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<pre>Package: grub2
Version: 1.98+20100804-11
Severity: important
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Because Squeeze won't boot now, I hope things above are right<br>
<br>
I think I've found a bug.<br>
<br>
I’m a new-bee<br>
I read problems about grub, but didn't find similar problem<br>
I use linux so now an then.<br>
My (wanted) system:<br>
/dev/sda1 xp -1- primary<br>
/dev/sda2 xp -2- primay<br>
/dev/sda3 extended<br>
there is no /dev/sda4<br>
/dev/sda5 ntsf data<br>
/dev/sda6 ntsf data<br>
/dev/sda7 fat 32 data<br>
/dev/sda8 swap<br>
/dev/sda9 ext3 ment for squeze<br>
<br>
Under squeeze sda is called hdc <br>
<br>
For years I use osl2000 bootmanager. Just perfect for me.<br>
OSL2000 hides the not active primary partitions. So xp -1- can’t see
or access xp -2- and the other way round. Just what I want. <br>
On /dev/sda9 or /dev/hdc9 I installed lenny and grub. Worked
great. <br>
Osl2000 boots from MBR and started grub in hdc9<br>
<br>
Now I wanted to install squeeze on it. Problems began.<br>
It is a pity that the bootmanager is installed in the last steps.
Just after that you find out that the installation can’t be accessed
from OLS2000. <br>
<br>
Missing operating system <br>
<br>
is the message.<br>
<br>
My trials:<br>
<br>
A not clean install or clean install, grub legacy or grub2, no
difference: Missing operating system (4 times installing, costs a
lot of time)<br>
Then installing lenny again. /dev/hdc9. Grub2 same problems: Missing
operating system. Grub legacy works immediately fine.<br>
Over a rescue cd, I tried:<br>
sudo grub-install --force /dev/sda9 and<br>
sudo grub-install --force --root-directory=/ /dev/sda9 <br>
just warnings but no result. I have to use blocklists.<br>
I couldn't find information on the internet about how to use
blocklists in this case.<br>
Does someone have a link or better a solution?<br>
<br>
After upgrading (<a class="postlink"
href="http://www.go2linux.org/how-to-upgrade-from-debian-lenny-to-squeeze">http://www.go2linux.org/how-to-upgrade-
... to-squeeze</a>)<br>
grub was changed in grub2. <span style="font-weight: bold;">Grub2
and squeeze now worked both</span>. But now there is no network
access anymore. <br>
Work to do.<br>
Now 2011-01-09, 2 month later I tried again to install squeeze (not
update) Same problems and no linux to boot.<br>
<br>
So I think the installing of grub2 is not bug free. Installing Grub
under squeeze is also not bug free.<br>
There are warnings if grub is not installed in mbr. I have not
enough knowledge, but if it works after upgrading, why it is not
recommended? <br>
If I remember good,there was also somewhere a warning it would make
the system slower.<br>
When? During booting or overall? In the first case, no problem. In
the second case. I didn’t notice.<br>
(After the upgrading)<br>
<br>
My Question:<br>
Is here a bugfix needed to install squeeze and grub or grub2
correctly on sda9 or hdc9 without upgrading from lenny?<br>
<br>
thanks<br>
<br>
Kos
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