Norbert, Obviously you are the expert here, not me. But, in my recent Googling, I did discover this thread, that although I haven't used, does it fit your needs?
http://ubuntuforums.org/archive/index.php/t-1244790.html http://ubuntuforums.org/archive/index.php/t-1244790.html Regards, Anthony On Thu, Oct 8, 2009 at 11:37 PM, Norbert Preining <prein...@logic.at> wrote: > Package: grub-pc > Version: 1.97~beta4-1 > Severity: important > > As you can see below my kernel cmd line is > linux /boot/vmlinuz-2.6.32-rc3 root=/dev/sda3 ro > acpi_osi="!Windows 2006" nmi_watchdog=0 reboot=pci > so there are quotes around the argument for acpi_osi. > > Unfortunately grub-pc does NOT honor that quotes and strips them > before passing that to the kernel as can be seen from the boot messages: > > [ 0.000000] Command line: BOOT_IMAGE=/boot/vmlinuz-2.6.32-rc3 > root=/dev/sda3 ro acpi_osi=!Windows 2006 nmi_watchdog=0 reboot=pci > > To be sure I added a printk to params.c from the kernel that shows that > current argument and value: > [ 0.000000] DDDD param=BOOT_IMAGE, val=.../boot/vmlinuz-2.6.32-rc3... > [ 0.000000] DDDD param=root, val=.../dev/sda3... > [ 0.000000] DDDD param=ro, val=...<NULL>... > [ 0.000000] DDDD param=acpi_osi, val=...!Windows... > [ 0.000000] DDDD param=2006, val=...<NULL>... > [ 0.000000] DDDD param=nmi_watchdog, val=...0... > [ 0.000000] DDDD param=reboot, val=...pci... > > Here we go, that is completely hosed. > > That is in fact a SERIOUS bug and a severe regression against grub1 where > it was working. > > No combinations of \\\""" '"'" or whatever could convince grub2 to take > the quotes over to the kernel. > > Please consider this a serious bug, forward it upstream. > > > -- Package-specific info: > > *********************** BEGIN /proc/mounts > /dev/sda3 / ext3 rw,noatime,errors=remount-ro,user_xattr,data=writeback 0 0 > /dev/sda2 /xp fuseblk > rw,relatime,user_id=0,group_id=0,allow_other,blksize=4096 0 0 > /dev/loop0 /media/TLDVD iso9660 ro,relatime 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 > if terminal_input console ; then true ; else > # For backward compatibility with versions of terminal.mod that don't > # understand terminal_input > terminal console > fi > if terminal_output console ; then true ; else > # For backward compatibility with versions of terminal.mod that don't > # understand terminal_output > terminal console > fi > set timeout=5 > ### 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 2.6.32-rc3" { > insmod ext2 > set root=(hd0,3) > search --no-floppy --fs-uuid --set > 961635f4-762d-4136-a3d5-35fca8e4f3d8 > linux /boot/vmlinuz-2.6.32-rc3 root=/dev/sda3 ro > acpi_osi="!Windows 2006" nmi_watchdog=0 reboot=pci > initrd /boot/initrd.img-2.6.32-rc3 > } > menuentry "Debian GNU/Linux, Linux 2.6.32-rc3 (recovery mode)" { > insmod ext2 > set root=(hd0,3) > search --no-floppy --fs-uuid --set > 961635f4-762d-4136-a3d5-35fca8e4f3d8 > linux /boot/vmlinuz-2.6.32-rc3 root=/dev/sda3 ro single > acpi_osi="!Windows 2006" nmi_watchdog=0 reboot=pci > initrd /boot/initrd.img-2.6.32-rc3 > } > menuentry "Debian GNU/Linux, Linux 2.6.31.2-rc1" { > insmod ext2 > set root=(hd0,3) > search --no-floppy --fs-uuid --set > 961635f4-762d-4136-a3d5-35fca8e4f3d8 > linux /boot/vmlinuz-2.6.31.2-rc1 root=/dev/sda3 ro > acpi_osi="!Windows 2006" nmi_watchdog=0 reboot=pci > initrd /boot/initrd.img-2.6.31.2-rc1 > } > menuentry "Debian GNU/Linux, Linux 2.6.31.2-rc1 (recovery mode)" { > insmod ext2 > set root=(hd0,3) > search --no-floppy --fs-uuid --set > 961635f4-762d-4136-a3d5-35fca8e4f3d8 > linux /boot/vmlinuz-2.6.31.2-rc1 root=/dev/sda3 ro single > acpi_osi="!Windows 2006" nmi_watchdog=0 reboot=pci > initrd /boot/initrd.img-2.6.31.2-rc1 > } > menuentry "Debian GNU/Linux, Linux 2.6.31" { > insmod ext2 > set root=(hd0,3) > search --no-floppy --fs-uuid --set > 961635f4-762d-4136-a3d5-35fca8e4f3d8 > linux /boot/vmlinuz-2.6.31 root=/dev/sda3 ro acpi_osi="!Windows > 2006" nmi_watchdog=0 reboot=pci > initrd /boot/initrd.img-2.6.31 > } > menuentry "Debian GNU/Linux, Linux 2.6.31 (recovery mode)" { > insmod ext2 > set root=(hd0,3) > search --no-floppy --fs-uuid --set > 961635f4-762d-4136-a3d5-35fca8e4f3d8 > linux /boot/vmlinuz-2.6.31 root=/dev/sda3 ro single > acpi_osi="!Windows 2006" nmi_watchdog=0 reboot=pci > initrd /boot/initrd.img-2.6.31 > } > menuentry "Debian GNU/Linux, Linux 2.6.30" { > insmod ext2 > set root=(hd0,3) > search --no-floppy --fs-uuid --set > 961635f4-762d-4136-a3d5-35fca8e4f3d8 > linux /boot/vmlinuz-2.6.30 root=/dev/sda3 ro acpi_osi="!Windows > 2006" nmi_watchdog=0 reboot=pci > initrd /boot/initrd.img-2.6.30 > } > menuentry "Debian GNU/Linux, Linux 2.6.30 (recovery mode)" { > insmod ext2 > set root=(hd0,3) > search --no-floppy --fs-uuid --set > 961635f4-762d-4136-a3d5-35fca8e4f3d8 > linux /boot/vmlinuz-2.6.30 root=/dev/sda3 ro single > acpi_osi="!Windows 2006" nmi_watchdog=0 reboot=pci > initrd /boot/initrd.img-2.6.30 > } > ### END /etc/grub.d/10_linux ### > > ### BEGIN /etc/grub.d/20_memtest86+ ### > menuentry "Memory test (memtest86+)" { > insmod ext2 > set root=(hd0,3) > search --no-floppy --fs-uuid --set > 961635f4-762d-4136-a3d5-35fca8e4f3d8 > linux16 /boot/memtest86+.bin > } > menuentry "Memory test (memtest86+, serial console 115200)" { > insmod ext2 > set root=(hd0,3) > search --no-floppy --fs-uuid --set > 961635f4-762d-4136-a3d5-35fca8e4f3d8 > linux16 /boot/memtest86+.bin console=ttyS0,115200n8 > } > ### END /etc/grub.d/20_memtest86+ ### > > ### BEGIN /etc/grub.d/30_os-prober ### > ### END /etc/grub.d/30_os-prober ### > > ### BEGIN /etc/grub.d/40_custom ### > > # For booting Microsoft Windows > menuentry "Microsoft XP" { > set root=(hd0,2) > drivemap -s (hd0) ${root} > chainloader +1 > } > > menuentry "Windows Vista Rescue Partition" { > set root=(hd0,1) > chainloader +1 > } > > # 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 ### > *********************** END /boot/grub/grub.cfg > > -- System Information: > Debian Release: squeeze/sid > APT prefers unstable > APT policy: (500, 'unstable') > Architecture: amd64 (x86_64) > > Kernel: Linux 2.6.32-rc3 (SMP w/2 CPU cores; PREEMPT) > 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] 1.5.27 Debian configuration > management sy > ii grub-common 1.97~beta4-1 GRand Unified Bootloader, > version > ii libc6 2.9-27 GNU C Library: Shared > libraries > ii ucf 3.0022 Update Configuration File: > preserv > > grub-pc recommends no packages. > > Versions of packages grub-pc suggests: > ii desktop-base 5.0.5 common files for the Debian > Deskto > ii genisoimage 9:1.1.9-1 Creates ISO-9660 CD-ROM > filesystem > > -- debconf information: > grub2/kfreebsd_cmdline: > * grub2/linux_cmdline: acpi_osi="!Windows 2006" nmi_watchdog=0 reboot=pci > * grub-pc/chainload_from_menu.lst: true > grub-pc/kopt_extracted: false > * grub-pc/install_devices: /dev/sda > grub-pc/postrm_purge_boot_grub: false > grub2/kfreebsd_cmdline_default: quiet > * grub2/linux_cmdline_default: > > > > _______________________________________________ > Mailing list: > https://launchpad.net/~sony-vaio-z-series<https://launchpad.net/%7Esony-vaio-z-series> > Post to : sony-vaio-z-ser...@lists.launchpad.net > Unsubscribe : > https://launchpad.net/~sony-vaio-z-series<https://launchpad.net/%7Esony-vaio-z-series> > More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp >
