Bug#466229: grub-pc: Fails to boot, hangs with GRUB displayed

[Robert Millan]

severity 466229 important
thanks

(not reproducible)

On Sun, Feb 17, 2008 at 10:55:02AM +0000, Peter Hicks wrote:
> Package: grub-pc
> Version: 1.96+20080216-1
> Severity: critical
> Justification: breaks the whole system
> 
> After upgrading from 1.96+20080210-1 to 1.96+20080216-1, my system failed to
> boot, hanging at a screen displaying GRUB.  This version also breaks another
> system here, which hangs without even displaying anything on the screen.
> 
> Reinstalling 1.96+20080210-1 and performing a grub-install /dev/sda fixed
> this problem.

Please, send the output of the following commands, both with old and new
version:

  grub-install "(hd0)" && grub-setup -v "(hd0)"
  grub-install "(hd0)" && grub-setup -vv "(hd0)"

(note: the grub-install call is NOT gratuitous)

Thanks

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