[Bug 423448] [NEW] [Karmic] Today's update of grub-pc leftmy computernon-bootable

[seasoned_geek]

*** This bug is a duplicate of bug 408699 ***
    https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/408699

Keep in mind this is _after_ I used a Windows notebook to find out how to 
manually fix this.

roland at logikaldesktop:~$ debconf-show grub-pc
debconf: DbDriver "passwords" warning: could not open 
/var/cache/debconf/passwords.dat: Permission denied
  grub-pc/kopt_extracted: false
  grub2/kfreebsd_cmdline:
* grub-pc/install_devices: /dev/sda
  grub-pc/postrm_purge_boot_grub: false
  grub-pc/linux_cmdline: fillme
* grub2/linux_cmdline:
  grub2/kfreebsd_cmdline_default: quiet
* grub2/linux_cmdline_default: quiet splash
  grub-pc/chainload_from_menu.lst: true


I believe the root of the problem to be the fact Karmic does not see the SATA 
drives in the correct order.

roland at logikaldesktop:~$ sudo fdisk -l                                                                   
[sudo] password for roland:                                                                              

Disk /dev/sda: 1000.2 GB, 1000204886016 bytes
255 heads, 63 sectors/track, 121601 cylinders
Units = cylinders of 16065 * 512 = 8225280 bytes
Disk identifier: 0x000553e3

   Device Boot      Start         End      Blocks   Id  System
/dev/sda1               2      121601   976752000    f  W95 Ext'd (LBA)
/dev/sda5               2       15666   125829081   83  Linux
/dev/sda6           15667       80936   524281243+  83  Linux
/dev/sda7           80937      121601   326641581   83  Linux

Disk /dev/sdb: 250.1 GB, 250059350016 bytes
255 heads, 63 sectors/track, 30401 cylinders
Units = cylinders of 16065 * 512 = 8225280 bytes
Disk identifier: 0x0005713f

   Device Boot      Start         End      Blocks   Id  System
/dev/sdb1   *           1        1020     8193118+   b  W95 FAT32
/dev/sdb2            1021       30401   236002882+   f  W95 Ext'd (LBA)
/dev/sdb5            1021       22931   176000076    b  W95 FAT32
/dev/sdb6           22932       29010    48829536   83  Linux
/dev/sdb7           29011       30401    11173176   82  Linux swap / Solaris

Disk /dev/sdc: 1000.2 GB, 1000204886016 bytes
255 heads, 63 sectors/track, 121601 cylinders
Units = cylinders of 16065 * 512 = 8225280 bytes
Disk identifier: 0x000cf7ab

   Device Boot      Start         End      Blocks   Id  System
/dev/sdc1               1      121601   976760001   83  Linux

The BIOS sees the 250GB drive as the first and bootable drive.  This is the way 
it is cabled, there is no tweaking happening in the BIOS to change order.  
FreeDOS was installed along with a large FAT-32 extended partition to act as a 
transfer drive.  Karmic book partition is also on that very same drive along 
with the swap partition.



On Thursday 03 September 2009 11:09:06 am Colin Watson wrote:
> *** This bug is a duplicate of bug 408699 ***
>     https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/408699
> 
> Could you please provide the output of 'debconf-show grub-pc'?
> 

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