Package: grub2-common Version: 2.02+dfsg1-20 Severity: important File: /usr/sbin/grub-install
Dear Maintainer, When I install Debian 10.2.0 (from a USB memory stick that has the CD-ROM iso installation file written to it), the installer always fails with fatal errors when attempting to install GRUB. After rebooting, the GNU GRUB BASH command line appears (for a manual boot?) instead of booting into Debian. To fix this problem, I have to boot again from the installer, choose Rescue Mode, then from a shell run this command: grub-update && grub-install /dev/sda This command also fails with the same fatal errors, but after rebooting GRUB starts properly and boots into Debian automatically. (I have not encountered this problem when installing Debian 10.1.0 in the past.) This problem occurs consistently for me on a brand new Intel motherboard (approximately 1 month old), and on an older Gigabyte motherboard (approximately 5 years old). Turning off UEFI in the BIOS also doesn't solve this problem, and the BIOS was updated on both systems to the most recent versions prior to installation (as is my standard practice for all new installations regardless of Operating System used). Thank you to everyone who has contributed to Debian Linux. I'm still fairly new to Debian, in particular, but so far I'm liking it a lot as it has been working well for me as a central file/VPN/firewall/Xen server OS at client sites, for internet servers (web, DNS, eMail, FTP, etc.), etc. -- Package-specific info: *********************** BEGIN /proc/mounts /dev/mapper/debian--vg-root / ext4 rw,relatime,errors=remount-ro 0 0 /dev/sda2 /boot ext2 rw,relatime,stripe=4 0 0 /dev/sda1 /boot/efi vfat rw,relatime,fmask=0077,dmask=0077,codepage=437,iocharset=ascii,shortname=mixed,utf8,errors=remount-ro 0 0 *********************** END /proc/mounts *********************** BEGIN /boot/grub/grub.cfg # # DO NOT EDIT THIS FILE # # It is automatically generated by grub-mkconfig using templates # from /etc/grub.d and settings from /etc/default/grub # ### BEGIN /etc/grub.d/00_header ### if [ -s $prefix/grubenv ]; then set have_grubenv=true load_env fi if [ "${next_entry}" ] ; then set default="${next_entry}" set next_entry= save_env next_entry set boot_once=true else set default="0" fi if [ x"${feature_menuentry_id}" = xy ]; then menuentry_id_option="--id" else menuentry_id_option="" fi export menuentry_id_option if [ "${prev_saved_entry}" ]; then set saved_entry="${prev_saved_entry}" save_env saved_entry set prev_saved_entry= save_env prev_saved_entry set boot_once=true fi function savedefault { if [ -z "${boot_once}" ]; then saved_entry="${chosen}" save_env saved_entry fi } function load_video { if [ x$feature_all_video_module = xy ]; then insmod all_video else insmod efi_gop insmod efi_uga insmod ieee1275_fb insmod vbe insmod vga insmod video_bochs insmod video_cirrus fi } if [ x$feature_default_font_path = xy ] ; then font=unicode else insmod part_gpt insmod lvm insmod ext2 set root='lvmid/PyUBRe-Nqql-uIMn-esQ6-52HG-1mcB-eg4XUG/ZfOmgN-Zq0t-GawF-ixHW-OAuV-GmLZ-1jRngr' if [ x$feature_platform_search_hint = xy ]; then search --no-floppy --fs-uuid --set=root --hint='lvmid/PyUBRe-Nqql-uIMn-esQ6-52HG-1mcB-eg4XUG/ZfOmgN-Zq0t-GawF-ixHW-OAuV-GmLZ-1jRngr' 3b28e22e-ebc1-4fe2-bdb6-8c7dd8438ca8 else search --no-floppy --fs-uuid --set=root 3b28e22e-ebc1-4fe2-bdb6-8c7dd8438ca8 fi font="/usr/share/grub/unicode.pf2" fi if loadfont $font ; then set gfxmode=auto load_video insmod gfxterm set locale_dir=$prefix/locale set lang=C insmod gettext fi terminal_output gfxterm if [ "${recordfail}" = 1 ] ; then set timeout=30 else if [ x$feature_timeout_style = xy ] ; then set timeout_style=menu set timeout=5 # Fallback normal timeout code in case the timeout_style feature is # unavailable. else set timeout=5 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 ### function gfxmode { set gfxpayload="${1}" } set linux_gfx_mode= export linux_gfx_mode menuentry 'Debian GNU/Linux' --class debian --class gnu-linux --class gnu --class os $menuentry_id_option 'gnulinux-simple-3b28e22e-ebc1-4fe2-bdb6-8c7dd8438ca8' { load_video insmod gzio if [ x$grub_platform = xxen ]; then insmod xzio; insmod lzopio; fi insmod part_gpt insmod ext2 set root='hd0,gpt2' if [ x$feature_platform_search_hint = xy ]; then search --no-floppy --fs-uuid --set=root --hint-bios=hd0,gpt2 --hint-efi=hd0,gpt2 --hint-baremetal=ahci0,gpt2 dd9f0a1a-b2f5-44f3-ad0c-0a9d2cab2410 else search --no-floppy --fs-uuid --set=root dd9f0a1a-b2f5-44f3-ad0c-0a9d2cab2410 fi echo 'Loading Linux 4.19.0-6-amd64 ...' linux /vmlinuz-4.19.0-6-amd64 root=/dev/mapper/debian--vg-root ro quiet echo 'Loading initial ramdisk ...' initrd /initrd.img-4.19.0-6-amd64 } submenu 'Advanced options for Debian GNU/Linux' $menuentry_id_option 'gnulinux-advanced-3b28e22e-ebc1-4fe2-bdb6-8c7dd8438ca8' { menuentry 'Debian GNU/Linux, with Linux 4.19.0-6-amd64' --class debian --class gnu-linux --class gnu --class os $menuentry_id_option 'gnulinux-4.19.0-6-amd64-advanced-3b28e22e-ebc1-4fe2-bdb6-8c7dd8438ca8' { load_video insmod gzio if [ x$grub_platform = xxen ]; then insmod xzio; insmod lzopio; fi insmod part_gpt insmod ext2 set root='hd0,gpt2' if [ x$feature_platform_search_hint = xy ]; then search --no-floppy --fs-uuid --set=root --hint-bios=hd0,gpt2 --hint-efi=hd0,gpt2 --hint-baremetal=ahci0,gpt2 dd9f0a1a-b2f5-44f3-ad0c-0a9d2cab2410 else search --no-floppy --fs-uuid --set=root dd9f0a1a-b2f5-44f3-ad0c-0a9d2cab2410 fi echo 'Loading Linux 4.19.0-6-amd64 ...' linux /vmlinuz-4.19.0-6-amd64 root=/dev/mapper/debian--vg-root ro quiet echo 'Loading initial ramdisk ...' initrd /initrd.img-4.19.0-6-amd64 } menuentry 'Debian GNU/Linux, with Linux 4.19.0-6-amd64 (recovery mode)' --class debian --class gnu-linux --class gnu --class os $menuentry_id_option 'gnulinux-4.19.0-6-amd64-recovery-3b28e22e-ebc1-4fe2-bdb6-8c7dd8438ca8' { load_video insmod gzio if [ x$grub_platform = xxen ]; then insmod xzio; insmod lzopio; fi insmod part_gpt insmod ext2 set root='hd0,gpt2' if [ x$feature_platform_search_hint = xy ]; then search --no-floppy --fs-uuid --set=root --hint-bios=hd0,gpt2 --hint-efi=hd0,gpt2 --hint-baremetal=ahci0,gpt2 dd9f0a1a-b2f5-44f3-ad0c-0a9d2cab2410 else search --no-floppy --fs-uuid --set=root dd9f0a1a-b2f5-44f3-ad0c-0a9d2cab2410 fi echo 'Loading Linux 4.19.0-6-amd64 ...' linux /vmlinuz-4.19.0-6-amd64 root=/dev/mapper/debian--vg-root ro single echo 'Loading initial ramdisk ...' initrd /initrd.img-4.19.0-6-amd64 } } ### END /etc/grub.d/10_linux ### ### BEGIN /etc/grub.d/20_linux_xen ### ### END /etc/grub.d/20_linux_xen ### ### BEGIN /etc/grub.d/30_os-prober ### ### END /etc/grub.d/30_os-prober ### ### BEGIN /etc/grub.d/30_uefi-firmware ### menuentry 'System setup' $menuentry_id_option 'uefi-firmware' { fwsetup } ### END /etc/grub.d/30_uefi-firmware ### ### BEGIN /etc/grub.d/40_custom ### # This file provides an easy way to add custom menu entries. Simply type the # menu entries you want to add after this comment. Be careful not to change # the 'exec tail' line above. ### END /etc/grub.d/40_custom ### ### BEGIN /etc/grub.d/41_custom ### if [ -f ${config_directory}/custom.cfg ]; then source ${config_directory}/custom.cfg elif [ -z "${config_directory}" -a -f $prefix/custom.cfg ]; then source $prefix/custom.cfg; fi ### END /etc/grub.d/41_custom ### *********************** END /boot/grub/grub.cfg *********************** BEGIN /proc/mdstat cat: /proc/mdstat: No such file or directory *********************** END /proc/mdstat *********************** BEGIN LVM --- Volume group --- VG Name debian-vg System ID Format lvm2 Metadata Areas 1 Metadata Sequence No 3 VG Access read/write VG Status resizable MAX LV 0 Cur LV 2 Open LV 2 Max PV 0 Cur PV 1 Act PV 1 VG Size <7.28 TiB PE Size 4.00 MiB Total PE 1907531 Alloc PE / Size 1907349 / <7.28 TiB Free PE / Size 182 / 728.00 MiB VG UUID PyUBRe-Nqql-uIMn-esQ6-52HG-1mcB-eg4XUG --- Physical volume --- PV Name /dev/sda3 VG Name debian-vg PV Size <7.28 TiB / not usable 4.00 MiB Allocatable yes PE Size 4.00 MiB Total PE 1907531 Free PE 182 Allocated PE 1907349 PV UUID 12Xr2O-5Rr5-2dtR-RBJl-bOUl-fPiy-whNBcX --- Logical volume --- LV Path /dev/debian-vg/root LV Name root VG Name debian-vg LV UUID ZfOmgN-Zq0t-GawF-ixHW-OAuV-GmLZ-1jRngr LV Write Access read/write LV Creation host, time debian, 2020-01-06 23:24:44 -0800 LV Status available # open 1 LV Size <7.27 TiB Current LE 1905319 Segments 1 Allocation inherit Read ahead sectors auto - currently set to 256 Block device 254:0 --- Logical volume --- LV Path /dev/debian-vg/swap_1 LV Name swap_1 VG Name debian-vg LV UUID fesj1b-2UnK-sHNk-8eHs-Pj2d-I4FK-EZ31zH LV Write Access read/write LV Creation host, time debian, 2020-01-06 23:24:44 -0800 LV Status available # open 2 LV Size <7.93 GiB Current LE 2030 Segments 1 Allocation inherit Read ahead sectors auto - currently set to 256 Block device 254:1 *********************** END LVM *********************** BEGIN /dev/disk/by-id total 0 lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 9 Jan 7 09:04 ata-HL-DT-ST_DVDRAM_GH24NSC0_K7IF5EE4003 -> ../../sr0 lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 9 Jan 7 09:04 ata-ST8000DM004-2CX188_ZCT0AY1Y -> ../../sda lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 10 Jan 7 09:04 ata-ST8000DM004-2CX188_ZCT0AY1Y-part1 -> ../../sda1 lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 10 Jan 7 09:04 ata-ST8000DM004-2CX188_ZCT0AY1Y-part2 -> ../../sda2 lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 10 Jan 7 09:04 ata-ST8000DM004-2CX188_ZCT0AY1Y-part3 -> ../../sda3 lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 9 Jan 7 09:04 ata-ST8000DM004-2CX188_ZCT0AZNN -> ../../sdb lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 10 Jan 7 09:04 ata-ST8000DM004-2CX188_ZCT0AZNN-part1 -> ../../sdb1 lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 10 Jan 7 09:04 ata-ST8000DM004-2CX188_ZCT0AZNN-part2 -> ../../sdb2 lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 10 Jan 7 09:04 ata-ST8000DM004-2CX188_ZCT0AZNN-part3 -> ../../sdb3 lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 10 Jan 7 09:04 ata-ST8000DM004-2CX188_ZCT0AZNN-part4 -> ../../sdb4 lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 10 Jan 7 09:04 dm-name-debian--vg-root -> ../../dm-0 lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 10 Jan 7 09:04 dm-name-debian--vg-swap_1 -> ../../dm-1 lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 10 Jan 7 09:04 dm-uuid-LVM-PyUBReNqqluIMnesQ652HG1mcBeg4XUGZfOmgNZq0tGawFixHWOAuVGmLZ1jRngr -> ../../dm-0 lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 10 Jan 7 09:04 dm-uuid-LVM-PyUBReNqqluIMnesQ652HG1mcBeg4XUGfesj1b2UnKsHNk8eHsPj2dI4FKEZ31zH -> ../../dm-1 lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 10 Jan 7 09:04 lvm-pv-uuid-12Xr2O-5Rr5-2dtR-RBJl-bOUl-fPiy-whNBcX -> ../../sda3 lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 9 Jan 7 09:04 usb-Generic-_Compact_Flash_058F63646476-0:1 -> ../../sdd lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 9 Jan 7 09:04 usb-Generic-_MS_MS-Pro_058F63646476-0:3 -> ../../sdf lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 9 Jan 7 09:04 usb-Generic-_SD_MMC_058F63646476-0:0 -> ../../sdc lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 9 Jan 7 09:04 usb-Generic-_SM_xD-Picture_058F63646476-0:2 -> ../../sde lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 9 Jan 7 09:04 wwn-0x5000c500b2a21740 -> ../../sda lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 10 Jan 7 09:04 wwn-0x5000c500b2a21740-part1 -> ../../sda1 lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 10 Jan 7 09:04 wwn-0x5000c500b2a21740-part2 -> ../../sda2 lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 10 Jan 7 09:04 wwn-0x5000c500b2a21740-part3 -> ../../sda3 lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 9 Jan 7 09:04 wwn-0x5000c500b2a31dda -> ../../sdb lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 10 Jan 7 09:04 wwn-0x5000c500b2a31dda-part1 -> ../../sdb1 lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 10 Jan 7 09:04 wwn-0x5000c500b2a31dda-part2 -> ../../sdb2 lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 10 Jan 7 09:04 wwn-0x5000c500b2a31dda-part3 -> ../../sdb3 lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 10 Jan 7 09:04 wwn-0x5000c500b2a31dda-part4 -> ../../sdb4 lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 9 Jan 7 09:04 wwn-0x5001480000000000 -> ../../sr0 *********************** END /dev/disk/by-id *********************** BEGIN /dev/disk/by-uuid total 0 lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 10 Jan 7 09:04 3b28e22e-ebc1-4fe2-bdb6-8c7dd8438ca8 -> ../../dm-0 lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 10 Jan 7 09:04 71C4-E4AC -> ../../sda1 lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 10 Jan 7 09:04 F08CAF098CAEC984 -> ../../sdb4 lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 10 Jan 7 09:04 dd9f0a1a-b2f5-44f3-ad0c-0a9d2cab2410 -> ../../sda2 lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 10 Jan 7 09:04 e9fa1a3d-ac31-437d-a0ed-255195f7409f -> ../../dm-1 *********************** END /dev/disk/by-uuid -- System Information: Debian Release: 10.2 APT prefers stable-updates APT policy: (500, 'stable-updates'), (500, 'stable') Architecture: amd64 (x86_64) Kernel: Linux 4.19.0-6-amd64 (SMP w/8 CPU cores) Locale: LANG=en_CA.UTF-8, LC_CTYPE=en_CA.UTF-8 (charmap=UTF-8), LANGUAGE=en_CA:en (charmap=UTF-8) Shell: /bin/sh linked to /usr/bin/dash Init: systemd (via /run/systemd/system) LSM: AppArmor: enabled Versions of packages grub2-common depends on: ii dpkg 1.19.7 ii grub-common 2.02+dfsg1-20 ii libc6 2.28-10 ii libdevmapper1.02.1 2:1.02.155-3 ii libefiboot1 37-2 ii libefivar1 37-2 ii liblzma5 5.2.4-1 grub2-common recommends no packages. grub2-common suggests no packages. -- no debconf information