FS#8680 - Kernel2.6.23 says "No setup signature found"

Attached to Project: Arch Linux
Opened by Ravi (ravster) - Saturday, 17 November 2007, 19:05 GMT
Last edited by Roman Kyrylych (Romashka) - Thursday, 22 November 2007, 10:12 GMT
Task Type Bug Report
Category Kernel
Status Closed
Assigned To Tobias Powalowski (tpowa)
Architecture i686
Severity High
Priority Normal
Reported Version 2007.08-2
Due in Version Undecided
Due Date Undecided
Percent Complete 100%
Votes 0
Private No

Details

Description:
When using the kernel26-2.6.23, the boot loader (GRUB) transfers tries to boot the kernel but fails. The only error message written down is
"No Setup Signature Found"
I looked this up using google and found that for some cases this happens due to hardware failure. The reason I don't think its a hardware problem is that the system works perfectly using kernel26-2.6.22, with all other programs being the same (same glibc and everything).
Further info on this problem can be found at http://bbs.archlinux.org/viewtopic.php?id=38954



Additional info: I couldn't find anything in the log files, probably since the kernel hadn't even gotten to the point where it can log stuff. If anyone knows other ways to get data, I'll be glad to provide it.
* package version(s) - Kernel26.2.6.23 - any release
* config and/or log files etc. - none found


Steps to reproduce: I just install any of the 2.6.23 versions that have come out on testing so far and they all have the same problem - they don't boot up.
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Closed by  Roman Kyrylych (Romashka)
Thursday, 22 November 2007, 10:12 GMT
Reason for closing:  Not a bug
Additional comments about closing:  Not a kernel bug. GRUB 0.90 is known to not work with kernel 2.6.23.
Comment by Roman Kyrylych (Romashka) - Sunday, 18 November 2007, 11:06 GMT
same with fallback kernel?
Comment by Ravi (ravster) - Sunday, 18 November 2007, 21:25 GMT
Yes, this is happening with the default fallback kernel in testing.
Comment by Tobias Powalowski (tpowa) - Monday, 19 November 2007, 09:42 GMT
you could try .24rc3 here at your own risk:
http://www.archlinux.org/~tpowa/2.6.24/
Comment by Ravi (ravster) - Monday, 19 November 2007, 19:27 GMT
I just tried this on my testing system, and the problem is still there.
I also just found here
http://lkml.org/lkml/2007/8/2/274
http://www.uwsg.indiana.edu/hypermail/linux/kernel/0707.3/1349.html
that grub-0.97 boots just fine and 0.91 doesn't. It's been a really long time since I've upgraded grub, so with any luck this is the cause of the problem.
I will install the new grub and let you know what happens.
Comment by Ravi (ravster) - Thursday, 22 November 2007, 04:10 GMT
OK, so the problem was that the old grub that I had could not load kernels 2.6.23 and above.
I've upgraded grub and everything is working just fine.
Thanks, and sorry for the bother.

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