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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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