legacy boot bug with GRUB 2.06, boot loop/stuck at GRUB loading, -current
by kaott from LinuxQuestions.org on (#5JW77)
Howdy,
It seems that GRUB 2.06 has some issues, at least my machines (real PC, and VPS) that boot in legacy mode. My laptop, which uses EFI seems to be unaffected.
I upgraded the Slackware package, did grub-install with the new package installed, and grub-mkconfig to create a new config (probably unnecessary).
I did a quick look at their bug tracker and this seems to be similar to the issue I am facing:
https://savannah.gnu.org/bugs/?60458
The link also seems to indicate building with -Os fixes it, I might try that later if I find the time.
It seems like a lot of folks here use lilo so it probably won't matter that much, but be warned if you use legacy boot and GRUB. I rolled back to 2.04-2 (2.04-3 has the decompressor too big bug) and reinstalled GRUB, and all is working now. I upgraded the package to 2.06 and did a grub-mkconfig and it still seems to be working. So you can upgrade the package, but you probably don't want to install 2.06 if you are using legacy boot.
It seems that GRUB 2.06 has some issues, at least my machines (real PC, and VPS) that boot in legacy mode. My laptop, which uses EFI seems to be unaffected.
I upgraded the Slackware package, did grub-install with the new package installed, and grub-mkconfig to create a new config (probably unnecessary).
I did a quick look at their bug tracker and this seems to be similar to the issue I am facing:
https://savannah.gnu.org/bugs/?60458
The link also seems to indicate building with -Os fixes it, I might try that later if I find the time.
It seems like a lot of folks here use lilo so it probably won't matter that much, but be warned if you use legacy boot and GRUB. I rolled back to 2.04-2 (2.04-3 has the decompressor too big bug) and reinstalled GRUB, and all is working now. I upgraded the package to 2.06 and did a grub-mkconfig and it still seems to be working. So you can upgrade the package, but you probably don't want to install 2.06 if you are using legacy boot.