Bug#441888: linux-image-2.6.18-5-686: upgrade overwrites /boot/grub/menu.lst
Package: linux-image-2.6.18-5-686
Version: 2.6.18.dfsg.1-13etch2
Severity: normal
A kernel upgrade from security.debian.org overwrote my
/boot/grub/menu.lst file --- making my other linux partitions
unaccessible. As it happened, the new kernel did not boot correctly
because of an unrelated minor problem --- and hence my whole PC became
unbootable.
Note: During system installation, the installer correctly discovers
other linux partitions and includes them into the new
/boot/grub/menu.lst file. The same functionality should be included
into kernel upgrades. Not beeing an expert, I don't know where that
code is located.
-- System Information:
Debian Release: 4.0
APT prefers stable
APT policy: (500, 'stable')
Architecture: i386 (i686)
Shell: /bin/sh linked to /bin/bash
Kernel: Linux 2.6.18-5-686
Locale: LANG=en_US.UTF-8, LC_CTYPE=en_US.UTF-8 (charmap=UTF-8)
Versions of packages linux-image-2.6.18-5-686 depends on:
ii coreutils 5.97-5.3 The GNU core utilities
ii debconf [debconf-2.0] 1.5.11 Debian configuration management sy
ii initramfs-tools [linux-initra 0.85h tools for generating an initramfs
ii module-init-tools 3.3-pre4-2 tools for managing Linux kernel mo
Versions of packages linux-image-2.6.18-5-686 recommends:
ii libc6-i686 2.3.6.ds1-13etch2 GNU C Library: Shared libraries [i
-- debconf information:
linux-image-2.6.18-5-686/postinst/create-kimage-link-2.6.18-5-686: true
shared/kernel-image/really-run-bootloader: true
linux-image-2.6.18-5-686/postinst/old-system-map-link-2.6.18-5-686: true
linux-image-2.6.18-5-686/preinst/elilo-initrd-2.6.18-5-686: true
linux-image-2.6.18-5-686/postinst/bootloader-test-error-2.6.18-5-686:
linux-image-2.6.18-5-686/prerm/removing-running-kernel-2.6.18-5-686: true
linux-image-2.6.18-5-686/postinst/depmod-error-initrd-2.6.18-5-686: false
linux-image-2.6.18-5-686/postinst/depmod-error-2.6.18-5-686: false
* linux-image-2.6.18-5-686/preinst/already-running-this-2.6.18-5-686:
linux-image-2.6.18-5-686/preinst/bootloader-initrd-2.6.18-5-686: true
linux-image-2.6.18-5-686/postinst/old-dir-initrd-link-2.6.18-5-686: true
linux-image-2.6.18-5-686/postinst/old-initrd-link-2.6.18-5-686: true
linux-image-2.6.18-5-686/preinst/failed-to-move-modules-2.6.18-5-686:
linux-image-2.6.18-5-686/preinst/initrd-2.6.18-5-686:
linux-image-2.6.18-5-686/preinst/lilo-has-ramdisk:
linux-image-2.6.18-5-686/preinst/abort-install-2.6.18-5-686:
linux-image-2.6.18-5-686/postinst/kimage-is-a-directory:
linux-image-2.6.18-5-686/preinst/abort-overwrite-2.6.18-5-686:
linux-image-2.6.18-5-686/prerm/would-invalidate-boot-loader-2.6.18-5-686: true
linux-image-2.6.18-5-686/postinst/bootloader-error-2.6.18-5-686:
linux-image-2.6.18-5-686/preinst/lilo-initrd-2.6.18-5-686: true
linux-image-2.6.18-5-686/preinst/overwriting-modules-2.6.18-5-686: true
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