Package: grub-pc Version: 2.00-14 Severity: critical Justification: breaks the whole system
After update from 1.99-27 on my i386 laptop, it failed to boot, stopping at the grub-rescue prompt. grub-rescue could see (hd0), (hd0,msdos1) and (hd0,msdos2). (hd0,msdos2) is a LVM partition containing the root filesystem. (hd0,msdos1) is the boot partition containing an ext2 filesystem. All prefixes were correct, but grub reported it could not find /grub/i386-pc/normal.mod. This was apparently because Grub could not find any files on the partition. grub-rescue>ls (hd0,msdos1) grub-rescue> I used boot-repair to fsck the boot partition (clean), and to purge and re- install grub, configuring as before boot sda, boot partition sda1. On rebooting, no change. I then tried saving the content of the boot partition, re-creating the boot partition filesystem (using mkfs.ext3), copying the files back and re-running update-grub and grub-install. The machine booted correctly, so I therefore infer something about my /boot ext2 filesystem was causing it to be misread by 2.00-14. A copy of the offening boot partition (saved with 'dd if=/dev/sda1 of=<file> bs=1M') is at http://www.lunch.org.uk/grub2-empty-partition.bz2. -- Package-specific info: *********************** BEGIN /proc/mounts /dev/mapper/wormtail-root / ext3 rw,relatime,errors=remount-ro,barrier=1,data=ordered 0 0 /dev/mapper/wormtail-home /home ext3 rw,relatime,errors=continue,barrier=1,data=ordered 0 0 /dev/sda1 /boot ext3 rw,relatime,errors=continue,user_xattr,acl,barrier=1,data=ordered 0 0 *********************** END /proc/mounts *********************** 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 $prefix/grubenv ]; then load_env fi set default="0" if [ x"${feature_menuentry_id}" = xy ]; then menuentry_id_option="--id" else menuentry_id_option="" fi export menuentry_id_option 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 } function load_video { if [ x$feature_all_video_module = xy ]; then insmod all_video else insmod efi_gop insmod efi_uga insmod ieee1275_fb insmod vbe insmod vga insmod video_bochs insmod video_cirrus fi } if [ x$feature_default_font_path = xy ] ; then font=unicode else insmod part_msdos insmod lvm insmod ext2 set root='lvm/wormtail-root' if [ x$feature_platform_search_hint = xy ]; then search --no-floppy --fs-uuid --set=root --hint='lvm/wormtail-root' 53a45527-160e-4d8f-bcac-fe4205064bf8 else search --no-floppy --fs-uuid --set=root 53a45527-160e-4d8f-bcac-fe4205064bf8 fi font="/usr/share/grub/unicode.pf2" fi if loadfont $font ; then set gfxmode=auto load_video insmod gfxterm set locale_dir=$prefix/locale set lang=en_GB insmod gettext fi terminal_output gfxterm set timeout=10 ### END /etc/grub.d/00_header ### ### BEGIN /etc/grub.d/05_debian_theme ### insmod part_msdos insmod lvm insmod ext2 set root='lvm/wormtail-root' if [ x$feature_platform_search_hint = xy ]; then search --no-floppy --fs-uuid --set=root --hint='lvm/wormtail-root' 53a45527-160e-4d8f-bcac-fe4205064bf8 else search --no-floppy --fs-uuid --set=root 53a45527-160e-4d8f-bcac-fe4205064bf8 fi insmod png if background_image /usr/share/images/desktop-base/joy-grub.png; then set color_normal=white/black set color_highlight=black/white else set menu_color_normal=cyan/blue set menu_color_highlight=white/blue fi ### END /etc/grub.d/05_debian_theme ### ### BEGIN /etc/grub.d/10_linux ### menuentry 'Debian GNU/Linux' --class debian --class gnu-linux --class gnu --class os $menuentry_id_option 'gnulinux-simple-53a45527-160e-4d8f-bcac-fe4205064bf8' { load_video insmod gzio insmod part_msdos insmod ext2 set root='hd0,msdos1' if [ x$feature_platform_search_hint = xy ]; then search --no-floppy --fs-uuid --set=root --hint-bios=hd0,msdos1 --hint-efi=hd0,msdos1 --hint-baremetal=ahci0,msdos1 de3508e0-6558-4a8f-a2f1-a3114e6063e1 else search --no-floppy --fs-uuid --set=root de3508e0-6558-4a8f-a2f1-a3114e6063e1 fi echo 'Loading Linux 3.8-2-686-pae ...' linux /vmlinuz-3.8-2-686-pae root=/dev/mapper/wormtail-root ro quiet echo 'Loading initial ramdisk ...' initrd /initrd.img-3.8-2-686-pae } submenu 'Advanced options for Debian GNU/Linux' $menuentry_id_option 'gnulinux-advanced-53a45527-160e-4d8f-bcac-fe4205064bf8' { menuentry 'Debian GNU/Linux, with Linux 3.8-2-686-pae' --class debian --class gnu-linux --class gnu --class os $menuentry_id_option 'gnulinux-3.8-2-686-pae-advanced-53a45527-160e-4d8f-bcac-fe4205064bf8' { load_video insmod gzio insmod part_msdos insmod ext2 set root='hd0,msdos1' if [ x$feature_platform_search_hint = xy ]; then search --no-floppy --fs-uuid --set=root --hint-bios=hd0,msdos1 --hint-efi=hd0,msdos1 --hint-baremetal=ahci0,msdos1 de3508e0-6558-4a8f-a2f1-a3114e6063e1 else search --no-floppy --fs-uuid --set=root de3508e0-6558-4a8f-a2f1-a3114e6063e1 fi echo 'Loading Linux 3.8-2-686-pae ...' linux /vmlinuz-3.8-2-686-pae root=/dev/mapper/wormtail-root ro quiet echo 'Loading initial ramdisk ...' initrd /initrd.img-3.8-2-686-pae } menuentry 'Debian GNU/Linux, with Linux 3.8-2-686-pae (recovery mode)' --class debian --class gnu-linux --class gnu --class os $menuentry_id_option 'gnulinux-3.8-2-686-pae-recovery-53a45527-160e-4d8f-bcac-fe4205064bf8' { load_video insmod gzio insmod part_msdos insmod ext2 set root='hd0,msdos1' if [ x$feature_platform_search_hint = xy ]; then search --no-floppy --fs-uuid --set=root --hint-bios=hd0,msdos1 --hint-efi=hd0,msdos1 --hint-baremetal=ahci0,msdos1 de3508e0-6558-4a8f-a2f1-a3114e6063e1 else search --no-floppy --fs-uuid --set=root de3508e0-6558-4a8f-a2f1-a3114e6063e1 fi echo 'Loading Linux 3.8-2-686-pae ...' linux /vmlinuz-3.8-2-686-pae root=/dev/mapper/wormtail-root ro single echo 'Loading initial ramdisk ...' initrd /initrd.img-3.8-2-686-pae } menuentry 'Debian GNU/Linux, with Linux 3.8-1-686-pae' --class debian --class gnu-linux --class gnu --class os $menuentry_id_option 'gnulinux-3.8-1-686-pae-advanced-53a45527-160e-4d8f-bcac-fe4205064bf8' { load_video insmod gzio insmod part_msdos insmod ext2 set root='hd0,msdos1' if [ x$feature_platform_search_hint = xy ]; then search --no-floppy --fs-uuid --set=root --hint-bios=hd0,msdos1 --hint-efi=hd0,msdos1 --hint-baremetal=ahci0,msdos1 de3508e0-6558-4a8f-a2f1-a3114e6063e1 else search --no-floppy --fs-uuid --set=root de3508e0-6558-4a8f-a2f1-a3114e6063e1 fi echo 'Loading Linux 3.8-1-686-pae ...' linux /vmlinuz-3.8-1-686-pae root=/dev/mapper/wormtail-root ro quiet echo 'Loading initial ramdisk ...' initrd /initrd.img-3.8-1-686-pae } menuentry 'Debian GNU/Linux, with Linux 3.8-1-686-pae (recovery mode)' --class debian --class gnu-linux --class gnu --class os $menuentry_id_option 'gnulinux-3.8-1-686-pae-recovery-53a45527-160e-4d8f-bcac-fe4205064bf8' { load_video insmod gzio insmod part_msdos insmod ext2 set root='hd0,msdos1' if [ x$feature_platform_search_hint = xy ]; then search --no-floppy --fs-uuid --set=root --hint-bios=hd0,msdos1 --hint-efi=hd0,msdos1 --hint-baremetal=ahci0,msdos1 de3508e0-6558-4a8f-a2f1-a3114e6063e1 else search --no-floppy --fs-uuid --set=root de3508e0-6558-4a8f-a2f1-a3114e6063e1 fi echo 'Loading Linux 3.8-1-686-pae ...' linux /vmlinuz-3.8-1-686-pae root=/dev/mapper/wormtail-root ro single echo 'Loading initial ramdisk ...' initrd /initrd.img-3.8-1-686-pae } menuentry 'Debian GNU/Linux, with Linux 3.2.0-4-686-pae' --class debian --class gnu-linux --class gnu --class os $menuentry_id_option 'gnulinux-3.2.0-4-686-pae-advanced-53a45527-160e-4d8f-bcac-fe4205064bf8' { load_video insmod gzio insmod part_msdos insmod ext2 set root='hd0,msdos1' if [ x$feature_platform_search_hint = xy ]; then search --no-floppy --fs-uuid --set=root --hint-bios=hd0,msdos1 --hint-efi=hd0,msdos1 --hint-baremetal=ahci0,msdos1 de3508e0-6558-4a8f-a2f1-a3114e6063e1 else search --no-floppy --fs-uuid --set=root de3508e0-6558-4a8f-a2f1-a3114e6063e1 fi echo 'Loading Linux 3.2.0-4-686-pae ...' linux /vmlinuz-3.2.0-4-686-pae root=/dev/mapper/wormtail-root ro quiet echo 'Loading initial ramdisk ...' initrd /initrd.img-3.2.0-4-686-pae } menuentry 'Debian GNU/Linux, with Linux 3.2.0-4-686-pae (recovery mode)' --class debian --class gnu-linux --class gnu --class os $menuentry_id_option 'gnulinux-3.2.0-4-686-pae-recovery-53a45527-160e-4d8f-bcac-fe4205064bf8' { load_video insmod gzio insmod part_msdos insmod ext2 set root='hd0,msdos1' if [ x$feature_platform_search_hint = xy ]; then search --no-floppy --fs-uuid --set=root --hint-bios=hd0,msdos1 --hint-efi=hd0,msdos1 --hint-baremetal=ahci0,msdos1 de3508e0-6558-4a8f-a2f1-a3114e6063e1 else search --no-floppy --fs-uuid --set=root de3508e0-6558-4a8f-a2f1-a3114e6063e1 fi echo 'Loading Linux 3.2.0-4-686-pae ...' linux /vmlinuz-3.2.0-4-686-pae root=/dev/mapper/wormtail-root ro single echo 'Loading initial ramdisk ...' initrd /initrd.img-3.2.0-4-686-pae } menuentry 'Debian GNU/Linux, with Linux 3.2.0-3-686-pae' --class debian --class gnu-linux --class gnu --class os $menuentry_id_option 'gnulinux-3.2.0-3-686-pae-advanced-53a45527-160e-4d8f-bcac-fe4205064bf8' { load_video insmod gzio insmod part_msdos insmod ext2 set root='hd0,msdos1' if [ x$feature_platform_search_hint = xy ]; then search --no-floppy --fs-uuid --set=root --hint-bios=hd0,msdos1 --hint-efi=hd0,msdos1 --hint-baremetal=ahci0,msdos1 de3508e0-6558-4a8f-a2f1-a3114e6063e1 else search --no-floppy --fs-uuid --set=root de3508e0-6558-4a8f-a2f1-a3114e6063e1 fi echo 'Loading Linux 3.2.0-3-686-pae ...' linux /vmlinuz-3.2.0-3-686-pae root=/dev/mapper/wormtail-root ro quiet echo 'Loading initial ramdisk ...' initrd /initrd.img-3.2.0-3-686-pae } menuentry 'Debian GNU/Linux, with Linux 3.2.0-3-686-pae (recovery mode)' --class debian --class gnu-linux --class gnu --class os $menuentry_id_option 'gnulinux-3.2.0-3-686-pae-recovery-53a45527-160e-4d8f-bcac-fe4205064bf8' { load_video insmod gzio insmod part_msdos insmod ext2 set root='hd0,msdos1' if [ x$feature_platform_search_hint = xy ]; then search --no-floppy --fs-uuid --set=root --hint-bios=hd0,msdos1 --hint-efi=hd0,msdos1 --hint-baremetal=ahci0,msdos1 de3508e0-6558-4a8f-a2f1-a3114e6063e1 else search --no-floppy --fs-uuid --set=root de3508e0-6558-4a8f-a2f1-a3114e6063e1 fi echo 'Loading Linux 3.2.0-3-686-pae ...' linux /vmlinuz-3.2.0-3-686-pae root=/dev/mapper/wormtail-root ro single echo 'Loading initial ramdisk ...' initrd /initrd.img-3.2.0-3-686-pae } } ### END /etc/grub.d/10_linux ### ### BEGIN /etc/grub.d/20_linux_xen ### ### END /etc/grub.d/20_linux_xen ### ### BEGIN /etc/grub.d/30_os-prober ### ### END /etc/grub.d/30_os-prober ### ### BEGIN /etc/grub.d/30_uefi-firmware ### ### END /etc/grub.d/30_uefi-firmware ### ### 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 ### ### BEGIN /etc/grub.d/41_custom ### if [ -f ${config_directory}/custom.cfg ]; then source ${config_directory}/custom.cfg elif [ -z "${config_directory}" -a -f $prefix/custom.cfg ]; then source $prefix/custom.cfg; fi ### END /etc/grub.d/41_custom ### *********************** END /boot/grub/grub.cfg *********************** BEGIN /proc/mdstat cat: /proc/mdstat: No such file or directory *********************** END /proc/mdstat *********************** BEGIN LVM --- Volume group --- VG Name wormtail System ID Format lvm2 Metadata Areas 1 Metadata Sequence No 10 VG Access read/write VG Status resizable MAX LV 0 Cur LV 3 Open LV 3 Max PV 0 Cur PV 1 Act PV 1 VG Size 148.81 GiB PE Size 4.00 MiB Total PE 38095 Alloc PE / Size 35535 / 138.81 GiB Free PE / Size 2560 / 10.00 GiB VG UUID lNC3Us-M04x-9mBi-HsdC-ZZmZ-eyui-6EDofL --- Physical volume --- PV Name /dev/sda2 VG Name wormtail PV Size 148.81 GiB / not usable 2.17 MiB Allocatable yes PE Size 4.00 MiB Total PE 38095 Free PE 2560 Allocated PE 35535 PV UUID 7XcUm0-GQzJ-FO90-3o71-k8NH-peTm-fg9gjc --- Logical volume --- LV Path /dev/wormtail/swap_1 LV Name swap_1 VG Name wormtail LV UUID yUUjwM-tA3u-9Ily-oc4Y-W3r5-3vr3-JALiWj LV Write Access read/write LV Creation host, time , LV Status available # open 2 LV Size 2.53 GiB Current LE 648 Segments 1 Allocation inherit Read ahead sectors auto - currently set to 256 Block device 254:1 --- Logical volume --- LV Path /dev/wormtail/root LV Name root VG Name wormtail LV UUID hi1wyI-48cc-hDtz-UhSn-ZKtd-GV35-CKKgmI LV Write Access read/write LV Creation host, time , LV Status available # open 1 LV Size 13.31 GiB Current LE 3408 Segments 2 Allocation inherit Read ahead sectors auto - currently set to 256 Block device 254:0 --- Logical volume --- LV Path /dev/wormtail/home LV Name home VG Name wormtail LV UUID U2bXph-YSEh-BPQk-s5jK-9lJf-YqER-sDuKcN LV Write Access read/write LV Creation host, time , LV Status available # open 1 LV Size 122.96 GiB Current LE 31479 Segments 1 Allocation inherit Read ahead sectors auto - currently set to 256 Block device 254:2 *********************** END LVM *********************** BEGIN /dev/disk/by-id total 0 lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 9 May 20 19:01 ata-ST9160412ASG_5VG0QTE4 -> ../../sda lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 10 May 20 19:01 ata-ST9160412ASG_5VG0QTE4-part1 -> ../../sda1 lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 10 May 20 19:01 ata-ST9160412ASG_5VG0QTE4-part2 -> ../../sda2 lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 9 May 20 19:01 ata-TSSTcorp_DVD+_-RW_TS-L633C_R4956GESA01804 -> ../../sr0 lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 10 May 20 19:01 dm-name-wormtail-home -> ../../dm-2 lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 10 May 20 19:01 dm-name-wormtail-root -> ../../dm-0 lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 10 May 20 19:01 dm-name-wormtail-swap_1 -> ../../dm-1 lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 10 May 20 19:01 dm-uuid-LVM-lNC3UsM04x9mBiHsdCZZmZeyui6EDofLU2bXphYSEhBPQks5jK9lJfYqERsDuKcN -> ../../dm-2 lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 10 May 20 19:01 dm-uuid-LVM-lNC3UsM04x9mBiHsdCZZmZeyui6EDofLhi1wyI48cchDtzUhSnZKtdGV35CKKgmI -> ../../dm-0 lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 10 May 20 19:01 dm-uuid-LVM-lNC3UsM04x9mBiHsdCZZmZeyui6EDofLyUUjwMtA3u9Ilyoc4YW3r53vr3JALiWj -> ../../dm-1 lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 9 May 20 19:01 scsi-SATA_ST9160412ASG_5VG0QTE4 -> ../../sda lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 10 May 20 19:01 scsi-SATA_ST9160412ASG_5VG0QTE4-part1 -> ../../sda1 lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 10 May 20 19:01 scsi-SATA_ST9160412ASG_5VG0QTE4-part2 -> ../../sda2 lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 9 May 20 19:01 wwn-0x5000c50019489d94 -> ../../sda lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 10 May 20 19:01 wwn-0x5000c50019489d94-part1 -> ../../sda1 lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 10 May 20 19:01 wwn-0x5000c50019489d94-part2 -> ../../sda2 *********************** END /dev/disk/by-id *********************** BEGIN /dev/disk/by-uuid total 0 lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 10 May 20 19:01 150cdf7b-0554-41c3-bcad-342bd6e67b92 -> ../../dm-2 lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 10 May 20 19:01 53a45527-160e-4d8f-bcac-fe4205064bf8 -> ../../dm-0 lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 10 May 20 19:01 de3508e0-6558-4a8f-a2f1-a3114e6063e1 -> ../../sda1 *********************** END /dev/disk/by-uuid -- System Information: Debian Release: jessie/sid APT prefers unstable APT policy: (500, 'unstable') Architecture: i386 (i686) Kernel: Linux 3.8-2-686-pae (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] 1.5.50 ii grub-common 2.00-14 ii grub-pc-bin 2.00-14 ii grub2-common 2.00-14 ii ucf 3.0027 grub-pc recommends no packages. grub-pc suggests no packages. -- debconf information: grub2/kfreebsd_cmdline: grub2/device_map_regenerated: grub2/linux_cmdline: grub-pc/install_devices_empty: false grub-pc/install_devices_failed: false grub-pc/chainload_from_menu.lst: true grub-pc/kopt_extracted: false * grub-pc/install_devices: /dev/disk/by-id/ata-ST9160412ASG_5VG0QTE4 grub-pc/postrm_purge_boot_grub: false grub-pc/install_devices_failed_upgrade: true grub-pc/disk_description: grub2/kfreebsd_cmdline_default: quiet grub-pc/partition_description: grub-pc/install_devices_disks_changed: grub2/linux_cmdline_default: quiet grub-pc/mixed_legacy_and_grub2: true -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-bugs-rc-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". 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