[bug #37569] unknown LVM metadata header

[Øyvind Hvidsten]

URL:
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                 Summary: unknown LVM metadata header
                 Project: GNU GRUB
            Submitted by: bolt
            Submitted on: Sun 14 Oct 2012 08:22:34 AM GMT
                Category: Configuration
                Severity: Major
                Priority: 5 - Normal
              Item Group: Software Error
                  Status: None
                 Privacy: Public
             Assigned to: None
         Originator Name: 
        Originator Email: address@hidden
             Open/Closed: Open
         Discussion Lock: Any
                 Release: 
                 Release: other
         Reproducibility: Every Time
         Planned Release: None

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Details:

Setup:
Booting from /dev/sda1 and /dev/sdb1 in RAID 1, no LVM (no separate /boot).
LVM for storage, made from a RAID 5 on top of sdc, sdd, sde, sdf. The raid is
the only PV in the LVM.

Depending on the versions of grub and os-prober installed, I get a different
amount of errors when running update-grub, though it prints "done" at the end
and exits with a status of 0 regardless.


Examples:

grub 1.98, os-prober 1.42 (Debian Stable)
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# update-grub
Generating grub.cfg ...
Found linux image: /boot/vmlinuz-3.2.0-3-amd64
Found initrd image: /boot/initrd.img-3.2.0-3-amd64
Found linux image: /boot/vmlinuz-3.2.0-0.bpo.2-amd64
Found initrd image: /boot/initrd.img-3.2.0-0.bpo.2-amd64
Found memtest86 image: /boot/memtest86.bin
done

grub 1.99, os-prober 1.56, AND grub 1.99, os-prober 1.42 (os-prober makes no
difference for grub 1.99)
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# update-grub
error: unknown LVM metadata header.
error: unknown LVM metadata header.
error: unknown LVM metadata header.
error: unknown LVM metadata header.
error: unknown LVM metadata header.
error: unknown LVM metadata header.
error: unknown LVM metadata header.
error: unknown LVM metadata header.
Generating grub.cfg ...
cat: /boot/grub/video.lst: No such file or directory
error: unknown LVM metadata header.
error: unknown LVM metadata header.
error: unknown LVM metadata header.
error: unknown LVM metadata header.
error: unknown LVM metadata header.
error: unknown LVM metadata header.
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error: unknown LVM metadata header.
error: unknown LVM metadata header.
Found linux image: /boot/vmlinuz-3.2.0-3-amd64
Found initrd image: /boot/initrd.img-3.2.0-3-amd64
error: unknown LVM metadata header.
error: unknown LVM metadata header.
error: unknown LVM metadata header.
error: unknown LVM metadata header.
error: unknown LVM metadata header.
error: unknown LVM metadata header.
error: unknown LVM metadata header.
error: unknown LVM metadata header.
error: unknown LVM metadata header.
error: unknown LVM metadata header.
error: unknown LVM metadata header.
error: unknown LVM metadata header.
error: unknown LVM metadata header.
error: unknown LVM metadata header.
error: unknown LVM metadata header.
error: unknown LVM metadata header.
Found linux image: /boot/vmlinuz-3.2.0-0.bpo.2-amd64
Found initrd image: /boot/initrd.img-3.2.0-0.bpo.2-amd64
error: unknown LVM metadata header.
error: unknown LVM metadata header.
error: unknown LVM metadata header.
error: unknown LVM metadata header.
Found memtest86 image: /boot/memtest86.bin
done

GRUB 2.00, os-prober 1.56
-----------------------------------------
# update-grub
Generating grub.cfg ...
Found linux image: /boot/vmlinuz-3.2.0-3-amd64
Found initrd image: /boot/initrd.img-3.2.0-3-amd64
Found linux image: /boot/vmlinuz-3.2.0-0.bpo.2-amd64
Found initrd image: /boot/initrd.img-3.2.0-0.bpo.2-amd64
Found memtest86 image: /boot/memtest86.bin
error: unknown LVM metadata header.
error: unknown LVM metadata header.
error: unknown LVM metadata header.
error: unknown LVM metadata header.
error: unknown LVM metadata header.
error: unknown LVM metadata header.
Found Debian GNU/Linux (wheezy/sid) on /dev/sda1
Found Debian GNU/Linux (wheezy/sid) on /dev/sdb1
done

GRUB 2.00, os-prober 1.42
-----------------------------------------
# update-grub
Generating grub.cfg ...
Found linux image: /boot/vmlinuz-3.2.0-3-amd64
Found initrd image: /boot/initrd.img-3.2.0-3-amd64
Found linux image: /boot/vmlinuz-3.2.0-0.bpo.2-amd64
Found initrd image: /boot/initrd.img-3.2.0-0.bpo.2-amd64
Found memtest86 image: /boot/memtest86.bin
done




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