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grub2 package

  1. Bug #741867
  2. Activity log

Activity log for bug #741867

Date Who What changed Old value New value Message
2011-03-24 16:34:56 Colin Ian King bug added bug
2011-03-24 16:36:20 Colin Ian King attachment added Patch that causes the regression https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/grub2/+bug/741867/+attachment/1937009/+files/2751.diff
2011-03-24 16:38:10 Colin Ian King attachment added always_copy_partition_table.patch https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/grub2/+bug/741867/+attachment/1937012/+files/always_copy_partition_table.patch
2011-03-24 16:39:40 Colin Ian King description Binary package hint: grub2 Installing grub onto a partition rather than the MBR seems to render some systems totally unbootable. Using daily ISO from cdimage.ubuntu.com, and installing on a clean HDD w/o an MBR: 1) dd if=/dev/zero of=/dev/sdb bs=512 count=2048 2) Install the system using manual partitioning a) Create a single large partition, ext4, mountpoint / b) Choose to install the bootloader to this new partition /dev/sdb1 This should install grub to the PBR, set the partition active and should the initial bootstrap code into the PBR. On some machines the system is rendered unbootable. Mario Limonciello bisected this down to r2751 (attached) causing the fault: Here's the bisection log: phcoder@gmail.com-20110323192917-u0z9hkekw2pvbrlp start phcoder@gmail.com-20110323192917-u0z9hkekw2pvbrlp yes proski@localhost-20090720134841-rdhss6osd98khqxj no phcoder@gmail.com-20100419004148-6dcvnfwn8c8mdgu1 no phcoder@gmail.com-20101225213254-je1dh97vtt203dd1 yes phcoder@gmail.com-20100902215927-pjt6h9go8icrdh3a no phcoder@gmail.com-20100913181041-2pwa96zeg4otxeex no phcoder@gmail.com-20101016222523-zijsr7snp3k14tbf yes phcoder@gmail.com-20100920171429-dvy9mo8kbte51eiy yes phcoder@gmail.com-20100918142157-2hv9rz4bf7i4vnl7 yes szymon@janc.net.pl-20100914221309-yh5p0p0im3fued2a yes phcoder@gmail.com-20100914185900-jvf61vgzyrhypryt yes phcoder@gmail.com-20100913215922-oo1bo7wi38rgjk2b yes phcoder@gmail.com-20100913182915-2hte8mqb0loirjpk no phcoder@gmail.com-20100913201803-i080pnv6g4n5m5t2 no phcoder@gmail.com-20100913215922-oo1bo7wi38rgjk2b done Binary package hint: grub2 Installing grub onto a partition rather than the MBR seems to render some systems totally unbootable. Using daily ISO from cdimage.ubuntu.com, and installing on a clean HDD w/o an MBR: 1) dd if=/dev/zero of=/dev/sdb bs=512 count=2048 2) Install the system using manual partitioning      a) Create a single large partition, ext4, mountpoint /      b) Choose to install the bootloader to this new partition /dev/sdb1 This should install grub to the PBR, set the partition active and should the initial bootstrap code into the PBR. On some machines the system is rendered unbootable. Mario Limonciello bisected this down to r2751 causing the fault: Here's the bisection log: phcoder@gmail.com-20110323192917-u0z9hkekw2pvbrlp start phcoder@gmail.com-20110323192917-u0z9hkekw2pvbrlp yes proski@localhost-20090720134841-rdhss6osd98khqxj no phcoder@gmail.com-20100419004148-6dcvnfwn8c8mdgu1 no phcoder@gmail.com-20101225213254-je1dh97vtt203dd1 yes phcoder@gmail.com-20100902215927-pjt6h9go8icrdh3a no phcoder@gmail.com-20100913181041-2pwa96zeg4otxeex no phcoder@gmail.com-20101016222523-zijsr7snp3k14tbf yes phcoder@gmail.com-20100920171429-dvy9mo8kbte51eiy yes phcoder@gmail.com-20100918142157-2hv9rz4bf7i4vnl7 yes szymon@janc.net.pl-20100914221309-yh5p0p0im3fued2a yes phcoder@gmail.com-20100914185900-jvf61vgzyrhypryt yes phcoder@gmail.com-20100913215922-oo1bo7wi38rgjk2b yes phcoder@gmail.com-20100913182915-2hte8mqb0loirjpk no phcoder@gmail.com-20100913201803-i080pnv6g4n5m5t2 no phcoder@gmail.com-20100913215922-oo1bo7wi38rgjk2b done
2011-03-24 17:40:13 Brian Murray bug added subscriber Ubuntu Review Team
2011-03-24 17:40:16 Brian Murray tags patch
2011-03-24 17:51:00 Chris Van Hoof bug added subscriber Chris Van Hoof
2011-03-24 17:51:38 Chris Van Hoof bug added subscriber Canonical Hardware Enablement Team
2011-03-24 17:51:45 Chris Van Hoof tags patch hwe-blocker patch
2011-03-24 20:36:27 Kent Baxley bug task added oem-priority
2011-03-24 20:37:11 Kent Baxley oem-priority: importance Undecided High
2011-03-25 17:51:29 Colin Watson grub2 (Ubuntu): importance Undecided High
2011-03-25 17:51:31 Colin Watson grub2 (Ubuntu): status New Triaged
2011-03-25 17:51:35 Colin Watson grub2 (Ubuntu): assignee Colin Watson (cjwatson)
2011-03-25 19:17:46 Colin Watson bug added subscriber Mario Limonciello
2011-03-29 10:37:20 Colin Watson grub2 (Ubuntu): status Triaged Fix Committed
2011-03-29 21:28:22 Launchpad Janitor branch linked lp:debian/grub2
2011-04-01 17:45:12 Launchpad Janitor grub2 (Ubuntu): status Fix Committed Fix Released
2011-04-01 18:11:19 Chris Van Hoof oem-priority: status New Fix Released