Package: grub-pc Version: 1.98~20100128-1.2 Severity: normal I am seeing the same problem: grub reports this on startup and then gets no further:
error: fd0 cannot get C/H/S values. entering rescue mode My system has three RAID1 md partitions across sda and sdb, containing swap, / and /boot and it has another disk (sdc). With these plugged in, it all works fine, but once I plug a USB drive in as well, the system won't start. I can get it to start by removing the USB drive and resetting it (ctrl-alt-del or power-cycle). This is not ideal though, as it's a hidden-away server which always has a USB disk plugged into it for backup purposes, so I cannot reboot it remotely because it won't start up again. -- Package-specific info: *********************** BEGIN /proc/mounts /dev/disk/by-uuid/b8ea7ba8-1e96-4e1c-8993-6a3118767dd5 / ext4 rw,relatime,errors=remount-ro,barrier=1,data=ordered 0 0 /dev/md2 /boot ext3 rw,relatime,errors=continue,data=ordered 0 0 /dev/sdc1 /mythrecordings ext4 rw,relatime,barrier=1,data=ordered 0 0 *********************** END /proc/mounts *********************** BEGIN /boot/grub/device.map (hd0) /dev/sda (hd1) /dev/sdb (hd2) /dev/sdc *********************** 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 ### if [ -s $prefix/grubenv ]; then load_env fi set default="0" 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 } insmod raid insmod mdraid insmod ext2 set root=(md1) search --no-floppy --fs-uuid --set b8ea7ba8-1e96-4e1c-8993-6a3118767dd5 if loadfont /usr/share/grub/unicode.pf2 ; then set gfxmode=640x480 insmod gfxterm insmod vbe if terminal_output gfxterm ; then true ; else # For backward compatibility with versions of terminal.mod that don't # understand terminal_output terminal gfxterm fi fi insmod raid insmod mdraid insmod ext2 set root=(md2) search --no-floppy --fs-uuid --set 7585406e-ce84-4bd5-afb6-e198efa46a94 set locale_dir=($root)/grub/locale set lang=en insmod gettext 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, with Linux 2.6.32-trunk-amd64" { insmod raid insmod mdraid insmod ext2 set root=(md2) search --no-floppy --fs-uuid --set 7585406e-ce84-4bd5-afb6-e198efa46a94 echo Loading Linux 2.6.32-trunk-amd64 ... linux /vmlinuz-2.6.32-trunk-amd64 root=UUID=b8ea7ba8-1e96-4e1c-8993-6a3118767dd5 ro quiet echo Loading initial ramdisk ... initrd /initrd.img-2.6.32-trunk-amd64 } menuentry "Debian GNU/Linux, with Linux 2.6.32-trunk-amd64 (recovery mode)" { insmod raid insmod mdraid insmod ext2 set root=(md2) search --no-floppy --fs-uuid --set 7585406e-ce84-4bd5-afb6-e198efa46a94 echo Loading Linux 2.6.32-trunk-amd64 ... linux /vmlinuz-2.6.32-trunk-amd64 root=UUID=b8ea7ba8-1e96-4e1c-8993-6a3118767dd5 ro single echo Loading initial ramdisk ... initrd /initrd.img-2.6.32-trunk-amd64 } ### END /etc/grub.d/10_linux ### ### BEGIN /etc/grub.d/30_os-prober ### ### END /etc/grub.d/30_os-prober ### ### 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 ### *********************** END /boot/grub/grub.cfg -- System Information: Debian Release: squeeze/sid APT prefers testing APT policy: (700, 'testing'), (600, 'unstable') Architecture: amd64 (x86_64) Kernel: Linux 2.6.32-trunk-amd64 (SMP w/2 CPU cores) Locale: LANG=en_GB.UTF-8, LC_CTYPE=en_GB.UTF-8 (charmap=UTF-8) Shell: /bin/sh linked to /bin/dash Versions of packages grub-pc depends on: ii debconf [debconf-2.0] 1.5.28 Debian configuration management sy ii grub-common 1.98~20100128-1.2 GRand Unified Bootloader, version ii libc6 2.10.2-6 Embedded GNU C Library: Shared lib ii ucf 3.0025 Update Configuration File: preserv grub-pc recommends no packages. Versions of packages grub-pc suggests: pn desktop-base <none> (no description available) -- debconf information: grub-pc/kopt_extracted: false grub2/kfreebsd_cmdline: * grub-pc/install_devices: /dev/sda, /dev/sdb grub-pc/postrm_purge_boot_grub: false * grub2/linux_cmdline: grub2/kfreebsd_cmdline_default: quiet * grub2/linux_cmdline_default: quiet grub-pc/chainload_from_menu.lst: true -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-bugs-rc-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org