Bug#635968: marked as done (installation-reports: Initial boot after installation failed)
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and subject line Bug#635968: fixed in grub-installer 1.66
has caused the Debian Bug report #635968,
regarding installation-reports: Initial boot after installation failed
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Package: installation-reports
Severity: grave
Tags: d-i
Justification: renders package unusable
Boot method: CD
Image version: http://cdimage.debian.org/cdimage/daily-builds/daily/arch-
latest/amd64/iso-cd/debian-testing-amd64-netinst.iso
Date: July 27th, 2011
Machine: HP Compaq 615
Processor: AMD Athlon(tm)X2 DualCore QL-66
Memory: 4 GiB
Partitions:
Device Boot Start End Blocks Id System
/dev/sda1 * 2048 122879999 61438976 83 Linux
/dev/sda2 122880000 131071999 4096000 82 Linux swap / Solaris
/dev/sda3 131074046 625141759 247033857 5 Extended
/dev/sda5 131074048 625141759 247033856 83 Linux
Output of lspci -knn (or lspci -nn):
00:00.0 Host bridge [0600]: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD] RS780 Host Bridge
[1022:9600]
Subsystem: Hewlett-Packard Company Device [103c:308c]
00:01.0 PCI bridge [0604]: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD] RS780/RS880 PCI to PCI
bridge (int gfx) [1022:9602]
00:04.0 PCI bridge [0604]: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD] RS780 PCI to PCI bridge
(PCIE port 0) [1022:9604]
Kernel driver in use: pcieport
00:07.0 PCI bridge [0604]: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD] RS780 PCI to PCI bridge
(PCIE port 3) [1022:9607]
Kernel driver in use: pcieport
00:09.0 PCI bridge [0604]: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD] RS780/RS880 PCI to PCI
bridge (PCIE port 4) [1022:9608]
Kernel driver in use: pcieport
00:11.0 SATA controller [0106]: ATI Technologies Inc SB7x0/SB8x0/SB9x0 SATA
Controller [AHCI mode] [1002:4391]
Subsystem: Hewlett-Packard Company Device [103c:308c]
Kernel driver in use: ahci
00:12.0 USB Controller [0c03]: ATI Technologies Inc SB7x0/SB8x0/SB9x0 USB OHCI0
Controller [1002:4397]
Subsystem: Hewlett-Packard Company Device [103c:308c]
Kernel driver in use: ohci_hcd
00:12.1 USB Controller [0c03]: ATI Technologies Inc SB7x0 USB OHCI1 Controller
[1002:4398]
Subsystem: Hewlett-Packard Company Device [103c:308c]
Kernel driver in use: ohci_hcd
00:12.2 USB Controller [0c03]: ATI Technologies Inc SB7x0/SB8x0/SB9x0 USB EHCI
Controller [1002:4396]
Subsystem: Hewlett-Packard Company Device [103c:308c]
Kernel driver in use: ehci_hcd
00:13.0 USB Controller [0c03]: ATI Technologies Inc SB7x0/SB8x0/SB9x0 USB OHCI0
Controller [1002:4397]
Subsystem: Hewlett-Packard Company Device [103c:308c]
Kernel driver in use: ohci_hcd
00:13.1 USB Controller [0c03]: ATI Technologies Inc SB7x0 USB OHCI1 Controller
[1002:4398]
Subsystem: Hewlett-Packard Company Device [103c:308c]
Kernel driver in use: ohci_hcd
00:13.2 USB Controller [0c03]: ATI Technologies Inc SB7x0/SB8x0/SB9x0 USB EHCI
Controller [1002:4396]
Subsystem: Hewlett-Packard Company Device [103c:308c]
Kernel driver in use: ehci_hcd
00:14.0 SMBus [0c05]: ATI Technologies Inc SBx00 SMBus Controller [1002:4385]
(rev 3a)
Subsystem: Hewlett-Packard Company Device [103c:308c]
Kernel driver in use: piix4_smbus
00:14.2 Audio device [0403]: ATI Technologies Inc SBx00 Azalia (Intel HDA)
[1002:4383]
Subsystem: Hewlett-Packard Company Device [103c:308c]
Kernel driver in use: HDA Intel
00:14.3 ISA bridge [0601]: ATI Technologies Inc SB7x0/SB8x0/SB9x0 LPC host
controller [1002:439d]
Subsystem: ATI Technologies Inc SB7x0/SB8x0/SB9x0 LPC host controller
[1002:439d]
00:14.4 PCI bridge [0604]: ATI Technologies Inc SBx00 PCI to PCI Bridge
[1002:4384]
00:14.5 USB Controller [0c03]: ATI Technologies Inc SB7x0/SB8x0/SB9x0 USB OHCI2
Controller [1002:4399]
Subsystem: Hewlett-Packard Company Device [103c:308c]
Kernel driver in use: ohci_hcd
00:18.0 Host bridge [0600]: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD] Family 11h Processor
HyperTransport Configuration [1022:1300] (rev 40)
00:18.1 Host bridge [0600]: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD] Family 11h Processor
Address Map [1022:1301]
00:18.2 Host bridge [0600]: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD] Family 11h Processor
DRAM Controller [1022:1302]
00:18.3 Host bridge [0600]: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD] Family 11h Processor
Miscellaneous Control [1022:1303]
Kernel driver in use: k10temp
00:18.4 Host bridge [0600]: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD] Family 11h Processor
Link Control [1022:1304]
01:05.0 VGA compatible controller [0300]: ATI Technologies Inc RS780M/RS780MN
[Radeon HD 3200 Graphics] [1002:9612]
Subsystem: Hewlett-Packard Company Device [103c:308c]
Kernel driver in use: fglrx_pci
02:00.0 Ethernet controller [0200]: Marvell Technology Group Ltd. 88E8042 PCI-E
Fast Ethernet Controller [11ab:4357] (rev 10)
Subsystem: Hewlett-Packard Company Device [103c:308c]
Kernel driver in use: sky2
06:00.0 Network controller [0280]: Broadcom Corporation BCM4312 802.11b/g LP-
PHY [14e4:4315] (rev 01)
Subsystem: Hewlett-Packard Company Device [103c:1508]
Kernel driver in use: wl
Base System Installation Checklist:
[O] = OK, [E] = Error (please elaborate below), [ ] = didn't try it
Initial boot: [O]
Detect network card: [O]
Configure network: [O]
Detect CD: [O]
Load installer modules: [O]
Detect hard drives: [O]
Partition hard drives: [O]
Install base system: [O]
Clock/timezone setup: [O]
User/password setup: [O]
Install tasks: [O]
Install boot loader: [E]
Overall install: [O]
Comments/Problems:
Installation went fine, however, the initial boot into the actual system
failed: The BIOS complained it would not find anything to boot on my HDD. I
tried both graphical and console installation, with the same result - of course
I always replied "Yes" when asked whether I want GRUB to be installed into the
MBR. I then tried to fix the problem by chroot'ing into the installed system
and running "grub-install /dev/sda", but even though this completed
successfully, the PC would still refuse to boot. After three installation
attempts with two different versions of the disc (I used a two-months old
version for my first attempts), I tried to set the boot flag on the root
partition, using GParted from the system rescue CD. The next installation
attempt then completed successfully.
I suspect that either my system is special in that it needs that flag on the
partition even though grub resides in the MBR, or this is a bug in grub-
install: It should also make sure the partition containing grub has the boot
flag set so that booting actually worked. If that's impossible, the installer
should at least set the boot flag for the /boot or / partition - the partition
in question was actually created during Debian installation, so it definitely
should have been set up correctly. The way things work currently, the user ends
up with a completely unusable system.
-- System Information:
Debian Release: wheezy/sid
APT prefers testing
APT policy: (500, 'testing')
Architecture: amd64 (x86_64)
Kernel: Linux 2.6.39-2-amd64 (SMP w/2 CPU cores)
Locale: LANG=en_GB.UTF-8, LC_CTYPE=en_GB.UTF-8 (charmap=UTF-8)
Shell: /bin/sh linked to /bin/dash
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--- Begin Message ---
Source: grub-installer
Source-Version: 1.66
We believe that the bug you reported is fixed in the latest version of
grub-installer, which is due to be installed in the Debian FTP archive:
grub-installer_1.66.dsc
to main/g/grub-installer/grub-installer_1.66.dsc
grub-installer_1.66.tar.gz
to main/g/grub-installer/grub-installer_1.66.tar.gz
grub-installer_1.66_amd64.udeb
to main/g/grub-installer/grub-installer_1.66_amd64.udeb
A summary of the changes between this version and the previous one is
attached.
Thank you for reporting the bug, which will now be closed. If you
have further comments please address them to 635968@bugs.debian.org,
and the maintainer will reopen the bug report if appropriate.
Debian distribution maintenance software
pp.
Otavio Salvador <otavio@debian.org> (supplier of updated grub-installer package)
(This message was generated automatically at their request; if you
believe that there is a problem with it please contact the archive
administrators by mailing ftpmaster@debian.org)
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Hash: SHA256
Format: 1.8
Date: Sun, 31 Jul 2011 01:42:48 +0200
Source: grub-installer
Binary: grub-installer
Architecture: source amd64
Version: 1.66
Distribution: unstable
Urgency: low
Maintainer: Debian Install System Team <debian-boot@lists.debian.org>
Changed-By: Otavio Salvador <otavio@debian.org>
Description:
grub-installer - Install GRUB on a hard disk (udeb)
Closes: 576309 635968
Changes:
grub-installer (1.66) unstable; urgency=low
.
[ Colin Watson ]
* Update grub-installer/bootdev text to avoid GRUB device naming that
changed between GRUB Legacy and GRUB 2, and to use libata-style device
naming since that is more accurate for most people (closes: #576309).
* Unless grub-installer/make_active is preseeded to false, mark the
partition to which GRUB is being installed as bootable, or failing that
the first available primary partition on the disk to which GRUB is being
installed (closes: #635968).
.
[ Otavio Salvador ]
* debian/control: build-depends on libparted-dev
.
[ Updated translations ]
* Basque (eu.po)
* Hebrew (he.po) by Lior Kaplan
* Macedonian (mk.po) by Arangel Angov
* Sinhala (si.po) by Danishka Navin
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