Bug#612407: buggy GRUB entries for other OSes <Virus checked>
Package: installation-reports
Boot method: CD boot
Image version: debian-6.0.0-i386-DVD-1.iso (md5sum:
f0e9991b6552419690335231746b7213)
Date: 2011-02-07/08
Machine: Desktop PC
Processor: Intel Core 2 Duo
Memory: 3GB
Partitions:
Disk /dev/sda: 160.0 GB, 160041885696 bytes
255 heads, 63 sectors/track, 19457 cylinders
Units = cylinders of 16065 * 512 = 8225280 bytes
Disk identifier: 0x46f349d8
Device Boot Start End Blocks Id System
/dev/sda1 * 1 366 2939863+ 83 Linux
/dev/sda2 367 1583 9775552+ 83 Linux
/dev/sda3 1584 1827 1959930 82 Linux swap / Solaris
/dev/sda4 1828 19457 141612944+ 5 Extended
/dev/sda5 1828 2193 2939863+ 83 Linux
/dev/sda6 2194 2559 2939863+ 83 Linux
/dev/sda7 2560 3289 5863693+ 83 Linux
/dev/sda8 3290 4019 5863693+ 83 Linux
/dev/sda9 4020 5479 11727418+ 83 Linux
/dev/sda10 5480 6939 11727418+ 83 Linux
/dev/sda11 6940 7669 5863693+ 83 Linux
/dev/sda12 7670 11317 29302528+ 83 Linux
/dev/sda13 11318 19457 65384518+ 83 Linux
Output of lspci -nn:
00:00.0 Host bridge [0600]: Intel Corporation 4 Series Chipset DRAM
Controller [8086:2e10] (rev 03) 00:01.0 PCI bridge [0604]: Intel Corporation
4 Series Chipset PCI Express Root Port [8086:2e11] (rev 03) 00:03.0
Communication controller [0780]: Intel Corporation 4 Series Chipset HECI
Controller [8086:2e14] (rev 03) 00:03.2 IDE interface [0101]: Intel
Corporation 4 Series Chipset PT IDER Controller [8086:2e16] (rev 03) 00:03.3
Serial controller [0700]: Intel Corporation 4 Series Chipset Serial KT
Controller [8086:2e17] (rev 03) 00:19.0 Ethernet controller [0200]: Intel
Corporation 82567LM-3 Gigabit Network Connection [8086:10de] (rev 02) 00:1a.0
USB Controller [0c03]: Intel Corporation ICH10 USB UHCI Controller #4
[8086:3a67] (rev 02) 00:1a.1 USB Controller [0c03]: Intel Corporation ICH10
USB UHCI Controller #5 [8086:3a68] (rev 02) 00:1a.2 USB Controller [0c03]:
Intel Corporation ICH10 USB UHCI Controller #6 [8086:3a69] (rev 02) 00:1a.7
USB Controller [0c03]: Intel Corporation ICH10 USB2 EHCI Controller #2
[8086:3a6c] (rev 02) 00:1b.0 Audio device [0403]: Intel Corporation ICH10 HD
Audio Controller [8086:3a6e] (rev 02) 00:1c.0 PCI bridge [0604]: Intel
Corporation ICH10 PCI Express Port 1 [8086:3a70] (rev 02) 00:1c.4 PCI bridge
[0604]: Intel Corporation ICH10 PCI Express Port 5 [8086:3a78] (rev 02)
00:1d.0 USB Controller [0c03]: Intel Corporation ICH10 USB UHCI Controller #1
[8086:3a64] (rev 02) 00:1d.1 USB Controller [0c03]: Intel Corporation ICH10
USB UHCI Controller #2 [8086:3a65] (rev 02) 00:1d.2 USB Controller [0c03]:
Intel Corporation ICH10 USB UHCI Controller #3 [8086:3a66] (rev 02) 00:1d.7
USB Controller [0c03]: Intel Corporation ICH10 USB2 EHCI Controller #1
[8086:3a6a] (rev 02) 00:1e.0 PCI bridge [0604]: Intel Corporation 82801 PCI
Bridge [8086:244e] (rev a2) 00:1f.0 ISA bridge [0601]: Intel Corporation
ICH10 LPC Interface Controller [8086:3a14] (rev 02) 00:1f.2 IDE interface
[0101]: Intel Corporation ICH10 4 port SATA IDE Controller [8086:3a00] (rev
02) 00:1f.3 SMBus [0c05]: Intel Corporation ICH10 SMBus Controller
[8086:3a60] (rev 02) 00:1f.5 IDE interface [0101]: Intel Corporation ICH10 2
port SATA IDE Controller [8086:3a06] (rev 02) 01:00.0 VGA compatible
controller [0300]: nVidia Corporation Quadro NVS 290 [10de:042f] (rev a1)
04:07.0 Ethernet controller [0200]: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD] 79c970
[PCnet32 LANCE] [1022:2000] (rev 54)
Base System Installation Checklist:
[O] = OK, [E] = Error (please elaborate below), [ ] = didn't try it
Initial boot: [0]
Detect network card: [0]
Configure network: [0]
Detect CD: [0]
Load installer modules: [0]
Detect hard drives: [0]
Partition hard drives: [0]
Install base system: [0]
Clock/timezone setup: [0]
User/password setup: [0]
Install tasks: [0]
Install boot loader: [0]
Overall install: [0]
Comments/Problems:
Other OSes are freezing after boot due to a bug in GRUB installation.
The root partition of the newly installed Debian Squeeze is sda1.
The root partition of the old Debian Lenny system is located on sda9.
The old system was found during boot loader install and is visible on
the new GRUB menu but the entry for root=... is wrong!
Snippet from /boot/grub/grub.cfg (from Debian Squeeze install):
...
### BEGIN /etc/grub.d/30_os-prober ###
menuentry "Debian GNU/Linux, kernel 2.6.26-2-686 (on /dev/sda9)" {
insmod part_msdos
insmod ext2
set root='(hd0,msdos9)'
search --no-floppy --fs-uuid --set d8234a72-3fd9-4971-a4f1-c880989bca51
linux /boot/vmlinuz-2.6.26-2-686 root=/dev/sda1 ro vga=0x31A quiet
initrd /boot/initrd.img-2.6.26-2-686
}
...
Editing the GRUB command and replacing root=/dev/sda1 by root=/dev/sda9 allows
to boot the old system normally.
The exact same odd behaviour has been observed on another machine (AMD CPU,
other OS on second hard disk) as well.
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