#584477 error: no error reported

Package:
grub-pc
Source:
grub2
Description:
GRand Unified Bootloader, version 2 (PC/BIOS version)
Submitter:
Harald Dunkel
Date:
2010-10-26 12:27:03 UTC
Severity:
normal
#584477#5
Date:
2010-06-03 19:50:53 UTC
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At upgrade time I get

Setting up grub-common (1.98+20100527-2) ...
Installing new version of config file /etc/grub.d/10_linux ...
Installing new version of config file /etc/grub.d/00_header ...
Setting up grub-pc (1.98+20100527-2) ...
/usr/sbin/grub-setup: warn: Your embedding area is unusually small.  core.img won't fit in it..
/usr/sbin/grub-setup: error: embedding is not possible, but this is required when the root device is on a RAID array or LVM volume.
Installation finished. No error reported.


Obviously the output is confusing. Is the small embedding area
a problem?



Regards

Harri
#584477#10
Date:
2010-06-03 19:59:04 UTC
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The previous version 1.98-1 did not complain about missing files.


Regards

Harri
#584477#15
Date:
2010-06-07 22:01:25 UTC
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How weird!  We can't see what's wrong here.  Could you post the output
of 'debconf-show grub-pc', please?

Thanks,
#584477#20
Date:
2010-06-07 22:01:58 UTC
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This part is fixed in 1.98+20100602-2 (see #584426).
#584477#25
Date:
2010-06-09 05:25:55 UTC
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# debconf-show grub-pc
  grub2/kfreebsd_cmdline:
* grub2/linux_cmdline: video=vesafb:ypan
* grub-pc/chainload_from_menu.lst: true
  grub-pc/kopt_extracted: false
* grub-pc/install_devices: /dev/sda, /dev/sdb
  grub-pc/postrm_purge_boot_grub: false
  grub2/kfreebsd_cmdline_default: quiet
* grub2/linux_cmdline_default: quiet


Hope this helps. Regards

Harri
#584477#30
Date:
2010-06-09 05:36:57 UTC
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# fdisk -ul

Disk /dev/sda: 1000.2 GB, 1000204886016 bytes
255 heads, 63 sectors/track, 121601 cylinders, total 1953525168 sectors
Units = sectors of 1 * 512 = 512 bytes
Sector size (logical/physical): 512 bytes / 512 bytes
I/O size (minimum/optimal): 512 bytes / 512 bytes
Disk identifier: 0x1c7ac9f3

   Device Boot      Start         End      Blocks   Id  System
/dev/sda1   *          63    67119569    33559753+  83  Linux
/dev/sda2        67119570  1953520064   943200247+  fd  Linux raid autodetect

Disk /dev/sdb: 1000.2 GB, 1000204886016 bytes
255 heads, 63 sectors/track, 121601 cylinders, total 1953525168 sectors
Units = sectors of 1 * 512 = 512 bytes
Sector size (logical/physical): 512 bytes / 512 bytes
I/O size (minimum/optimal): 512 bytes / 512 bytes
Disk identifier: 0x5488e081

   Device Boot      Start         End      Blocks   Id  System
/dev/sdb1              63    67119569    33559753+  83  Linux
/dev/sdb2        67119570  1953520064   943200247+  fd  Linux raid autodetect

Disk /dev/md0: 1931.7 GB, 1931673862144 bytes
2 heads, 4 sectors/track, 471600064 cylinders, total 3772800512 sectors
Units = sectors of 1 * 512 = 512 bytes
Sector size (logical/physical): 512 bytes / 512 bytes
I/O size (minimum/optimal): 65536 bytes / 131072 bytes
Disk identifier: 0x2ceb46f1

    Device Boot      Start         End      Blocks   Id  System
/dev/md0p1            2048    67110911    33554432   83  Linux
/dev/md0p2        67110912   100663311    16776200   82  Linux swap / Solaris
/dev/md0p3       100663312   167772183    33554436   83  Linux
Partition 3 does not start on physical sector boundary.
/dev/md0p4       167772184  3772800511  1802514164   83  Linux
Partition 4 does not start on physical sector boundary.



Unfortunately this is _not_ the layout showing the grub problem
anymore. After sending the bug report I had resized /dev/md0p1 to
increase the embedding area on /dev/md0. Grub seems to be happy
about this.

The old /dev/md0p1 started on sector 4.


Regards

Harri
#584477#35
Date:
2010-10-26 12:23:54 UTC
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It succeeds on one of them but fails on another.