
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error: out of memory
error: syntax error
error: Incorrect command
Syntax error in line 274
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Line 274 is located at the last line of grub.cfg.new, which I did not
understand why out of memory.
However, I found a syntax error on the line for 30_os-prober section, where a
double quotation was disappeared at the kernel option for Salix.
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menuentry 'Slackware Linux (Slackware 14.1) (on /dev/sda2)' --class gnu-linux
--class gnu --class os $menuentry_id_option
'osprober-gnulinux-simple-06ea6304-df14-4be6-8b42-defb07a91323' {
insmod part_msdos
insmod ext2
set root='hd0,msdos2'
if [ x$feature_platform_search_hint = xy ]; then
search --no-floppy --fs-uuid --set=root --hint-bios=hd0,msdos2
--hint-efi=hd0,msdos2 --hint-baremetal=ahci0,msdos2
06ea6304-df14-4be6-8b42-defb07a91323
else
search --no-floppy --fs-uuid --set=root 06ea6304-df14-4be6-8b42-defb07a91323
fi
linux /boot/vmlinuz-huge-3.10.17 root=/dev/sda2 ro append = "vt.default_utf8=1
vga = normal
}
submenu 'Advanced options for Slackware Linux (Slackware 14.1) (on /dev/sda2)'
$menuentry_id_option
'osprober-gnulinux-advanced-06ea6304-df14-4be6-8b42-defb07a91323' {
menuentry 'Salix_Mate_14.1 (on /dev/sda2)' --class gnu-linux --class gnu
--class os $menuentry_id_option
'osprober-gnulinux-/boot/vmlinuz-huge-3.10.17--06ea6304-df14-4be6-8b42-defb07a91323'
{
insmod part_msdos
insmod ext2
set root='hd0,msdos2'
if [ x$feature_platform_search_hint = xy ]; then
search --no-floppy --fs-uuid --set=root --hint-bios=hd0,msdos2
--hint-efi=hd0,msdos2 --hint-baremetal=ahci0,msdos2
06ea6304-df14-4be6-8b42-defb07a91323
else
search --no-floppy --fs-uuid --set=root 06ea6304-df14-4be6-8b42-defb07a91323
fi
linux /boot/vmlinuz-huge-3.10.17 root=/dev/sda2 ro append =
"vt.default_utf8=1 vga = normal
}
}
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I had a Salix on the sda2 partition and os-prober did not succeed to get the
correct variables from Salix boot directory.
This was confirmed because linux-boot-prober /dev/sda2 showed the same result:
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/dev/sda2:/dev/sda2:Salix_Mate_14.1:/boot/vmlinuz-huge-3.10.17::root=/dev/sda2
ro append = "vt.default_utf8=1 vga = normal
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Workaround
I configured LILO on Salix partition by editing lilo.conf to uncomment
append = "vt.default_utf8=1".
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# append = "vt.default_utf8=1"
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Then grub2 works well without error message and updates grub.cfg with
correct variables of kernel option for Salix.
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linux /boot/vmlinuz-huge-3.10.17 root=/dev/sda2 ro vga = normal
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Suggestions
I suggest the relevant scripts in 30_os-prober should be edited to
recognize correctly double quotation even if this is found on other boot
directory.
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LPARAMS="`echo ${LINUX} | cut -d ':' -f 6- | tr '^' ' '`" #This original,
not edited yet, though.
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** Affects: os-prober (Ubuntu)
Importance: Undecided
Status: New
** Tags: grub2 lilo
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