Ubuntu
grub package

Intrepid: Ubuntu Alternate grub install fails

Bug #256989 reported by Dave Morley
4
Affects Status Importance Assigned to Milestone
grub (Ubuntu)
Fix Released
High
Martin Pitt
Ubuntu intrepid-alpha-4
Intrepid
Fix Released
High
Martin Pitt
Ubuntu intrepid-alpha-4

Bug Description

RELEASE: Intrepid
CD/DVD VARIANT: Ubuntu 32bit Alternative CD
ISO BUILD: 20080811

SYMPTOMS: Grub fails to install and configure.

CAUSE: Unknown

STEPS TO REPRODUCE:
1/ burn cd
2/ install it.

Tested on 2 different sets of hardware.

Related branches

lp:ubuntu/lucid/grub
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Dave Morley (davmor2) wrote :
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Dustin Kirkland  (kirkland) wrote :

As a point of contrast, I was *not* able to reproduce this problem on the 20080811 build of the amd64 Ubuntu Server in a KVM.

:-Dustin

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Martin Pitt (pitti) wrote :

Confirming on current alternate. chrooting into /target and apt-get -f install works fine, though.

Changed in grub:
milestone: none → intrepid-alpha-4
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Martin Pitt (pitti) wrote :

I think I got it: grub.postinst calls "/usr/sbin/kernel-helper -i", which in turn calls update-grub at the end. I -x'ed the script and dropped the >/dev/null, to see the grub error messages. It fails because /boot/grub does not exist yet. Apparently d-i installs grub first, and then calls install-grub, and calls update-grub later.

Therefore a solution which fixes the installation is to only call update-grub if /boot/grub exists. This might not be the correct conceptual solution, though; Ben, can you comment whether this should work differently?

I'm going to apply that change now to get working CDs for Alpha-4.

Changed in grub:
assignee: nobody → pitti
status: Confirmed → In Progress
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Martin Pitt (pitti) wrote :

For the record, this is the applied patch.

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Launchpad Janitor (janitor) wrote :

This bug was fixed in the package grub - 0.97-29ubuntu34

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grub (0.97-29ubuntu34) intrepid; urgency=low

  * debian/kernel-helper: Do not run update-grub at the end if /boot/grub/
    does not exist, since that will make the entire script and thus package
    configuration fail. d-i installs grub and calls update-grub later.
    (LP: #256989)

 -- Martin Pitt <email address hidden> Sun, 11 May 2008 12:08:37 +0200

Changed in grub:
status: In Progress → Fix Released
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Ben Collins (ben-collins) wrote :

Martin, that sounds like the right solution. If /boot/grub doesn't exist, then no need to update the boot menu.

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