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Author: tito
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To: dng
Subject: Re: [DNG] Strange behaviour with last version of grub
On Thu, 4 Mar 2021 17:22:42 +0100
viverna <viverna@???> wrote:

> Yesterday I updated one of my computers with apt-get upgrade. This
> packages are upgraded:
>
> grub-common grub-pc grub-pc-bin grub2-common
>
> dpkg install from version 2.02+dfsg1-20+deb10u3 to version
> 2.02+dfsg1-20+deb10u4
>
> 2.02+dfsg1-20+deb10u4 seems came from to:
> http://deb.devuan.org/merged beowulf-security/main
>
> 2.02+dfsg1-20+deb10u3 is in:
> http://deb.devuan.org/merged beowulf/main
>
> Upgrading system does not produce or show any problems and then I
> halt the system.
>
> I use Devuan Beowulf for all my pc. In this computer there is only 1
> hd, partition type gpt, 3 partitions:
>
> /dev/sda1 EFI System
> /dev/sda2 Linux filesystem
> /dev/sda3 Linux swap
>
> I switched on the pc later and grub rescue appears. WTF?
>
> I solved (temporarily) the problems with:
>
> set prefix=(hd0,gpt2)/boot/grub
> set root=(hd0,gpt2)
> insmod normal
> normal
>
> and grub menù appears.
>
> Login with root, and then update-grub... grub-install... and so on...
>
> Restart the system. Grub rescue. Then login with root. New tests.
> Grub rescue again. [N times?]
>
> At the end I downgrade from 2.02+dfsg1-20+deb10u4 to
> 2.02+dfsg1-20+deb10u3 the upgraded package.
>
> update-grub and grub-install. Reboot. Grub works!
>
> I am currently reluctant to upgrade again.
>
> And now the question. Has anyone reported the error in Devuan? Has
> anyone haved this problem?
>


Hi,
I updated all my boxes and rebooted them without problems (still have
to reboot the routers, now that you tell I will do it when I'm there
physically).

Ciao,
Tito