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Evilguru
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 Posted: Sun Jul 03, 2011 10:33 am Post subject: Grub Update Fails with Error 6 |
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Hello,
Today I have just emerged a new version of grub, sys-boot/grub-0.97-r10. After I ran grub-install /dev/sda and got the following:
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GNU GRUB version 0.97 (640K lower / 9216K upper memory)
[ Minimal BASH-like line editing is supported. For the first word, TAB
lists possible command completions. Anywhere else TAB lists the possible
completions of a device/filename. ]
grub> root (hd0,0)
Filesystem type is ext2fs, partition type 0x83
grub> setup --stage2=/boot/grub/stage2 --prefix=/grub (hd0)
Checking if "/grub/stage1" exists... yes
Checking if "/grub/stage2" exists... yes
Checking if "/grub/e2fs_stage1_5" exists... yes
Running "embed /grub/e2fs_stage1_5 (hd0)"... 22 sectors are embedded.
succeeded
Running "install --stage2=/boot/grub/stage2 /grub/stage1 (hd0) (hd0)1+22 p (hd0,0)/grub/stage2 /grub/menu.lst"... failed
Error 6: Mismatched or corrupt version of stage1/stage2
grub> quit
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My menu.lst is:
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default 0
timeout 5
#splashimage=(hd0,0)/boot/grub/splash.xpm.gz
title Gentoo Linux 2.6.38
root (hd0,0)
kernel /boot/kernel-2.6.38 root=/dev/sda2
title Gentoo Linux 2.6.36
root (hd0,0)
kernel /boot/kernel-2.6.36 root=/dev/sda2
title Gentoo Linux 2.6.33
root (hd0,0)
kernel /boot/kernel-2.6.33 root=/dev/sda2
title Gentoo Linux 2.6.30
root (hd0,0)
kernel /boot/kernel-2.6.30 root=/dev/sda2
title Gentoo Linux 2.6.27
root (hd0,0)
kernel /boot/kernel-2.6.27 root=/dev/sda2
# vim:ft=conf:
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Given that grub has been on the drive for years without problems I have no idea what is going on here. I have tried (re)moving /boot/grub, but it does not make any difference.
Regards, Freddie. |
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NeddySeagoon
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| Posted: Sun Jul 03, 2011 11:36 am Post subject: |
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Evilguru,
If you have boot sector virus protection on in your BIOS, disable it.
It works by reporting a good write to the boot sector without actually writing anything, so the old grub stage1 will still be in the MBR.
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Evilguru
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| Posted: Sun Jul 03, 2011 12:44 pm Post subject: |
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I can find no reference to boot sector protection in my BIOS. However, in rebooting to check this, I am unable to get past the loading stage 1.5 point to boot the system.
I was under the impression that the boot sector protection only worked for BIOS interrupts, as opposed to accessing the chipset through AHCI or the relevant IDE driver. How does grub attempt to install itself onto the MBR and can it no use the OS?
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NeddySeagoon
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Evilguru,
It looks like you need to use your liveCD and revert the grub update.
The operating system can write to any logical block it pleases but to write to the areas in which grub is installed, it cannot use filesystem commands as the filesystem space starts at LBA 63 and grub is installed from LBA 0 to 22, approx.
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Evilguru
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| Posted: Sun Jul 03, 2011 4:37 pm Post subject: |
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I went into the live CD and chrooted, installing every previous version of grub I could find. They all had the same problem with grub-install. So, I decided to unmask grub2, did a quick bit of set-up and ran grub-install. It worked, no problems.
Precisely why grub legacy was having issues I do not know. While I would like to think that it was a bad update it would not explain why all of the previous versions also failed. Either way, it is working now.
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