Re: grub broken in IPFire upgrade from 85 to 87

[Michael Tremer <michael.tremer@ipfire.org>]

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I still have not heard from anybody else who experienced the same
problem. I guess calling it an operator issue may be right. The update
seems to have not completed all the way through. By now it is hard to
figure out why.

-Michael

On Sun, 2015-03-22 at 14:21 -0500, Rod Rodolico wrote:
> It appears to be two completely different installs of grub to me.
> Haven't messed with grub in a long time, but the config files appear to
> be two versions? Like the install stopped before it was done? I looked
> through the logs but did not see anything obvious.
> 
> Attached. grub.cfg is from the "good" install and grub.conf is from the
> "bad" install. That is the way they were named in the images.
> 
> Additionally, here is a directory listing of boot/grub for both
> 
> "Good" install
> --------------
> grub.cfg  grubenv  i386-pc/  locale/  splash.png  unifont.pf2
> 
> "Bad" install
> -------------
> grub.conf  menu.lst
> 
> I tar/gzipped /boot (including the kernels and everything) and placed
> them at http://smartappliances.us/ipfire.85.87.tgz if you want them for
> anything. I'll remove them at the end of the week.
> 
> If no one else has reported anything similar, I vote we call it
> "operator error" and move on.
> 
> Rod
> 
> 
> On 03/20/2015 02:43 AM, Robertm wrote:
> > Hi Rod,
> > 
> > there are any differences in the grub.cfg.
> > Differences from the non working machine and the new working machine?
> > It would be nice if you could provide both configs
> > 
> > Am 20.03.2015 um 07:22 schrieb Rod Rodolico:
> >> I built a new router (core 85), loaded the config from the one that
> >> broke, then from the cli did the upgrade. It worked just fine. Same
> >> machine, same setup.
> >>
> >> I have no idea why the other one broke on upgrade, but attempting to
> >> replicate the issue did not work. I do still have the original image
> >> (the broken one) if it would be of any use.
> >>
> >> Rod
> >>
> >> P.S. thank you, whoever decided to do automatic backups when performing
> >> upgrades! That saved me.
> >>
> >> On 03/20/2015 12:20 AM, Rod Rodolico wrote:
> >>> I believe those are the correct versions. I upgraded the machine and now
> >>> get a grub error 15. I have no further information except the following:
> >>>
> >>> It is an HVM virtual, running on an LV (should not make a difference)
> >>>
> >>> To troubleshoot, I use kpartx to break it apart. When I mount the /boot
> >>> partition, I see grub.menu.old, then a grub/ directory. The config file
> >>> in the grub/ directory has none of the configuration options I expect.
> >>>
> >>> I have made a copy of the image in case anyone wants me to do anything
> >>> to it. Two other routers have worked just fine with this upgrade, but
> >>> they are not on an LVM partition?
> >>>
> >>> Anyone has any clues on what I should look for, let me know.
> >>>
> >>> Rod
> >>>
> >>
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