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Re: Grub gone nuts after recent dist-upgrade in unstable



On Tue, Jan 15, 2013 at 1:08 PM, Charles Kroeger
<ckrogrr@frankensteinface.com> wrote:
>
> I've got installed:
>
> grub-common 1.99-26
> grub-pc-bin     [same]
> grub-pc          [same]
> grub2-common [same]
>
> The upgrade rewrote the /boot/grub/grub.cfg file excluding two ext4 partitions
> and a NTFS partition on the second HD that is /dev/sdb
>
> The only options currently available is the i386 version of Linux unstable I
> had on /dev/sda and the one I'm using to write this letter.
>
> On running dpkg-reconfigure grub-pc I get no errors when selecting the /dev/sda
> and /dev/sdb drives but nothing shows up on the generated /grub.cfg file that
> would indicate this.
>
> I tried to restore grub using the heretofore reliable Grub Rescatux disk and
> indeed it seemed to accomplish the same task as running dpkg-reconfigure
> grub-pc
>
> Why do you think the latest grub upgrade isn't seeing the /dev/sdb drive with
> its NTFS and two EXT4 partitions? Gparted shows both devices that is sda and
> sdb.
>
> I don't know if it matters and I only mention it in case, but I don't use the
> KVM module and I was wondering if that could be causing a related problem
> with Grub now.

Is "os-prober" still installed? Does "/etc/grub.d/30_os-prober" exist?


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