Bug#459895: marked as done (GRUB autoconfigured to an unbootable state)
Your message dated Wed, 08 Sep 2010 03:58:28 +0000
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and subject line Closing old installation report #459895
has caused the Debian Bug report #459895,
regarding GRUB autoconfigured to an unbootable state
to be marked as done.
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Package: installation-reports
Boot method: CD
Image version:
http://cdimage.debian.org/debian-cd/4.0_r1/i386/iso-cd/debian-40r1-i386-netinst.iso
Date: 30 December 22:00
Machine: home-built desktop based on Via Epia M
Processor: Via C3 900MHz
Memory : 512 MB DDR
Disk setup: 2 IDE drives, 3 SATA drives
hda: unused (I plan to remove it soon)
hdb:
hdb1 --> /boot
hdb2 --> extended
hdb4 --> swap
hdb5 --> /
sda, sdb, sdc: LVM; not assigned mountpoints during initial install
GRUB menu.lst (relevant part only):
title Debian GNU/Linux, kernel 2.6.18-5-486
root (hd1,0)
kernel /vmlinuz-2.6.18-5-486 root=/dev/hdb5 ro
initrd /initrd.img-2.6.18-5-486
savedefault
I installed GRUB on the MBR of hdb (note: SECOND IDE disk, not first). After
completing the installation and rebooting, GRUB reported "file not found"
for vmlinuz. The reason for this is that since GRUB was installed on the
second disk, hdb was assigned to (hd0) instead of (hd1). Changing the "root
(hd1,0)" line to "root (hd0,0)" made the system bootable again.
The GRUB configurator in the installer should have been sophisticated enough
to realize the drive would be re-mapped and written the menu.lst correctly.
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We are closing this installation report for one of the following
reasons:
- it was reported with a pre-lenny version of Debian
Installer.
- indications in the installation report give the feeling that
the reported problem waslying in another software, unrelated to
D-I, which we can't easily identify.
- indications in the installation report suggest that it may have been
fixed in a more recent version of a D-I component
- it was successful and we forgot closing it..:-)
- it has no information we consider useful
The D-I team is currently in the process of cleaning out the old spool
of installation reports that haven't bene processed yet.
In case you think that the problem you reported has chances to be
still present, please reiterate your installation test with
a more recent image of D-I, if you're in position of doing this.
You'll find daily builds at
http://www.debian.org/devel/debian-installer. We recommend you choose
the netboot image, in the "daily builds section", then choose to
install "squeeze" when prompted.
If some problems are found, please report them with a new bug sent
against installation-reports.
Many thanks for your understanding and your help improving Debian,
past and present.
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