Bug 755887 - grub - expr: non-numeric argument
Summary: grub - expr: non-numeric argument
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Status: CLOSED DUPLICATE of bug 736833
Alias: None
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6
Classification: Red Hat
Component: grub
Version: 6.1
Hardware: Unspecified
OS: Linux
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Target Milestone: rc
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Assignee: Peter Jones
QA Contact: Release Test Team
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TreeView+ depends on / blocked
 
Reported: 2011-11-22 10:21 UTC by Kazuhiro Takenaka
Modified: 2011-12-07 20:25 UTC (History)
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Last Closed: 2011-12-07 20:25:08 UTC
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Description Kazuhiro Takenaka 2011-11-22 10:21:47 UTC 
Description of problem:


On HP Proliant DL360G4, running grub-install makes 
the system unbootable.

grub-install reports 
"Installation finished. No error reported."

But before this message, grub-install complains
"expr: non-numeric argument"

After this, the machine won't boot by reboot.

Version-Release number of selected component (if applicable):

grub-0.97-70

How reproducible:

Steps to Reproduce:
1. Install RHEL6.1 into a certain parition.
2. Install RHEL6.1 into another partion.
3. Boot from the partition of step 2.
4. mount the partition of step 1 to /mnt
5. run the following command
# grub-install --root-direcotry=/mnt /dev/cciss/c0d0
6. reboot the machine.
  
Actual results:

The boot process of the machine stalls.

Expected results:

The machine boots from the partition of step 1.
Comment 2 David Cantrell 2011-12-07 20:25:08 UTC 

*** This bug has been marked as a duplicate of bug 736833 ***
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