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FS#30847 - [grub2] Erroneous grub.cfg entries

Attached to Project: Arch Linux
Opened by F M Salter (FMS_responding) - Wednesday, 25 July 2012, 11:40 GMT
Last edited by Tobias Powalowski (tpowa) - Friday, 02 August 2013, 09:03 GMT
Task Type Bug Report
Category System
Status Closed
Assigned To Pierre Schmitz (Pierre)
Architecture x86_64
Severity Low
Priority Normal
Reported Version
Due in Version Undecided
Due Date Undecided
Percent Complete 100%
Votes 0
Private No

Details

Description: New Installation failed to boot because of erroneous grub.cfg

Installation with release 2012.07.15 runing in virtualbox. Msdos partitioned drive with 4 primary partitions.

root : /dev/sda3; boot : /dev/sda1; swap : /dev/sda2; home : /dev/sda4

Following installation instructions produced set root='hd0,msdos5' and subsequent failure to reboot!

Booting required manual intervention.


Additional info:
* package version(s)
* config and/or log files etc.


Steps to reproduce:
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Closed by  Tobias Powalowski (tpowa)
Friday, 02 August 2013, 09:03 GMT
Reason for closing:  Fixed
Comment by F M Salter (FMS_responding) - Friday, 27 July 2012, 16:19 GMT
Additional information:

I repeated the grub installation process using uuid referencing (genfstab with -U option) rather than no option and this produced a bootable system!

There was no mention of 'hd0,msdos5', only of 'hd0,msdos1' in grub.cfg.
Comment by Greg (dolby) - Monday, 15 October 2012, 12:08 GMT
Reassign to Roland?
Comment by Keshav Amburay (the.ridikulus.rat) - Monday, 17 June 2013, 10:16 GMT
Is this still an issue?

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