[Bug 987354] [NEW] [Oneiric -> Precise upgrade] error: no such partition

[TJ]

Public bug reported:

After upgrading Oneiric to Precise on a 32-bit server using:

do-release-upgrade -d

On reboot GRUB2 totally fails to find its 2nd stage files. It reports:

error: no such partition

This also happens when entering the rescue command-line and trying to do
operations such as:

grub> ls
error: no such partition

Initial inspection of the grub environment indicates the UUIDs and grub
prefix are as they were prior to the update.

It is not possible to do anything with GRUB2 that requires it to
find/load second stage files - which puts most of its command-line tools
out of reach.

** Affects: grub2 (Ubuntu)
     Importance: Undecided
     Assignee: TJ (intuitivenipple)
         Status: In Progress

** Changed in: grub2 (Ubuntu)
     Assignee: (unassigned) => TJ (intuitivenipple)

** Changed in: grub2 (Ubuntu)
       Status: New => In Progress

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Title:
  [Oneiric -> Precise upgrade] error: no such partition

Status in “grub2” package in Ubuntu:
  In Progress

Bug description:
  After upgrading Oneiric to Precise on a 32-bit server using:

  do-release-upgrade -d

  On reboot GRUB2 totally fails to find its 2nd stage files. It reports:

  error: no such partition

  This also happens when entering the rescue command-line and trying to
  do operations such as:

  grub> ls
  error: no such partition

  Initial inspection of the grub environment indicates the UUIDs and
  grub prefix are as they were prior to the update.

  It is not possible to do anything with GRUB2 that requires it to
  find/load second stage files - which puts most of its command-line
  tools out of reach.

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