Bug 9868

Summary:	kernel update creates incorrect adjustments in /boot/grub/menu.lst -> mageia fails to start
Product:	Mageia	Reporter:	Gerald <g.sprik>
Component:	RPM Packages	Assignee:	Mageia Bug Squad <bugsquad>
Status:	RESOLVED OLD	QA Contact:
Severity:	normal
Priority:	Normal	CC:	thierry.vignaud
Version:	3
Target Milestone:	---
Hardware:	i586
OS:	Linux
Whiteboard:
Source RPM:	drakxtools	CVE:
Status comment:
Attachments:	etc/fstab /boot/grub/menu.lst before kernel update /boot/grub/menu.lst after kernel update

Description Gerald 2013-04-25 19:22:53 CEST

I installed Mageia 3 Beta 4 on a second harddisk (/dev/sda9) with grub in the root partition.

My bootdevice is a SSD (dev/sdb), with grub as bootloader. 

The installation was succesfull, and I can boot from grub on dev/sdb and chainload to grub on dev/sda9 to start Mageia 3.

A kernel update to kernel-server-3.8.8 however changed all menu entries in /boot/grub/menu.lst on dev/sda9 from (hd1,8) into (hd0,8). As a result Mageia 3 fails to start.




Reproducible: 

Steps to Reproduce:

Comment 1 Thierry Vignaud 2013-04-26 15:07:46 CEST

Can you attach your /etc/fstab & your /boot/grub/menu.lst?

Keywords: (none) => NEEDINFO
CC: (none) => thierry.vignaud
Source RPM: kernel-server-3.8.8-3.mga3-1-1.mga3 => drakxtools

Comment 2 Gerald 2013-04-28 20:53:45 CEST

Created attachment 3843 [details]
etc/fstab

Comment 3 Gerald 2013-04-28 20:56:44 CEST

Created attachment 3844 [details]
/boot/grub/menu.lst before kernel update

Comment 4 Gerald 2013-04-28 20:57:46 CEST

Created attachment 3845 [details]
/boot/grub/menu.lst after kernel update

claire robinson 2013-04-29 01:22:18 CEST

Keywords: NEEDINFO => (none)

Comment 5 Samuel Verschelde 2015-05-03 20:23:09 CEST

Hi Gerald. Sorry that your bug report was overlooked after you provided your information.

Mageia 3 is now no more supported. Have you seen this bug in Mageia 4 and/or recent cauldron?

Keywords: (none) => NEEDINFO

Thierry Vignaud 2015-05-19 14:22:32 CEST

Version: Cauldron => 3

Comment 6 Gerald 2015-05-21 19:49:11 CEST

Samuel, no I haven't seen this bug in Mageia 4 or Cauldron. After this bugreport, two years ago, I changed my setup to avoid these problems in the future, Since then I boot from dev/sda.

However, today I tested a installation of Mageia 5 RC with bootloader on dev/sdb (not on default dev/sda). After a kernel update from kernel-desktop-latest 3.19.4-2.mga5 to 3.19.8-1.mga5 I didn't see any wrong changes in menu.lst.

Gerald 2015-05-21 19:54:21 CEST

Keywords: NEEDINFO => (none)

Comment 7 Thierry Vignaud 2015-05-22 06:25:59 CEST

Closing then

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