[Fwd: Bug#536846: grub-pc: /boot/vmlinux entry cannot be booted]

[Felix Zielcke <fzielcke@z-51.de>]

How about just removing support for vmlinux kernels in grub-mkconfig?
I.e:

Index: util/grub.d/10_linux.in
===================================================================
--- util/grub.d/10_linux.in	(revision 2441)
+++ util/grub.d/10_linux.in	(working copy)
@@ -112,7 +112,7 @@ EOF
 EOF
 }
 
-list=`for i in /boot/vmlinu[xz]-* /vmlinu[xz]-* ; do
+list=`for i in /boot/vmlinuz* /vmlinuz-* ; do
         if grub_file_is_not_garbage "$i" ; then echo -n "$i " ; fi
       done`

-------- Weitergeleitete Nachricht --------
> Von: Alvaro Herrera <alvherre@alvh.no-ip.org>
> Reply-to: Alvaro Herrera <alvherre@alvh.no-ip.org>,
> 536846@bugs.debian.org
> An: Debian Bug Tracking System <submit@bugs.debian.org>
> Betreff: Bug#536846: grub-pc: /boot/vmlinux entry cannot be booted
> Datum: Mon, 13 Jul 2009 19:58:42 -0400
> 
> Package: grub-pc
> Version: 1.96+20090603-2
> Severity: normal
> 
> 
> I have a /boot/vmlinux-2.6.26 file that I installed some time ago for
> use with oprofile.  Since the /etc/grub.d/10_linux script looks for
> files using the pattern /boot/vmlinu[xz]*, this file is automatically
> added to the boot menu, and moreover it is selected as the first entry.
> 
> However, this file doesn't boot properly.  Grub gives a message saying
> so and then sits there waiting for user input.  In practice it means I
> have to watch over the boot sequence or the workstation is as good as
> halted for all practical purposes.
> 
> What I've been doing is edit 10_linux and change the /boot/vmlinu[xz]*
> pattern to /boot/vmlinuz*, but each time grub-pc is upgraded I have to
> edit the file again.  I've been doing this for several releases and it
> has gotten old now.
> 
> So my request is: can this pattern be turned into /boot/vmlinuz* in the
> file distributed with the package?  I guess it boils down to whether
> there are still valid uncompressed (vmlinux) kernels that can be booted
> at all.
> 
> 
> -- Package-specific info:
> 
> *********************** BEGIN /proc/mounts
> /dev/sda1 / ext3 rw,relatime,errors=remount-ro,data=ordered 0 0
> /dev/sda6 /usr ext3 rw,relatime,errors=continue,data=ordered 0 0
> /dev/sda7 /var ext3 rw,noatime,errors=continue,data=ordered 0 0
> /dev/md3 /home ext3 rw,noatime,errors=continue,data=writeback 0 0
> /dev/md4 /home/fotos ext3 rw,noatime,errors=continue,data=ordered 0 0
> /dev/dm-0 /home/media ext3 rw,noatime,errors=continue,data=ordered 0 0
> /dev/sda5 /tmp ext2 rw,noatime,errors=continue 0 0
> *********************** END /proc/mounts
> 
> *********************** BEGIN /boot/grub/device.map
> (hd0)	/dev/sda
> (hd1)	/dev/sdb
> (hd2)	/dev/sdc
> *********************** END /boot/grub/device.map
> 
> *********************** BEGIN /boot/grub/grub.cfg
> #
> # DO NOT EDIT THIS FILE
> #
> # It is automatically generated by /usr/sbin/grub-mkconfig using templates
> # from /etc/grub.d and settings from /etc/default/grub
> #
> 
> ### BEGIN /etc/grub.d/00_header ###
> set default=0
> set timeout=5
> set root=(hd0,6)
> search --fs-uuid --set 9cf20f48-136a-4284-9048-4720baa20dfb
> if loadfont /share/grub/ascii.pf2 ; then
>   set gfxmode=640x480
>   insmod gfxterm
>   insmod vbe
>   if terminal_output gfxterm ; then true ; else
>     # For backward compatibility with versions of terminal.mod that don't
>     # understand terminal_output
>     terminal gfxterm
>   fi
> fi
> ### END /etc/grub.d/00_header ###
> 
> ### BEGIN /etc/grub.d/05_debian_theme ###
> set root=(hd0,1)
> search --fs-uuid --set 550f142c-dd6e-46cf-a267-c32d331b6da8
> insmod png
> if background_image /boot/grub/moreblue-orbit-grub.png ; then
>   set color_normal=black/black
>   set color_highlight=magenta/black
> else
>   set menu_color_normal=cyan/blue
>   set menu_color_highlight=white/blue
> fi
> ### END /etc/grub.d/05_debian_theme ###
> 
> ### BEGIN /etc/grub.d/10_linux ###
> menuentry "Debian GNU/Linux, linux 2.6.26" {
> 	set root=(hd0,1)
> 	search --fs-uuid --set 550f142c-dd6e-46cf-a267-c32d331b6da8
> 	linux	/boot/vmlinux-2.6.26 root=/dev/sda1 ro quiet 
> 	initrd	/boot/initrd.img-2.6.26
> }
> menuentry "Debian GNU/Linux, linux 2.6.26 (recovery mode)" {
> 	set root=(hd0,1)
> 	search --fs-uuid --set 550f142c-dd6e-46cf-a267-c32d331b6da8
> 	linux	/boot/vmlinux-2.6.26 root=/dev/sda1 ro single quiet
> 	initrd	/boot/initrd.img-2.6.26
> }
> menuentry "Debian GNU/Linux, linux 2.6.26" {
> 	set root=(hd0,1)
> 	search --fs-uuid --set 550f142c-dd6e-46cf-a267-c32d331b6da8
> 	linux	/boot/vmlinuz-2.6.26 root=/dev/sda1 ro quiet 
> 	initrd	/boot/initrd.img-2.6.26
> }
> menuentry "Debian GNU/Linux, linux 2.6.26 (recovery mode)" {
> 	set root=(hd0,1)
> 	search --fs-uuid --set 550f142c-dd6e-46cf-a267-c32d331b6da8
> 	linux	/boot/vmlinuz-2.6.26 root=/dev/sda1 ro single quiet
> 	initrd	/boot/initrd.img-2.6.26
> }
> menuentry "Debian GNU/Linux, linux 2.6.25-2-amd64" {
> 	set root=(hd0,1)
> 	search --fs-uuid --set 550f142c-dd6e-46cf-a267-c32d331b6da8
> 	linux	/boot/vmlinuz-2.6.25-2-amd64 root=/dev/sda1 ro quiet 
> 	initrd	/boot/initrd.img-2.6.25-2-amd64
> }
> menuentry "Debian GNU/Linux, linux 2.6.25-2-amd64 (recovery mode)" {
> 	set root=(hd0,1)
> 	search --fs-uuid --set 550f142c-dd6e-46cf-a267-c32d331b6da8
> 	linux	/boot/vmlinuz-2.6.25-2-amd64 root=/dev/sda1 ro single quiet
> 	initrd	/boot/initrd.img-2.6.25-2-amd64
> }
> ### END /etc/grub.d/10_linux ###
> 
> ### BEGIN /etc/grub.d/30_os-prober ###
> ### END /etc/grub.d/30_os-prober ###
> 
> ### BEGIN /etc/grub.d/40_custom ###
> # This file is an example on how to add custom entries
> ### END /etc/grub.d/40_custom ###
> *********************** END /boot/grub/grub.cfg
> 
> -- System Information:
> Debian Release: squeeze/sid
>   APT prefers testing
>   APT policy: (990, 'testing')
> Architecture: amd64 (x86_64)
> 
> Kernel: Linux 2.6.26 (SMP w/2 CPU cores)
> Locale: LANG=es_CL.UTF-8, LC_CTYPE=es_CL.UTF-8 (charmap=UTF-8)
> Shell: /bin/sh linked to /bin/bash
> 
> Versions of packages grub-pc depends on:
> ii  debconf [debconf-2.0]    1.5.26          Debian configuration management sy
> ii  grub-common              1.96+20090603-2 GRand Unified Bootloader, version 
> ii  libc6                    2.9-12          GNU C Library: Shared libraries
> 
> grub-pc recommends no packages.
> 
> Versions of packages grub-pc suggests:
> ii  desktop-base                  5.0.5      common files for the Debian Deskto
> ii  genisoimage                   9:1.1.9-1  Creates ISO-9660 CD-ROM filesystem
> pn  os-prober                     <none>     (no description available)
> 
> -- debconf information:
> * grub-pc/linux_cmdline:
> * grub-pc/chainload_from_menu.lst: true
> * grub-pc/install_devices: /dev/sda
> 
> 
> 
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-- 
Felix Zielcke