Bug 8218 - Latest update of GRUB makes itself default bootloader
Summary: Latest update of GRUB makes itself default bootloader
Status: RESOLVED FIXED
Alias: None
Product: Mageia
Classification: Unclassified
Component: RPM Packages (show other bugs)
Version: Cauldron
Hardware: i586 Linux
Priority: Normal normal
Target Milestone: ---
Assignee: Mageia Bug Squad
QA Contact:
URL:
Whiteboard:
Keywords:
Depends on:
Blocks:
 
Reported: 2012-11-27 06:50 CET by Doug Laidlaw
Modified: 2013-01-23 17:50 CET (History)
3 users (show)

See Also:
Source RPM: grub
CVE:
Status comment:

Attachments
Add an attachment (proposed patch, testcase, etc.)

Description Doug Laidlaw 2012-11-27 06:50:24 CET 
Description of problem:Just installed updated Grub to Cauldron.  I have Mga2 as my main distro, and 2's GRUB as bootloader.  After the upgrade, when I rebooted, I got repeated messages that Stage 1.5 could not be found.  Reinstalling GRUB from Mga 2 solved the problem.  It seems that the Cauldron Grub was made default, but its config was wrong, and the config routine had been skipped.


(Separate issue (or is it?): When I boot from Mga2 Rescue, it always finds Cauldron's Grub.  I believe that the Mga2 rescue should find Mga2's bootloader.  On this occasion, I resorted to using the Grub 1 Emergency CD from SourceForge.)
Manuel Hiebel 2012-11-27 19:38:43 CET

CC: (none) => arnaud.patard, mageia, pterjan
See Also: (none) => https://bugs.mageia.org/show_bug.cgi?id=8223
Source RPM: GRUB => grub

Comment 1 Manuel Hiebel 2012-11-28 10:23:59 CET 
could be a consequence of bug 8223, rtp, pterjan, blino, I'm right ?
Comment 2 Doug Laidlaw 2012-11-28 10:30:26 CET 
It could very well be; I am not qualified to say.
Comment 3 Doug Laidlaw 2012-11-28 10:32:04 CET 
BTW, I am running Alpha 2.  I haven't finished downloading Alpha 3 yet.
Comment 4 Pascal Terjan 2012-11-28 12:24:12 CET 
I don't think it is directly related, but probably triggered by the update.

Grub updates itself when the package is updated, but it should only happen where it was installed already.
Comment 5 Doug Laidlaw 2012-11-29 08:31:44 CET 
Today's update seems to have cured the problem.  My Cauldron bootloader was installed, but that would have happened anyway, if I had run an upgrade-type installation.  More importantly, it gave me a proper Grub menu, and I was able to reboot into Mga 2 without any problem.  Thanks guys!
Manuel Hiebel 2013-01-23 17:50:12 CET

Status: NEW => RESOLVED
Resolution: (none) => FIXED
Note You need to log in before you can comment on or make changes to this bug.