Re: grub broken in IPFire upgrade from 85 to 87

[Rod Rodolico <rodo@dailydata.net>]

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I think it was a fluke or operator error. If no one else reported it,
I'd suggest just writing it up as a "Stupid User Trick" and get on with
other more important things.

Rod

On 04/07/2015 06:37 AM, Michael Tremer wrote:
> 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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