Public bug reported:
On the Oneiric testing system, I ran grub-install to reinstall grub for
Debian Lenny.
$ cat /etc/lsb-release
DISTRIB_ID=Ubuntu
DISTRIB_RELEASE=11.10
DISTRIB_CODENAME=oneiric
DISTRIB_DESCRIPTION="Ubuntu oneiric (development branch)"
The version of grub:
$ dpkg -l |grep grub
ii grub 0.97-29ubuntu62
GRand Unified Bootloader (Legacy version)
ii grub-common 1.99-11ubuntu1
GRand Unified Bootloader (common files)
Debian Lenny is on /dev/sda:
$ parted -s /dev/sda print
Model: ATA VMware Virtual I (scsi)
Disk /dev/sda: 17.2GB
Sector size (logical/physical): 512B/512B
Partition Table: msdos
Number Start End Size Type File system Flags
1 32.3kB 354MB 354MB primary ext3 boot
2 354MB 8587MB 8234MB extended
5 354MB 3381MB 3027MB logical ext3
6 3381MB 4836MB 1456MB logical ext3
7 4836MB 5338MB 502MB logical linux-swap(v1)
8 5338MB 5601MB 263MB logical ext3
9 5601MB 8587MB 2986MB logical ext3
The root partition of Debian Lenny is /dev/sda1, therefore:
1. mount /dev/sda1 /mnt/
2. ls -alFd /mnt/boot/grub/
drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 1024 2011-08-31 03:12 /mnt/boot/grub/
3. grub-install --no-floppy --root-directory=/mnt/ /dev/sda
Installing GRUB to /dev/sda as (hd0)...
[ Minimal BASH-like line editing is supported. For
the first word, TAB lists possible command
completions. Anywhere else TAB lists the possible
completions of a device/filename. ]
grub> root (hd0,0)
grub> setup --stage2=/mnt//boot/grub/stage2 --prefix=/boot/grub (hd0)
Checking if "/boot/grub/stage1" exists... yes
Checking if "/boot/grub/stage2" exists... yes
Checking if "/boot/grub/e2fs_stage1_5" exists... yes
Running "embed /boot/grub/e2fs_stage1_5 (hd0)"... 21 sectors are embedded.
succeeded
Running "install --stage2=/mnt//boot/grub/stage2 /boot/grub/stage1 (hd0)
(hd0)1+21 p (hd0,0)/boot/grub/stage2 /boot/grub/menu.lst"... failed
Error 6: Mismatched or corrupt version of stage1/stage2
grub> quit
After downgrading to the grub version on Natty, i.e. grub_0.97-29ubuntu61, it
works:
$ dpkg -i grub_0.97-29ubuntu61_i386.deb
dpkg: warning: downgrading grub from 0.97-29ubuntu62 to 0.97-29ubuntu61.
(Reading database ... 21423 files and directories currently installed.)
Preparing to replace grub 0.97-29ubuntu62 (using grub_0.97-29ubuntu61_i386.deb)
...
Unpacking replacement grub ...
Setting up grub (0.97-29ubuntu61) ...
root@oneiric:~# grub-install --no-floppy --root-directory=/mnt/ /dev/sda
Installing GRUB to /dev/sda as (hd0)...
Installation finished. No error reported.
This is the contents of the device map /mnt//boot/grub/device.map.
Check if this is correct or not. If any of the lines is incorrect,
fix it and re-run the script `grub-install'.
(hd0) /dev/sda
(hd1) /dev/sdb
** Affects: grub (Ubuntu)
Importance: Undecided
Status: New
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Title:
Grub 0.97-29ubuntu62 gives error "Error 6: Mismatched or corrupt
version of stage1/stage2"
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