Package: grub-pc Version: 1.96+20080724-16 Severity: normal
Currently my system is unbootable, probably due to a grub upgrade. It says "you have to load a kernel first" or something like that when I use the boot menu for my current kernel. dpkg-reconfigure grub-pc does not install grub, at least it does not show any question about installing it and does not print any message about doing so. The config is unusable even when loaded from a grub trunk rescue CD. I have to load the kernel manually for the system to boot. The option to chainload from menu.lst is not very useful. I do not have the grub legacy installed anymore. I wonder how people are supposed to upgrade from grub legacy. The menu.lst file is not going to disappear by itself, and if grub is not going to be installed when this file is present then you have to install it manually and upgrades will break it. -- Package-specific info: *********************** BEGIN /proc/mounts /dev/disk/by-uuid/ae7d5095-c8b3-4205-af0e-032b0e124ec3 / ext3 rw,relatime,errors=remount-ro,data=ordered 0 0 /dev/sda5 /heretix reiserfs rw,nodev,noexec,relatime 0 0 /dev/sda8 /home ext3 rw,relatime,errors=remount-ro,data=ordered 0 0 /dev/sda3 /scratch ext3 rw,relatime,errors=remount-ro,data=ordered 0 0 /dev/sda9 /opt/ddr ext3 rw,relatime,errors=continue,data=ordered 0 0 *********************** END /proc/mounts *********************** BEGIN /boot/grub/device.map (hd0) /dev/sda (hd1) /dev/sdb *********************** END /boot/grub/device.map *********************** BEGIN /boot/grub/grub.cfg # # DO NOT EDIT THIS FILE # # It is automatically generated by /usr/sbin/update-grub using templates # from /etc/grub.d and settings from /etc/default/grub # ### BEGIN /etc/grub.d/00_header ### set default=0 set timeout=5 set root=(hd0,7) search --fs-uuid --set ae7d5095-c8b3-4205-af0e-032b0e124ec3 if font /usr/share/grub/ascii.pff ; then set gfxmode=640x480 insmod gfxterm insmod vbe terminal gfxterm 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_hurd ### ### END /etc/grub.d/10_hurd ### ### BEGIN /etc/grub.d/10_linux ### menuentry "Debian GNU/Linux, linux 2.6.30-1-amd64" { set root=(hd0,7) search --fs-uuid --set ae7d5095-c8b3-4205-af0e-032b0e124ec3 linux /boot/vmlinux-2.6.30-1-amd64 root=UUID=ae7d5095-c8b3-4205-af0e-032b0e124ec3 ro initrd /boot/initrd.img-2.6.30-1-amd64 } menuentry "Debian GNU/Linux, linux 2.6.30-1-amd64 (single-user mode)" { set root=(hd0,7) search --fs-uuid --set ae7d5095-c8b3-4205-af0e-032b0e124ec3 linux /boot/vmlinux-2.6.30-1-amd64 root=UUID=ae7d5095-c8b3-4205-af0e-032b0e124ec3 ro single initrd /boot/initrd.img-2.6.30-1-amd64 } menuentry "Debian GNU/Linux, linux 2.6.30-1-amd64" { set root=(hd0,7) search --fs-uuid --set ae7d5095-c8b3-4205-af0e-032b0e124ec3 linux /boot/vmlinuz-2.6.30-1-amd64 root=UUID=ae7d5095-c8b3-4205-af0e-032b0e124ec3 ro initrd /boot/initrd.img-2.6.30-1-amd64 } menuentry "Debian GNU/Linux, linux 2.6.30-1-amd64 (single-user mode)" { set root=(hd0,7) search --fs-uuid --set ae7d5095-c8b3-4205-af0e-032b0e124ec3 linux /boot/vmlinuz-2.6.30-1-amd64 root=UUID=ae7d5095-c8b3-4205-af0e-032b0e124ec3 ro single initrd /boot/initrd.img-2.6.30-1-amd64 } menuentry "Debian GNU/Linux, linux 2.6.29-1-amd64" { set root=(hd0,7) search --fs-uuid --set ae7d5095-c8b3-4205-af0e-032b0e124ec3 linux /boot/vmlinuz-2.6.29-1-amd64 root=UUID=ae7d5095-c8b3-4205-af0e-032b0e124ec3 ro initrd /boot/initrd.img-2.6.29-1-amd64 } menuentry "Debian GNU/Linux, linux 2.6.29-1-amd64 (single-user mode)" { set root=(hd0,7) search --fs-uuid --set ae7d5095-c8b3-4205-af0e-032b0e124ec3 linux /boot/vmlinuz-2.6.29-1-amd64 root=UUID=ae7d5095-c8b3-4205-af0e-032b0e124ec3 ro single initrd /boot/initrd.img-2.6.29-1-amd64 } menuentry "Debian GNU/Linux, linux 2.6.28.3" { set root=(hd0,7) search --fs-uuid --set ae7d5095-c8b3-4205-af0e-032b0e124ec3 linux /boot/vmlinuz-2.6.28.3 root=UUID=ae7d5095-c8b3-4205-af0e-032b0e124ec3 ro initrd /boot/initrd.img-2.6.28.3 } menuentry "Debian GNU/Linux, linux 2.6.28.3 (single-user mode)" { set root=(hd0,7) search --fs-uuid --set ae7d5095-c8b3-4205-af0e-032b0e124ec3 linux /boot/vmlinuz-2.6.28.3 root=UUID=ae7d5095-c8b3-4205-af0e-032b0e124ec3 ro single initrd /boot/initrd.img-2.6.28.3 } menuentry "Debian GNU/Linux, linux 2.6.26-2-amd64" { set root=(hd0,7) search --fs-uuid --set ae7d5095-c8b3-4205-af0e-032b0e124ec3 linux /boot/vmlinuz-2.6.26-2-amd64 root=UUID=ae7d5095-c8b3-4205-af0e-032b0e124ec3 ro initrd /boot/initrd.img-2.6.26-2-amd64 } menuentry "Debian GNU/Linux, linux 2.6.26-2-amd64 (single-user mode)" { set root=(hd0,7) search --fs-uuid --set ae7d5095-c8b3-4205-af0e-032b0e124ec3 linux /boot/vmlinuz-2.6.26-2-amd64 root=UUID=ae7d5095-c8b3-4205-af0e-032b0e124ec3 ro single initrd /boot/initrd.img-2.6.26-2-amd64 } menuentry "Debian GNU/Linux, linux 2.6.26-1-amd64" { set root=(hd0,7) search --fs-uuid --set ae7d5095-c8b3-4205-af0e-032b0e124ec3 linux /boot/vmlinuz-2.6.26-1-amd64 root=UUID=ae7d5095-c8b3-4205-af0e-032b0e124ec3 ro initrd /boot/initrd.img-2.6.26-1-amd64 } menuentry "Debian GNU/Linux, linux 2.6.26-1-amd64 (single-user mode)" { set root=(hd0,7) search --fs-uuid --set ae7d5095-c8b3-4205-af0e-032b0e124ec3 linux /boot/vmlinuz-2.6.26-1-amd64 root=UUID=ae7d5095-c8b3-4205-af0e-032b0e124ec3 ro single initrd /boot/initrd.img-2.6.26-1-amd64 } menuentry "Debian GNU/Linux, linux 2.6.25-2-amd64" { set root=(hd0,7) search --fs-uuid --set ae7d5095-c8b3-4205-af0e-032b0e124ec3 linux /boot/vmlinuz-2.6.25-2-amd64 root=UUID=ae7d5095-c8b3-4205-af0e-032b0e124ec3 ro initrd /boot/initrd.img-2.6.25-2-amd64 } menuentry "Debian GNU/Linux, linux 2.6.25-2-amd64 (single-user mode)" { set root=(hd0,7) search --fs-uuid --set ae7d5095-c8b3-4205-af0e-032b0e124ec3 linux /boot/vmlinuz-2.6.25-2-amd64 root=UUID=ae7d5095-c8b3-4205-af0e-032b0e124ec3 ro single initrd /boot/initrd.img-2.6.25-2-amd64 } menuentry "Debian GNU/Linux, linux 2.6.24-1-amd64" { set root=(hd0,7) search --fs-uuid --set ae7d5095-c8b3-4205-af0e-032b0e124ec3 linux /boot/vmlinuz-2.6.24-1-amd64 root=UUID=ae7d5095-c8b3-4205-af0e-032b0e124ec3 ro initrd /boot/initrd.img-2.6.24-1-amd64 } menuentry "Debian GNU/Linux, linux 2.6.24-1-amd64 (single-user mode)" { set root=(hd0,7) search --fs-uuid --set ae7d5095-c8b3-4205-af0e-032b0e124ec3 linux /boot/vmlinuz-2.6.24-1-amd64 root=UUID=ae7d5095-c8b3-4205-af0e-032b0e124ec3 ro single initrd /boot/initrd.img-2.6.24-1-amd64 } ### END /etc/grub.d/10_linux ### ### BEGIN /etc/grub.d/20_memtest86 ### menuentry "Memory test (memtest86)" { linux /memtest86.bin } ### END /etc/grub.d/20_memtest86 ### ### BEGIN /etc/grub.d/20_memtest86+ ### menuentry "Memory test (memtest86+)" { linux /memtest86+.bin } ### END /etc/grub.d/20_memtest86+ ### ### BEGIN /etc/grub.d/22_invaders ### menuentry "GRUB Invaders" { set root=(hd0,7) search --fs-uuid --set ae7d5095-c8b3-4205-af0e-032b0e124ec3 multiboot /boot/invaders } ### END /etc/grub.d/22_invaders ### ### 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: 5.0.2 APT prefers stable APT policy: (900, 'stable'), (500, 'testing'), (300, 'unstable'), (290, 'stable-i386'), (280, 'testing-i386'), (270, 'unstable-i386'), (1, 'experimental-i386'), (1, 'experimental') Architecture: amd64 (x86_64) Kernel: Linux 2.6.30-1-amd64 (SMP w/1 CPU core) Locale: LANG=en_US.UTF-8, LC_CTYPE=en_US.UTF-8 (charmap=UTF-8) Shell: /bin/sh linked to /bin/bash Versions of packages grub-pc depends on: ii debconf [debconf-2.0] 1.5.24 Debian configuration management sy ii grub-common 1.96+20080724-16 GRand Unified Bootloader, version ii libc6 2.9-23 GNU C Library: Shared libraries ii liblzo2-2 2.03-1 data compression library ii libncurses5 5.7+20081213-1 shared libraries for terminal hand grub-pc recommends no packages. Versions of packages grub-pc suggests: pn desktop-base <none> (no description available) pn os-prober <none> (no description available) -- debconf information: * grub-pc/linux_cmdline: * grub-pc/chainload_from_menu.lst: false -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-bugs-dist-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org