Ubuntu
grub2 package

error: invalid blocklist

Bug #973486 reported by Otus
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Bug Description

From bug #972221 comment #4:

I get this message at boot after the most recent grub update. I didn't get it before and didn't see any errors when updating grub. (It did ask and overwrite my /etc/default/grub which I had modified.)

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Unlike the reporter of that bug, I still see this with version 1.99-21ubuntu1 of the grub packages. It doesn't come up every boot, but every once in a while (may be connected to whether I reboot to/from Windows or do a hard boot, but can't say for sure).

The exact error message is:

"error: invalid blocklist

Press any key to continue..."

This message comes up after the Ubuntu kernel has been selected. Pressing a key lets the boot continue normally.

Additionally before the grub screen comes up a black screen with the message "error: invalid blocklist" repeated twice flashes by quickly.

ProblemType: Bug
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 12.04
Package: grub2 (not installed)
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.2.0-21.34-generic 3.2.13
Uname: Linux 3.2.0-21-generic x86_64
ApportVersion: 2.0-0ubuntu4
Architecture: amd64
Date: Wed Apr 4 18:33:46 2012
InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 12.04 LTS "Precise Pangolin" - Alpha amd64 (20120319)
ProcEnviron:
 TERM=xterm
 LANG=en_US.UTF-8
 SHELL=/bin/bash
SourcePackage: grub2
UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install)

See original description
Revision history for this message
Launchpad Janitor (janitor) wrote :

Status changed to 'Confirmed' because the bug affects multiple users.

Changed in grub2 (Ubuntu):
status: New → Confirmed
Revision history for this message
Colin Watson (cjwatson) wrote :

Please show the output of 'debconf-show grub-pc', along with a description of the disk devices attached to your computer.

Changed in grub2 (Ubuntu):
status: Confirmed → Incomplete
Revision history for this message
usky (lterci) wrote :

  grub-pc/kopt_extracted: false
  grub2/kfreebsd_cmdline:
  grub2/device_map_regenerated:
* grub-pc/install_devices: /dev/disk/by-id/ata-Hitachi_HDT721010SLA360_STF604MR29E14P
  grub-pc/postrm_purge_boot_grub: false
  grub-pc/install_devices_failed_upgrade: true
  grub-pc/disk_description:
* grub2/linux_cmdline:
  grub-pc/install_devices_empty: false
  grub2/kfreebsd_cmdline_default: quiet
  grub-pc/partition_description:
  grub-pc/install_devices_failed: false
  grub-pc/install_devices_disks_changed:
* grub2/linux_cmdline_default: quiet splash
  grub-pc/chainload_from_menu.lst: true
  grub-pc/hidden_timeout: false
  grub-pc/mixed_legacy_and_grub2: true
  grub-pc/timeout: 10

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Otus (jan-varho) wrote :

Below in the output from debconf-show. The computer has two HDDs: SAMSUNG_HD642JJ (640GB, /dev/sdb) and SAMSUNG_HD103SJ (1TB, /dev/sda). Precise is on the former.

  grub-pc/kopt_extracted: false
  grub2/kfreebsd_cmdline:
  grub2/device_map_regenerated:
* grub-pc/install_devices: /dev/disk/by-id/ata-SAMSUNG_HD642JJ_S1AFJDWS402000
  grub-pc/postrm_purge_boot_grub: false
  grub-pc/install_devices_failed_upgrade: true
  grub-pc/disk_description:
* grub2/linux_cmdline:
  grub-pc/install_devices_empty: false
  grub2/kfreebsd_cmdline_default: quiet
  grub-pc/partition_description:
  grub-pc/install_devices_failed: false
  grub-pc/install_devices_disks_changed:
* grub2/linux_cmdline_default: quiet splash
  grub-pc/chainload_from_menu.lst: true
  grub-pc/hidden_timeout: false
  grub-pc/mixed_legacy_and_grub2: true
  grub-pc/timeout: 5

Changed in grub2 (Ubuntu):
status: Incomplete → Confirmed
Nico Verse (nico-verse)
Changed in grub2 (Ubuntu):
assignee: nobody → Nico Verse (nico-verse)
assignee: Nico Verse (nico-verse) → nobody
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aydin demircioglu (k-launchpad-cloned-de) wrote :

exactly the same here,
andi have the feeling that it slows boot sometimes?

grub2/kfreebsd_cmdline:
  grub2/device_map_regenerated:
* grub2/linux_cmdline: splash pcie_aspm=force
  grub-pc/install_devices_empty: false
  grub-pc/install_devices_failed: false
  grub-pc/chainload_from_menu.lst: true
  grub-pc/hidden_timeout: false
  grub-pc/timeout: 10
  grub-pc/kopt_extracted: false
* grub-pc/install_devices: /dev/disk/by-id/ata-WDC_WD5000BEVT-22A0RT0_WD-WXF1A50M8695
  grub-pc/postrm_purge_boot_grub: false
  grub-pc/install_devices_failed_upgrade: true
  grub-pc/disk_description:
  grub2/kfreebsd_cmdline_default: quiet
  grub-pc/partition_description:
* grub-pc/install_devices_disks_changed: /dev/disk/by-id/ata-WDC_WD5000BEVT-22A0RT0_WD-WXF1A50M8695
* grub2/linux_cmdline_default: quiet splash pcie_aspm=force
  grub-pc/mixed_legacy_and_grub2: true

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BoyBlunder (boyblunder) wrote :

also happening here:

  grub-pc/kopt_extracted: false
  grub2/kfreebsd_cmdline:
  grub2/device_map_regenerated:
* grub-pc/install_devices: ,
  grub-pc/postrm_purge_boot_grub: false
  grub-pc/install_devices_failed_upgrade: true
  grub-pc/disk_description:
* grub2/linux_cmdline:
  grub-pc/install_devices_empty: false
  grub2/kfreebsd_cmdline_default: quiet
  grub-pc/partition_description:
* grub-pc/install_devices_failed: true
* grub-pc/install_devices_disks_changed: ,
* grub2/linux_cmdline_default: quiet splash
  grub-pc/chainload_from_menu.lst: true
  grub-pc/hidden_timeout: true
  grub-pc/mixed_legacy_and_grub2: true
  grub-pc/timeout: 10

Christian Heimes (heimes)
description: updated
Revision history for this message
Marcus Tomlinson (marcustomlinson) wrote :

This release of Ubuntu is no longer receiving maintenance updates. If this is still an issue on a maintained version of Ubuntu please let us know.

Changed in grub2 (Ubuntu):
status: Confirmed → Incomplete
Revision history for this message
Launchpad Janitor (janitor) wrote :

[Expired for grub2 (Ubuntu) because there has been no activity for 60 days.]

Changed in grub2 (Ubuntu):
status: Incomplete → Expired
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