[bug #28770] grub2 fails to boot from pmon if 'args' is empty.

[Karl Goetz]

URL:
  <http://savannah.gnu.org/bugs/?28770>

                 Summary: grub2 fails to boot from pmon if 'args' is empty.
                 Project: GNU GRUB
            Submitted by: kgoetz
            Submitted on: Sat 30 Jan 2010 10:58:09 AM CST
                Category: Booting
                Severity: Major
                Priority: 5 - Normal
              Item Group: None
                  Status: None
                 Privacy: Public
             Assigned to: None
         Originator Name: 
        Originator Email: 
             Open/Closed: Open
         Discussion Lock: Any
                 Release: 
                 Release: other
         Reproducibility: Every Time
         Planned Release: None

    _______________________________________________________

Details:

This has some extra background info https://savannah.nongnu.org/bugs/?28759
in comments #2,3,4.

If using a pmon /boot/boot.cfg as follows, grub boots:

default 0
timeout 0
showmenu 0
title Boot with GRUB
        kernel (wd0,0)/boot/grub.elf
        args some-dummy-string

If your args line matches either of these, grub fails:
        args (no params
             (totally blank)

apt-cache policy grub-yeeloong
grub-yeeloong:
  Installed: 1.98~20091212-2
  Candidate: 1.98~20091212-2
  Version table:
 *** 1.98~20091212-2 0

Note on reproducibility: its every time, on the same machine. I'll post a
comment when I can get feedback from someone else.




    _______________________________________________________

Reply to this item at:

  <http://savannah.gnu.org/bugs/?28770>

_______________________________________________
  Message sent via/by Savannah
  http://savannah.gnu.org/