Bug#550477: after update-from-grub-legacy the system stopped booting

[Jordan Metzmeier]

Package: grub-pc
Version: 1.98+20100602-2
Severity: normal

I wasn't sure whether or not I should file a new bug for this issue. The
descrition of the orginal bug matches my behavior exactly but the issue is not
the same as orginal report.

I created this sid VM to test packages that I plan to build. I started with
Lenny and went through the upgrades. Currently, the machine is working fine
with chainloading grub-pc from grub-legacy.

After the failed upgrade-from-grub-legacy, I restored a snapshot of the VM.
The configuration you see below is actually prior the upgrade-from-grub-legacy.
If you request it, I can push the failed upgrade and generate a new report from a
chroot.

The exact issue is an "error 15: file not found" upon a reboot. This is prior
to grub menu appearing, which is an indication to me that grub2 was not properly
written to the MBR.

Unless virtualbox is a factor, it seems this setup would be very common.

Let me know if there is any more information you need. Also, sorry if the formatting
of this email is bad, I hadn't changed my editor on this machine yet and had to write
this in nano.


-- Package-specific info:

*********************** BEGIN /proc/mounts
/dev/disk/by-uuid/15a6f836-4407-4443-908e-b6e1d8069ac0 / ext3 rw,relatime,errors=remount-ro,data=ordered 0 0
/dev/sr0 /media/cdrom0 iso9660 ro,nosuid,nodev,noexec,relatime 0 0
*********************** END /proc/mounts

*********************** BEGIN /boot/grub/device.map
(hd0)	/dev/hda
*********************** END /boot/grub/device.map

*********************** BEGIN /boot/grub/grub.cfg
#
# DO NOT EDIT THIS FILE
#
# It is automatically generated by /usr/sbin/grub-mkconfig using templates
# from /etc/grub.d and settings from /etc/default/grub
#

### BEGIN /etc/grub.d/00_header ###
if [ -s $prefix/grubenv ]; then
  load_env
fi
set default="0"
if [ ${prev_saved_entry} ]; then
  set saved_entry=${prev_saved_entry}
  save_env saved_entry
  set prev_saved_entry=
  save_env prev_saved_entry
  set boot_once=true
fi

function savedefault {
  if [ -z ${boot_once} ]; then
    saved_entry=${chosen}
    save_env saved_entry
  fi
}
insmod part_msdos
insmod ext2
set root='(/dev/sda,1)'
search --no-floppy --fs-uuid --set 15a6f836-4407-4443-908e-b6e1d8069ac0
if loadfont /usr/share/grub/unicode.pf2 ; then
  set gfxmode=640x480
  insmod gfxterm
  insmod vbe
fi
if terminal_output gfxterm ; then true ; else
  # For backward compatibility with versions of terminal.mod that don't
  # understand terminal_output
  terminal gfxterm
fi
insmod part_msdos
insmod ext2
set root='(/dev/sda,1)'
search --no-floppy --fs-uuid --set 15a6f836-4407-4443-908e-b6e1d8069ac0
set locale_dir=($root)/boot/grub/locale
set lang=en
insmod gettext
set timeout=5
### END /etc/grub.d/00_header ###

### BEGIN /etc/grub.d/05_debian_theme ###
insmod part_msdos
insmod ext2
set root='(/dev/sda,1)'
search --no-floppy --fs-uuid --set 15a6f836-4407-4443-908e-b6e1d8069ac0
insmod png
if background_image /usr/share/images/desktop-base/moreblue-orbit-grub.png ; then
  set color_normal=black/black
  set color_highlight=magenta/black
else
  set menu_color_normal=cyan/blue
  set menu_color_highlight=white/blue
fi
### END /etc/grub.d/05_debian_theme ###

### BEGIN /etc/grub.d/10_linux ###
menuentry 'Debian GNU/Linux, with Linux 2.6.32-5-686' --class debian --class gnu-linux --class gnu --class os {
	insmod part_msdos
	insmod ext2
	set root='(/dev/sda,1)'
	search --no-floppy --fs-uuid --set 15a6f836-4407-4443-908e-b6e1d8069ac0
	echo	'Loading Linux 2.6.32-5-686 ...'
	linux	/boot/vmlinuz-2.6.32-5-686 root=UUID=15a6f836-4407-4443-908e-b6e1d8069ac0 ro  quiet
	echo	'Loading initial ramdisk ...'
	initrd	/boot/initrd.img-2.6.32-5-686
}
menuentry 'Debian GNU/Linux, with Linux 2.6.32-5-686 (recovery mode)' --class debian --class gnu-linux --class gnu --class os {
	insmod part_msdos
	insmod ext2
	set root='(/dev/sda,1)'
	search --no-floppy --fs-uuid --set 15a6f836-4407-4443-908e-b6e1d8069ac0
	echo	'Loading Linux 2.6.32-5-686 ...'
	linux	/boot/vmlinuz-2.6.32-5-686 root=UUID=15a6f836-4407-4443-908e-b6e1d8069ac0 ro single 
	echo	'Loading initial ramdisk ...'
	initrd	/boot/initrd.img-2.6.32-5-686
}
### END /etc/grub.d/10_linux ###

### BEGIN /etc/grub.d/30_os-prober ###
### END /etc/grub.d/30_os-prober ###

### BEGIN /etc/grub.d/40_custom ###
# This file provides an easy way to add custom menu entries.  Simply type the
# menu entries you want to add after this comment.  Be careful not to change
# the 'exec tail' line above.
### END /etc/grub.d/40_custom ###
*********************** END /boot/grub/grub.cfg

-- System Information:
Debian Release: squeeze/sid
  APT prefers unstable
  APT policy: (500, 'unstable')
Architecture: i386 (i686)

Kernel: Linux 2.6.32-5-686 (SMP w/1 CPU core)
Locale: LANG=en_US.UTF-8, LC_CTYPE=en_US.UTF-8 (charmap=UTF-8)
Shell: /bin/sh linked to /bin/dash

Versions of packages grub-pc depends on:
ii  debconf [debconf-2.0]    1.5.32          Debian configuration management sy
ii  grub-common              1.98+20100602-2 GRand Unified Bootloader, version 
ii  libc6                    2.11.1-2        Embedded GNU C Library: Shared lib
ii  libdevmapper1.02.1       2:1.02.48-1     The Linux Kernel Device Mapper use
ii  ucf                      3.0025          Update Configuration File: preserv

grub-pc recommends no packages.

Versions of packages grub-pc suggests:
ii  desktop-base                  5.0.5      common files for the Debian Deskto

-- debconf information:
  grub2/kfreebsd_cmdline:
* grub2/linux_cmdline:
* grub-pc/chainload_from_menu.lst: true
  grub-pc/kopt_extracted: true
  grub-pc/install_devices:
  grub-pc/postrm_purge_boot_grub: false
  grub2/kfreebsd_cmdline_default: quiet
  grub2/linux_cmdline_default: quiet