[indiana-discuss] disappearance of SUNWgnu-libiconv and other issues with 111a

[Matt Ingenthron]

Juergen Keil wrote:
> 2009/5/3 Matt Ingenthron <ingenthr at cep.net>:
>
>   
>>> This assumes the upgrade from 2008.11 to build 111a did not
>>> install the new grub bits, but the menu.lst file was rewritten
>>> and now uses those zfs gang blocks, and the old grub cannot
>>> read the file any more?   What kind of error is reported by the
>>> grub console when you try a "cat /boot/grub/menu.lst" ?
>>>
>>>       
>> No error.  I see the file on the screen.  This is, of course, after I've
>> done the findroot.
>>     
>
> Hmm, with a VirtualBox 2.2.2 guest install and build 111a,
> I can enter the grub console and cat /boot/grub/menu.lst,
> without having to use findroot!
>   

Well, in my case, grub is loaded but presumably doesn't even know which 
of the partitions on the disk to operate with, right?  In your case, 
you've dropped to the grub menu after loading a number of parameters, 
including that there is this thing called rpool on a particular disk.

Maybe I misunderstand what the findroot is doing and prematurely did the 
findroot.

I tried just now and got "Error 25: Disk read error"

> Did you get an error before you used findroot? Which one?
>   

I didn't even try.

>
> The other file that is loaded before the grub menu is displayed
> is the file /boot/grub/splash.xpm.gz. IIRC a failure to load it
> is not fatal and results in a grub menu without splashimage.
> But, in the past there had been bugs in that area, e.g. 6775099
> and 6779852.
>
> Does a cat on that splash.xpm.gz file work from grub console, too?
>   

I can try that, but if it's failing and dropping to a grub> prompt 
because of that, there's a bug there.  :)

I've just tried and yes, I can cat the splash.xpm.gz.  Any thoughts on 
how to get grub back in shape on this box?

- Matt