Bug#607301: No boot with Debian sid, unstable grub-rescue-pc 1.99~rc1-3 i386, SATA, SiI 3114
Package: installation-reports
Severity: critical
Justification: Will not boot, so no system, with or without rescue-disk-pc.
Now Debian 6.0.0 is out, should I be sending this report to GRUB
package directly ?
06.03.2011 Fails to boot with Debian sid, unstable grub-rescue-pc
1.99~rc1-3 i386,
>From a Sil 3114 controller and a single SATA drive. No raid array is set.
grub-rescue-cdrom.iso: El Torito CDROM image.
The rescue disk boots itself ok, but it does not rescue the machine.
The pc does not boot in conjunction with the rescue disk, after succesfully
installing from, (except auto booting) versions of :-
Debian 6.0.0, wheezy weekly build , unstable-20.02.2011
and also experimemtal-20.02.2011, and experimental-04.03.2011.
After I set the rescue-disk-pc GNU/Linux parameters to :-
set params 'GNU/Linux'
(as it comes, a blank line here)
set root=(hd0,1)
linux /boot/vmlinux-2.6.37-2-486 root=/dev/sda1
initrd /boot/initrd.img-2.6.37-2-486
As a reminder from way above, this processor is: AMD K-6-2/400,
along with all the other machine and system details.
The rescue-disk-pc Boot Symptom is :-
error: hd0 cannot get c/h/s values
error: you need to load the kernel first.
press any key to continue
grub> ls
(cd) (cd,msdos1) (fd0)
I also tried with the rescue-disk-pc 1.99~rc1-3 set root=
(sd0,0) or (sd1,0) or (sd0) or (sd0,1) or (sd1,1) or (sda,1) or (sda)
error: no such disk.
I set it back to hd0,1 and tried again. No joy. back to the symptom.
I can use the 'install disk, graphical rescue mode' to /dev/sda1 ok.
# eject /dev/scd0
works, along with other sda1 resident applications.
# /usr/bin/nano /etc/apt/sources.list
# /boot/grub/grub --version
grub (GNU GRUB 1.99~rc1-3)
I also ran
# /usr/sbin/update-grub2
I tried booting from the dasd without using the rescue-disk-pc to hd0 again,
but it would still not boot afterwards, or with a subsequent rescue-disk-pc.
In the machines AMIBIOS setup - Advanced CMOS setup :-
With the cdrom trays empty, a boot from the DASD with 'SCSI' set in
the machines Bios as '1st Boot Device' and further Devices set to disabled,
still gives :-
Searching for Boot Record from SCSI..Not Found
Boot Failure
Reboot and Select proper Boot device
or insert Boot Media in selected Boot device
Press any key when ready
With CDROM set as '1st Boot Device' and SCSI set as '2nd Boot Device'
still gives:-
Searching for Boot Record from CDROM..Not Found
Reboot and Select proper Boot device
or insert Boot Media in selected Boot device
Press any key when ready
You would think that with the last (2nd Boot Device) set as SCSI,
the 4th from last line would still say :-
" Searching for Boot Record from SCSI..Not Found. "
as this would be the last device it tried to boot from.
Further boot devices are set to disabled.
I hope my installation-report helps with the GRUB Release Candidate 1-3 work.
Regards McTech.
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