bugGNU GRUB - Bugs: bug #27616, biosdisk read error

 
 

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bug #27616: biosdisk read error

Submitted by:  Fred Leeflang <fleeflang>
Submitted on:  Tue 06 Oct 2009 02:01:24 PM UTC  
 
Category: BootingSeverity: Major
Priority: 5 - NormalItem Group: Software Error
Status: FixedPrivacy: Public
Assigned to: NoneOriginator Name: fleeflang
Open/Closed: ClosedRelease: 
Release: otherReproducibility: Every Time
Planned Release: None

Thu 10 Dec 2009 02:32:30 PM UTC, comment #3:

I just commited a patch to show the disk name in the biosdisk error messages.
I don't think we can do anything to really fix this.

Felix Zielcke <fzielcke>
Project Member
Sun 06 Dec 2009 12:00:22 AM UTC, comment #2:

workaround is disabling Floppy in bios,
or having floppy in the drive.

janny <janny>
Thu 19 Nov 2009 04:37:16 AM UTC, comment #1:

Also reported downstream at https://bugs.launchpad.net/grub/+bug/396564

Ryan Steele <rgsteele>
Tue 06 Oct 2009 02:01:24 PM UTC, original submission:

1.97~beta4-1 on Debian Sid gives a biosdisk read error. sda1 is simple partition /boot, md0 (sd{a|b}2 is /

omega:~# fdisk -l

Disk /dev/sda: 1500.3 GB, 1500300828160 bytes
255 heads, 63 sectors/track, 182401 cylinders
Units = cylinders of 16065 * 512 = 8225280 bytes
Disk identifier: 0x000bcfa6

Device Boot Start End Blocks Id System
/dev/sda1 * 1 13 104391 83 Linux
/dev/sda2 14 182401 1465031610 fd Linux raid autodetect

Disk /dev/sdc: 1500.3 GB, 1500300828160 bytes
255 heads, 63 sectors/track, 182401 cylinders
Units = cylinders of 16065 * 512 = 8225280 bytes
Disk identifier: 0x0004c67e

Device Boot Start End Blocks Id System
/dev/sdc1 1 13 104391 83 Linux
/dev/sdc2 14 182401 1465031610 fd Linux raid autodetect

Disk /dev/md0: 1500.2 GB, 1500192243712 bytes
2 heads, 4 sectors/track, 366257872 cylinders
Units = cylinders of 8 * 512 = 4096 bytes
Disk identifier: 0x00000000

Disk /dev/md0 doesn't contain a valid partition table

Fred Leeflang <fleeflang>

 

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