[Bug 529363] Re: HPT370 infinite reboot loop as GRUB loads

[Marcus Tomlinson]

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** Changed in: grub2 (Ubuntu)
       Status: Confirmed => Incomplete

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Title:
  HPT370 infinite reboot loop as GRUB loads

Status in grub2 package in Ubuntu:
  Incomplete

Bug description:
  Binary package hint: grub2

  Ubuntu 9.10 Karmic installs perfectly until rebooted, when it enters an infinite reboot loop just as GRUB loads.
  Have tried repairing grub with LiveCD - everything reports as being fixed, but then after reboot - same reboot loop.
  Fedora 12 installs and works without issue.
  Ubuntu 10.04 Lucid Alpha 3(02-28-10) doesn't even detect the drive.
  SATA/RAID controller is Highpoint 370, motherboard is Shuttle AS45GT.
  This is an old motherboard, but it's just irritating that Fedora 12 with legacy grub installs without issue.
  Uwe Zeisberger describes a similar problem along with a fix (for legacy GRUB) at http://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/bug-grub/2004-07/msg00113.html . The posting describes something about how the HPT370 overwrites the default GRUB storage area on the hdd, and about moving it.. But I'm not sure how to do this with GRUB2. I tried to email Uwe, but the email address doesn't work.

  Thanks for any answers you can provide.
  Sincerely,
  Shannon VanWagner

  ProblemType: Bug
  Architecture: i386
  Date: Sun Feb 28 07:39:05 2010
  DistroRelease: Ubuntu 9.10
  LiveMediaBuild: Ubuntu 9.10 "Karmic Koala" - Release i386 (20091028.5)
  Package: grub-pc 1.97~beta4-1ubuntu3
  ProcEnviron:
   LANG=en_US.UTF-8
   SHELL=/bin/bash
  ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 2.6.31-14.48-generic
  SourcePackage: grub2
  Uname: Linux 2.6.31-14-generic i686
  XsessionErrors:
   (gnome-settings-daemon:3039): GLib-CRITICAL **: g_propagate_error: assertion `src != NULL' failed
   (gnome-settings-daemon:3039): GLib-CRITICAL **: g_propagate_error: assertion `src != NULL' failed
   (nautilus:3140): Eel-CRITICAL **: eel_preferences_get_boolean: assertion `preferences_is_initialized ()' failed
   (polkit-gnome-authentication-agent-1:3157): GLib-CRITICAL **: g_once_init_leave: assertion `initialization_value != 0' failed
   (gnome-panel:3139): Gtk-WARNING **: gtk_widget_size_allocate(): attempt to allocate widget with width -4 and height 24

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