Package: grub-pc
Version: 1.98+20100614-2
Severity: normal
I had done an "apt-get -t experimental upgrade" on Saturday
night (19th), and was hit by the "gettext ...." error and
was dropped into the unhelpful grub_rescue prompt.
This is amd64 architecture, with only one sata disk attached
as /dev/sda. The system was updated to grub2 from grub version 0.9*
days, so I still used to have the old style device references in grub.cfg.
I had to attach a bootable harddisk from a i386 architecture, delete
everything from /boot/grub/ and boot into the amd64 system from the grub
menu loaded by the i386 system.
Did a purge (why did this work in spite of /boot/grub being empty?)
and fresh install of grub-pc; and now the system is working.
I am really frightened to remove the other hard disk now,
and I have not bothered to find out whether I am getting the grub
menu from the other hard disk or the SATA disk.
For the users (and google) out there, remember that changing
the boot order from BIOS menu changes the disk numbering.
Here is how:-
When the BIOS is told to boot from the SATA disk first, grub will
detect it as hd(0,X), and the IDE disk becomes hd(1,X).
But when BIOS is told to boot from the IDE disk first, the IDE disk
becomes hd(0,X) and the sata disk is now hd(1,X).
Not sure if this report adds any value, I just want to meention that
I was hit by the problem.
-- Package-specific info:
*********************** BEGIN /proc/mounts
/dev/sda4 / ext3 rw,relatime,errors=remount-ro,data=ordered 0 0
/dev/sda3 /boot ext3 rw,relatime,errors=continue,data=ordered 0 0
/dev/sda8 /home ext3 rw,relatime,errors=continue,data=ordered 0 0
/dev/sda5 /usr ext3 rw,relatime,errors=continue,data=ordered 0 0
/dev/sda6 /var ext3 rw,relatime,errors=continue,data=ordered 0 0
*********************** END /proc/mounts
*********************** BEGIN /boot/grub/device.map
(hd0) /dev/hda
(hd1) /dev/sda
*********************** END /boot/grub/device.map
*********************** 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 $prefix/grubenv ]; then
load_env
fi
set default="0"
if [ "${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
}
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, with Linux 2.6.32-2-amd64' --class debian --class
gnu-linux --class gnu --class os {
insmod part_msdos
insmod ext2
set root='(hd1,msdos3)'
search --no-floppy --fs-uuid --set 01c26c16-59ac-4612-8811-8ccd87983bae
echo 'Loading Linux 2.6.32-2-amd64 ...'
linux /vmlinuz-2.6.32-2-amd64 root=/dev/sda4 ro quiet
echo 'Loading initial ramdisk ...'
initrd /initrd.img-2.6.32-2-amd64
}
menuentry 'Debian GNU/Linux, with Linux 2.6.32-2-amd64 (recovery mode)' --class
debian --class gnu-linux --class gnu --class os {
insmod part_msdos
insmod ext2
set root='(hd1,msdos3)'
search --no-floppy --fs-uuid --set 01c26c16-59ac-4612-8811-8ccd87983bae
echo 'Loading Linux 2.6.32-2-amd64 ...'
linux /vmlinuz-2.6.32-2-amd64 root=/dev/sda4 ro single
echo 'Loading initial ramdisk ...'
initrd /initrd.img-2.6.32-2-amd64
}
### END /etc/grub.d/10_linux ###
### BEGIN /etc/grub.d/30_os-prober ###
menuentry "Windows NT/2000/XP (loader) (on /dev/hda1)" {
insmod part_msdos
insmod ntfs
set root='(hd0,msdos1)'
search --no-floppy --fs-uuid --set 06f4e3f0f4e3dfc3
drivemap -s (hd0) ${root}
chainloader +1
}
menuentry "Debian GNU/Linux, with Linux 2.6.32-rc8-686 (on /dev/hda6)" {
insmod part_msdos
insmod ext2
set root='(hd0,msdos6)'
search --no-floppy --fs-uuid --set 58ab244d-b4c0-4600-8105-baf0f92334e8
linux /boot/vmlinuz-2.6.32-rc8-686 root=/dev/hda6 ro quiet
initrd /boot/initrd.img-2.6.32-rc8-686
}
menuentry "Debian GNU/Linux, with Linux 2.6.30-2-686 (on /dev/hda6)" {
insmod part_msdos
insmod ext2
set root='(hd0,msdos6)'
search --no-floppy --fs-uuid --set 58ab244d-b4c0-4600-8105-baf0f92334e8
linux /boot/vmlinuz-2.6.30-2-686 root=/dev/hda6 ro quiet
initrd /boot/initrd.img-2.6.30-2-686
}
### END /etc/grub.d/30_os-prober ###
### BEGIN /etc/grub.d/40_custom ###
### END /etc/grub.d/40_custom ###
### BEGIN /etc/grub.d/41_custom ###
if [ -f $prefix/custom.cfg ]; then
source $prefix/custom.cfg;
fi
### END /etc/grub.d/41_custom ###
*********************** END /boot/grub/grub.cfg
-- System Information:
Debian Release: squeeze/sid
APT prefers unstable
APT policy: (500, 'unstable'), (1, 'experimental')
Architecture: amd64 (x86_64)
Kernel: Linux 2.6.32-2-amd64 (SMP w/1 CPU core)
Locale: LANG=en_IN, LC_CTYPE=en_IN (charmap=UTF-8)
Shell: /bin/sh linked to /bin/bash
Versions of packages grub-pc depends on:
ii debconf [debconf-2.0] 1.5.32 Debian configuration management sy
ii grub-common 1.98+20100614-2 GRand Unified Bootloader, version
ii libc6 2.11.2-1 Embedded GNU C Library: Shared lib
ii libdevmapper1.02.1 2:1.02.48-2 The Linux Kernel Device Mapper use
ii ucf 3.0025 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
-- debconf information:
grub2/kfreebsd_cmdline:
* grub2/linux_cmdline:
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: quiet
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