Package: grub-pc
Version: 1.97~beta2-2
Severity: grave
Justification: renders package unusable
Updating to grub-pc from grub-legacy creates a script in
/etc/grub.d/20-memtest+ but unfortunately the entry fails to
boot memtest+ after the upgrade. Specifically, this won't work:
menuentry "Memory test (memtest86+)" {
linux $MEMTESTPATH
}
But this does:
menuentry "Memory test (memtest86+)" {
linux16 $MEMTESTPATH
}
I was finally able to find the answer here (thank you Felix):
http://osdir.com/ml/grub-devel-gnu/2009-08/msg00101.html
Also note that other recommendations, such as the one listed
here, did NOT work (using 'netbsd' in place of 'linux16'):
http://en.gentoo-wiki.com/wiki/Grub2#Booting_Memtest86.2B
It would also really be helpful if the documentation for grub-pc
contained a working example for memtest+ in examples/grub.cfg as it
would at least give a hint as to how to go about modifying the
/etc/grub.d/20-memtest+ script by hand after the upgrade; because
without doing that /boot/grub/grub.cfg is overwritten when
update-grub or update-grub2 are run.
Similarly the Grub2 wiki at http://grub.enbug.org/ doesn't list
anything about booting memtest+ either. :-/
-- Chris
Chris Knadle
chris.kna...@coredump.us
-- Package-specific info:
*********************** BEGIN /proc/mounts
/dev/root / xfs rw,relatime,noquota 0 0
/dev/sda3 /boot ext2 rw,relatime,errors=continue 0 0
/dev/sda7 /home xfs rw,relatime,noquota 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 2.6.30.5-c2d-crk12" {
insmod ext2
set root=(hd0,3)
search --no-floppy --fs-uuid --set 1feb58ff-2dac-4eeb-ab8d-eb14861d3570
linux /vmlinuz-2.6.30.5-c2d-crk12 root=/dev/sda6 ro
}
menuentry "Debian GNU/Linux, Linux 2.6.30.5-c2d-crk12 (recovery mode)" {
insmod ext2
set root=(hd0,3)
search --no-floppy --fs-uuid --set 1feb58ff-2dac-4eeb-ab8d-eb14861d3570
linux /vmlinuz-2.6.30.5-c2d-crk12 root=/dev/sda6 ro single
}
### END /etc/grub.d/10_linux ###
### BEGIN /etc/grub.d/20_memtest86+ ###
menuentry "Memory test (memtest86+)" {
linux16 /memtest86+.bin
}
menuentry "Memory test (memtest86+, serial console 115200)" {
linux16 /memtest86+.bin console=ttyS0,115200n8
}
### END /etc/grub.d/20_memtest86+ ###
### BEGIN /etc/grub.d/30_os-prober ###
menuentry "Windows Vista (loader) (on /dev/sda1)" {
insmod ntfs
set root=(hd0,1)
search --no-floppy --fs-uuid --set 160e2be30e2bba9f
chainloader +1
}
menuentry "Windows Vista (loader) (on /dev/sda2)" {
insmod ntfs
set root=(hd0,2)
search --no-floppy --fs-uuid --set 0224302c24302557
chainloader +1
}
### 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: squeeze/sid
APT prefers unstable
APT policy: (500, 'unstable'), (1, 'experimental')
Architecture: i386 (i686)
Kernel: Linux 2.6.30.5-c2d-crk12 (SMP w/2 CPU cores)
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~beta2-2 GRand Unified Bootloader, version
ii libc6 2.9-26 GNU C Library: Shared libraries
ii ucf 3.0021 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:
* grub-pc/chainload_from_menu.lst: true
grub-pc/install_devices:
grub-pc/postrm_purge_boot_grub: false
grub2/kfreebsd_cmdline_default: quiet
* grub2/linux_cmdline_default: quiet
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