Bug 8223

Summary:	grub update for mageia3 alpha breaks boot loader.
Product:	Mageia	Reporter:	Peter Wallace <worzel910>
Component:	RPM Packages	Assignee:	Mageia Bug Squad <bugsquad>
Status:	RESOLVED FIXED	QA Contact:
Severity:	critical
Priority:	release_blocker	CC:	arnaud.patard, christian-maryse.fischer, curtis_mageia, ennael1, mageia, magicandsave, pmdenielou, pterjan
Version:	Cauldron
Target Milestone:	---
Hardware:	x86_64
OS:	Linux
See Also:	https://bugs.mageia.org/show_bug.cgi?id=8218
Whiteboard:
Source RPM:	grub	CVE:
Status comment:

Description Peter Wallace 2012-11-27 15:47:08 CET

Description of problem:

Been running the alpha 2 since iso release, after the updates this morning(27/11/12). grub is in an endless loop after reboot. 

This is on a raid disk using dmraid.

Version-Release number of selected component (if applicable):

Mageia3 Alpha 2. update grub i believe was .97
 

Steps to Reproduce:
1. Install alpha2 on raid array (dmraid is used in my case.)
2. Allow updates.
3. Reboot

I am not able to dig deeper as it is looping the search for grub stage1.5

Comment 1 Peter Wallace 2012-11-27 15:51:28 CET

Downloading alpha3 to install and see if the update breaks it again. I can also check the version number of the update and a previous bug reported(5558)

Manuel Hiebel 2012-11-27 19:37:24 CET

CC: (none) => arnaud.patard, mageia, pterjan
See Also: (none) => https://bugs.mageia.org/show_bug.cgi?id=8218
Source RPM: (none) => grub

Comment 2 isadora 2012-11-27 20:22:03 CET

Confirm boot-problems for my Cauldron-environment, after updates this afternoon
Mageia 3 64-bits.

CC: (none) => isis2000

Manuel Hiebel 2012-11-27 20:30:56 CET

Priority: Normal => release_blocker

Comment 3 Malo Deniélou 2012-11-27 21:34:11 CET

I confirm the bug: my system does not reboot: screen shoes 
GRUB Loading stage 1.5
And does not go on.

CC: (none) => pierre-malo.denielou

Comment 4 Manuel Hiebel 2012-11-27 21:40:44 CET

should be fixed with new rpm according to ennael
but don't ask me how to update it :)

Comment 5 Anne Nicolas 2012-11-27 21:45:53 CET

 grub-0.97-36 has been uploaded this afternoon.  grub-0.97-35 was the faulty
one.
Please test

CC: (none) => ennael1

Comment 6 Malo Deniélou 2012-11-27 23:07:34 CET

Please advise on how to fix the faulty boot sector, as the rescue from isos is not working (corruption error). Thanks.

Comment 7 Pascal Terjan 2012-11-27 23:14:51 CET

The boot sector is not broken, the stage2 is. You need to copy a stage2 to /boot/grub/ in your partition.

Curtis Hildebrand 2012-11-27 23:27:41 CET

CC: (none) => curtis_mageia

Comment 8 Malo Deniélou 2012-11-27 23:54:19 CET

To fix it, you need: 
- boot your machine (using an iso for example), 
- mount your old partition (for example mount /dev/sda1 /mnt), 
- chroot in /mnt (with chroot /mnt/)
- start the network,
- urpmi grub-0.97-36.mga3.x86_64.rpm (after updating your sources).

Thanks pterjan!

Status: NEW => RESOLVED
Resolution: (none) => FIXED

Comment 9 Peter Wallace 2012-11-28 01:31:44 CET

Fixed at my end.

Did a fresh install, then applied updates, 97-36.mga3 was listed.

Rebooted and worked fine. :)

Comment 10 christian fischer 2012-11-28 10:38:38 CET

hello
for system 32 too

CC: (none) => christian-maryse.fischer