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Bug#685782: linux-image-3.2.0-3-686-pae: Upgrading from 3.2.0-2 to 3.2.0-3 no longer boots using 3ware 9500S RAID card.



Control: reassign -1 grub-pc 1.99-22.1

On Fri, 2012-08-24 at 09:28 -0400, Jon Daley wrote:
> Package: src:linux
> Version: 3.2.23-1
> Severity: important
> 
> Hi, when upgrading from 3.2.0-2 to 3.2.0-3, my system no longer boots.
> 
> I have a 3ware 9500S (Raid 5) card that is the primary boot disk.
> I also have a LSI MegaRaid (Raid 6) card that is a data disk, but the
> module loads early on 3.2.0-2 (it might be the first message that is
> output when the kernel is booting) so that might be relevant, I'm not
> sure.
> 
> grub simply reports:
> Error: couldn't read file
> in response to
>   linux /boot/vmlinuz-3.2.0-3-686-pae root=UUID=... ro hpet=disable
> The initrd line then fails as well.
> 
> The info below is from the 3.2.0-2 system, which still boots fine.
> 
> It seems like the 3w-9xxx driver no longer supports the 9500S series?

A bug in a driver, should it exist, won't retroactively stop GRUB from
having loaded the kernel in the first place...

> What are my next steps to figure out what is going on?
[...]

I'm reassigning this to the GRUB maintainers in the hope that they can
ask you the right questions.

Ben.

-- 
Ben Hutchings
Experience is what causes a person to make new mistakes instead of old ones.

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