[arch-general] [signoff] kernel26 2.6.35.8-1 (BUG - x86_64 Fails to Boot - see closed bug 20918)

[Heiko Baums]

Am Mon, 1 Nov 2010 19:39:18 +0100
schrieb Tobias Powalowski <t.powa at gmx.de>:

> Am Montag 01 November 2010 schrieb David C. Rankin:
> > On 10/31/2010 04:32 PM, Thomas Bächler wrote:
> > > Am 31.10.2010 22:00, schrieb David C. Rankin:
> > >> > 	Updated an x86_64 box to 2.6.35.8-1 and the boot hangs
> > >> > at the very start with
> > >> > 
> > >> > the following error:
> > >> > 
> > >> > Booting 'Arch Linux on Archangel'
> > >> > 
> > >> > root (hd1,5)
> > >> > 
> > >> >   Filesystem type is ext2fs, Partition type 0x83
> > >> > 
> > >> > Kernel /vmlinuz26 root=/dev/mapper/nvidia_baacca_jap5 ro
> > >> > vga=794
> > >> > 
> > >> > Error 24: Attempt to access block outside partition
> > >> > 
> > >> > Press any key to continue...
> > > 
> > > That's a grub error and has no relation to any kernel update.
> > 
> > I know that, but it has something to do with the kernel and/or
> > dmraid because LTS boot just fine with the same menu.lst and kernel
> > kernel26-2.6.35.7-1 boot just fine with the same menu.lst, but
> > upgrading to 2.6.35.8-1 kills the box. While:
> > 
> > pacman -U kernel26-2.6.35.7-1-x86_64.pkg.tar.xz
> > kernel26-headers-2.6.35.7-1-x86_64.pkg.tar.xz
> > 
> > fixes it.
> > 
> > I know it looks like grub, but all kernels except 2.6.35.8-1 work??
> Well i'm not sure what error 24 is, but dmraid can be really
> complicated. I would recommend you write the dmraid authors from
> fedora, i'm sure it's a grub vs. dmraid issue which we cannot solve.

This is what the GRUB documentation says about this error:

http://www.gnu.org/software/grub/manual/legacy/grub.html#Stage2-errors

24 : Attempt to access block outside partition
This error is returned if a linear block address is outside of the disk
partition. This generally happens because of a corrupt filesystem on
the disk or a bug in the code handling it in GRUB (it's a great
debugging tool).

Heiko