[Bug 1341618] Re: grub 1.99-21ubuntu3.15 will not boot on some hardware

[Ike Panhc]

One other thing I might add,

When I find the system is not booting, the first thing I do is to re-
install grub with a trusty live usb. The first command I have was a
wrong one, which is `grub-install --force --boot-directory=/mnt/boot
/dev/cciss/c0d0p1` and that will install into first partition not MBR.
After reboot, system into grub rescue prompt and says file missing.

In my opinion the problem is not in early stage of grub.

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Title:
  grub 1.99-21ubuntu3.15 will not boot on some hardware

Status in “grub2” package in Ubuntu:
  Incomplete

Bug description:
  A production system of ours recently experienced the problem detailed
  in http://serverfault.com/questions/611423/did-grub-updating-bring-my-
  server-down but with grub-pc instead of EFI.

  Basically after upgrading to 1.99-21ubuntu3.15 one of our 12.04
  machines rebooted, and didn't survive the trip.  We struggled for a
  long time with a rescue USB key, and ultimately had to mount the
  filesystems in a chroot and downgrade to 1.99-21ubuntu3.14 (which
  solved everything).

  We've put the grub packages on hold on this system, but we're nervous
  about the ability for our 12.04 servers to survive a reboot just now.
  This has caused an extended service outage for an office full of
  people.

  ProblemType: Bug
  DistroRelease: Ubuntu 14.04
  Package: grub-common 2.02~beta2-9ubuntu1
  ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.13.0-32.56-generic 3.13.11.4
  Uname: Linux 3.13.0-32-generic x86_64
  ApportVersion: 2.14.1-0ubuntu3.2
  Architecture: amd64
  CurrentDesktop: Unity
  Date: Mon Jul 14 14:47:59 2014
  InstallationDate: Installed on 2014-05-29 (45 days ago)
  InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 14.04 LTS "Trusty Tahr" - Release amd64 (20140417)
  SourcePackage: grub2
  UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install)

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