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From: Michael Josenhans <m_josenhans@web.de>
Date: Mon, 25 Oct 2004 21:24:44 +0200
To: joeyh@debian.org
Subject: Fwd: After 'apt-get upgrade' Grub does no longer detect the Redhat Linux partitions
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Joey,
I am not sure, if I had sent it to the right list. Please have a look.
Michael
"Michael Josenhans" <m_josenhans@web.de> schrieb am 24.10.04 19:26:41:
>
>
> Distribution: Debian 3.1
> Package: gnome-system-tools
> Severity: normal
> Version: GNOME2.6.1 unspecified
> Gnome-Distributor: Debian
> Synopsis: After 'apt-get upgrade' Grub does no longer detect the Redhat Linux partitions
> Bugzilla-Product: gnome-system-tools
> Bugzilla-Component: boot-admin
> Bugzilla-Version: unspecified
> Description:
> Description of Problem:
>
> I have installed Redhat and Debian sarge on the same machine, some time
> ago. As the grub installed from Debian did not detect the Redhat Linux
> and the grub installed by Redhat did not detect the debain Linux
> partitions, I was not able to run them in dual boot mode.
>
> Thus I have filed the bug report 256923:
> http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=256923
>
> As result now the debian grub became able to detect the redhat
> partitions, I had verified that with several subequent partitions. E.g.
> with Debian-Installer pre-rc2, which I have installed now.
>
> Today I did again 'apt-get upgarde' and after that grub did no longer
> contain the Redhat partiontions in the boot menu.
>
> Steps to reproduce the problem:
> 1. Install Redhat on a machine
> 2. Install Debian sarge pre-rc2 using debian installer
> 3. Reboot
> 4. Check if Redhat partitions and Debian partitions appear in the Grub
> menu
> 5. I was able to run Redhat and Debian from Grub boot menu
> 6. Do 'apt-get update'
> 7. Do 'apt-get upgrade'
> 8. The traditional debian installer will ask some questions
> 9. Now only Debain partitions only appear in grub menu
>
> 10. I called 'base-config' to run debian installer, but the Redhat partitions are still not found.
>
> Actual Results:
> +Either the corrected bug 256923 (reported by me on that machine) had
> been build into again
> or
> + It had been fixed by the debain installer, but not by the traditional
> installer, which is called when running 'apt-get upgrade'
>
> Expected Results:
> The grub boot menu should show all installed debian kernals and all
> installed Redhat kernels
>
> How often does this happen?
> I did it only once.
>
> Additional Information:
>
> (as reported by me on bug 256923):
> Machine: FIC motherboard (type SD-11),
> Processor:AMD Athon 500 MHz
> Memory: 4k MB RAM
> Root Device: IDE harddisk
> Root Size/partition table:
>
> Disk /dev/hda: 20.4 GB, 20490559488 bytes (Maxtor)
> 255 heads, 63 sectors/track, 2491 cylinders, total 40020624 sectors
> Units = sectors of 1 * 512 = 512 bytes
>
> Device Boot Start End Blocks Id System
> /dev/hda2 * 16065 4112639 2048287+ 6 FAT16
> /dev/hda3 4112640 40017914 17952637+ 5 Extended
> /dev/hda5 4112703 35921339 15904318+ 83 Linux
> /dev/hda6 35921403 40017914 2048256 82 Linux swap
>
> Disk /dev/hdb: 33.8 GB, 33820286976 bytes
> (Samsung 120 GB hard disk, due to motherboard incapability
> set to 33GB size via jumper on hard disk.)
> 255 heads, 63 sectors/track, 4111 cylinders, total 66055248 sectors
> Units = sectors of 1 * 512 = 512 bytes
>
> Device Boot Start End Blocks Id System
> /dev/hdb1 * 63 19535039 9767488+ 83 Linux
> /dev/hdb2 19535040 23438834 1951897+ f W95 Ext'd (LBA)
> /dev/hdb5 19535103 23438834 1951866 83 Linux
>
> conifguartion:
> /dev/hda2 6 FAT16 Windows (found by debian installer and available via grub)
> /dev/hda3 5 Extended
> /dev/hda5 83 Linux Redhat, '/', ext3fs (not found debian installer, not available in
> Grub)
> /dev/hda6 82 Linux swap (found by debian install abd)
> /dev/hdb1 83 Linux (Configured as 2 GB Swap. Not sure if Debian uses this or only /hda6)
> /dev/hdb2 f W95 Ext'd (LBA) (Did not install Win on hdb. What is that?)
> /dev/hdb5 83 Linux ('/', 10 GB. Should be ReiserFS. This debian installation)
>
> Due to whatever reason the Redhat distro is not found.
>
> lspci:
> 0000:00:00.0 Host bridge: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD] AMD-751 [Irongate] System Controller (rev 23)
> 0000:00:01.0 PCI bridge: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD] AMD-751 [Irongate] AGP Bridge (rev 01)
> 0000:00:06.0 Ethernet controller: Realtek Semiconductor Co., Ltd. RTL-8139/8139C/8139C+ (rev 10)
> 0000:00:07.0 ISA bridge: VIA Technologies, Inc. VT82C686 [Apollo Super South] (rev 15)
> 0000:00:07.1 IDE interface: VIA Technologies, Inc. VT82C586A/B/VT82C686/A/B/VT823x/A/C PIPC Bus Master IDE (rev 06)
> 0000:00:07.2 USB Controller: VIA Technologies, Inc. VT82xxxxx UHCI USB 1.1 Controller (rev 06)
> 0000:00:07.4 SMBus: VIA Technologies, Inc. VT82C686 [Apollo Super ACPI] (rev 10)
> 0000:00:09.0 Multimedia audio controller: C-Media Electronics Inc CM8738 (rev 10)
> 0000:00:0f.0 Multimedia video controller: Brooktree Corporation Bt878 Video Capture (rev 02)
> 0000:00:0f.1 Multimedia controller: Brooktree Corporation Bt878 Audio Capture (rev 02)
> 0000:01:05.0 VGA compatible controller: ATI Technologies Inc Rage 128 RF/SG AGP
>
>
> Lspci -n:
> 0000:00:00.0 0600: 1022:7006 (rev 23)
> 0000:00:01.0 0604: 1022:7007 (rev 01)
> 0000:00:06.0 0200: 10ec:8139 (rev 10)
> 0000:00:07.0 0601: 1106:0686 (rev 15)
> 0000:00:07.1 0101: 1106:0571 (rev 06)
> 0000:00:07.2 0c03: 1106:3038 (rev 06)
> 0000:00:07.4 0c05: 1106:3057 (rev 10)
> 0000:00:09.0 0401: 13f6:0111 (rev 10)
> 0000:00:0f.0 0400: 109e:036e (rev 02)
> 0000:00:0f.1 0480: 109e:0878 (rev 02)
> 0000:01:05.0 0300: 1002:5246
>
>
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