Ubuntu
grub2 package

--no floppy option kills Grub

Bug #391403 reported by Anzan Hoshin on 2009-06-23

This bug report is a duplicate of: Bug #391044: Fresh karmic install does not boot due to grub2 adding --no-floppy to "search " lines. Edit Remove

This bug affects 1 person

Affects		Status	Importance	Assigned to	Milestone
	grub2 (Ubuntu)	New	Undecided	Unassigned

Bug Description

My Karmic alpha 2 VM went through another partial dist upgrade today(Tue 23 June) but Grub now fails and says

error: unknown argument '--no floppy'

I asked an associate and they said that,
"There was an old kernel bug that would basically cause funny behavior if the floppy disk module was loaded, so people, for years, would load their kernels with a 'no floppy' option. This is probably no longer valid."

I can't figure out how to get to

/boot/grub/menu.lst

to change this option.

It's no big deal but I thought you'd like to know.

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Michael Rooney (mrooney) wrote on 2009-06-24:

Hi Anzan, thank you for taking the time to report this bug and helping to make Ubuntu better! This bug did not have a package associated with it, which is important for ensuring that it gets looked at by the proper developers. You can learn more about finding the right package at https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Bugs/FindRightPackage. I have classified this bug as a bug in grub2.

affects:

ubuntu → grub2 (Ubuntu)

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Michael Rooney (mrooney) wrote on 2009-06-24:

Also, this looks like a duplicate of the existing bug 391044 so I've marked it as such. Please continue further discussion on that report unless you don't believe this report is a duplicate. Thanks!