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Bug#516016: marked as done (linux-image-2.6.18-4-amd64: upgrade installation script bug)

Your message dated Mon, 15 Feb 2010 20:20:27 +0100
with message-id <20100215192027.GO9624@baikonur.stro.at>
and subject line linux-image-2.6.18-4-amd64: upgrade installation script bug
has caused the Debian Bug report #516016,
regarding linux-image-2.6.18-4-amd64: upgrade installation script bug
to be marked as done.

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Package: linux-image-2.6.18-4-amd64
Version: 2.6.18.dfsg.1-12etch2
Severity: normal



-- System Information:
Debian Release: 4.0
  APT prefers oldstable
  APT policy: (500, 'oldstable')
Architecture: amd64 (x86_64)
Shell:  /bin/sh linked to /bin/bash
Kernel: Linux 2.6.18-6-amd64
Locale: LANG=en_CA.UTF-8, LC_CTYPE=en_CA.UTF-8 (charmap=UTF-8)

Versions of packages linux-image-2.6.18-4-amd64 depends on:
ii  cor 5.97-5.3                             The GNU core utilities
ii  deb 1.5.11etch2                          Debian configuration management sy
ii  e2f 1.39+1.40-WIP-2006.11.14+dfsg-2etch1 ext2 file system utilities and lib
ii  ini 0.85i                                tools for generating an initramfs
ii  mod 3.3-pre4-2                           tools for managing Linux kernel mo

linux-image-2.6.18-4-amd64 recommends no packages.

-- debconf information:
  linux-image-2.6.18-4-amd64/postinst/kimage-is-a-directory:
  linux-image-2.6.18-4-amd64/postinst/bootloader-test-error-2.6.18-4-amd64:
  shared/kernel-image/really-run-bootloader: true
  linux-image-2.6.18-4-amd64/preinst/lilo-initrd-2.6.18-4-amd64: true
  linux-image-2.6.18-4-amd64/preinst/initrd-2.6.18-4-amd64:
  linux-image-2.6.18-4-amd64/preinst/abort-overwrite-2.6.18-4-amd64:
  linux-image-2.6.18-4-amd64/preinst/failed-to-move-modules-2.6.18-4-amd64:
  linux-image-2.6.18-4-amd64/postinst/old-initrd-link-2.6.18-4-amd64: true
  linux-image-2.6.18-4-amd64/postinst/depmod-error-initrd-2.6.18-4-amd64: false
  linux-image-2.6.18-4-amd64/postinst/create-kimage-link-2.6.18-4-amd64: true
  linux-image-2.6.18-4-amd64/preinst/lilo-has-ramdisk:
  linux-image-2.6.18-4-amd64/postinst/old-dir-initrd-link-2.6.18-4-amd64: true
  linux-image-2.6.18-4-amd64/postinst/depmod-error-2.6.18-4-amd64: false
  linux-image-2.6.18-4-amd64/prerm/removing-running-kernel-2.6.18-4-amd64: true
  linux-image-2.6.18-4-amd64/postinst/bootloader-error-2.6.18-4-amd64:
  linux-image-2.6.18-4-amd64/postinst/old-system-map-link-2.6.18-4-amd64: true
* linux-image-2.6.18-4-amd64/preinst/already-running-this-2.6.18-4-amd64:
  linux-image-2.6.18-4-amd64/preinst/bootloader-initrd-2.6.18-4-amd64: true
  linux-image-2.6.18-4-amd64/preinst/overwriting-modules-2.6.18-4-amd64: true
  linux-image-2.6.18-4-amd64/preinst/elilo-initrd-2.6.18-4-amd64: true
  linux-image-2.6.18-4-amd64/preinst/abort-install-2.6.18-4-amd64:
  linux-image-2.6.18-4-amd64/prerm/would-invalidate-boot-loader-2.6.18-4-amd64: true

Hello Debian people!
  My System is 2.6.18-6-amd64 #1 SMP x86_64 GNU/Linux, I have root "/" on /dev/sda7 partition. Each time when it 
comes to upgrade the kernel (I simply do 'apt-get upgrade' to upgrade my system) the installation script of 
linux-image package screws up the settings in /boot/grub/menu.lst !  I have such a line "kernel          
/vmlinuz-2.6.18-6-amd64 root=/dev/sda7 ro" in my menu.lst -- it's default setting (it was done like this during 
initial system installation). 
Here is relevant part of /boot/grub/menu.lst before upgrade:
## ## End Default Options ##

title           Debian GNU/Linux, kernel 2.6.18-6-amd64
root            (hd0,0)
kernel          /vmlinuz-2.6.18-6-amd64 root=/dev/sda7 ro
initrd          /initrd.img-2.6.18-6-amd64
savedefault

   ..and the same part after upgrade:
## ## End Default Options ##

title           Debian GNU/Linux, kernel 2.6.18-6-amd64
root            (hd0,0)
kernel          /vmlinuz-2.6.18-6-amd64 root=/dev/sda1 ro
initrd          /initrd.img-2.6.18-6-amd64
savedefault

  .. and it does the same kind of wrong changes for each block of boot scenario, for "single-user mode", etc. 
making impossible to boot normal way without qualified personnel intervention.

I had to fix it manually after each upgrade before go to reboot. Last time it was my 
3rd kernel upgrade and it looks the problem is not fixed yet, so I decided to submit this bug report to Debian 
community.  I guess this bug affects the systems like mine, i.e. where root partition is not on sda1 (or hda1, 
etc..), so it may lead to serious trouble those who less experienced with Linux.  

Regards,
Serge Dudko

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the bug you are discribing is the handling of update-grub.
just edit the relevant "groot" line on top of /boot/grub/menu.lst
or equivalent in /boot/grub/grub.cfg.

anyway next time please ask for user support on a debian user
mailinglist, will probably get sooner your attention.

closing as no bug.

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