Grub2 failing to update

I recently replaced a disk containing my /home partition only. Upon attempting to upgrade my kernal package (Debian Squeeze) I get the following error:

/usr/sbin/grub-probe: error: Couldn't find PV pv1. Check your device.map.

Google searching suggested this solution:

root@debian1:~# mv /boot/grub/device.map /boot/grub/device.map_orig
root@debian1:~# grub-mkdevicemap
root@debian1:~# update-grub

The first two commands succeed without error, yet the third command update-grub fails with the same error mentioned above.

I've checked my /boot/grub/device.map file, and it seems to match the ids listed when I run ls -l /dev/disk/by-id/.

Any idea how to resolve this?

asked Apr 20 '13 at 15:13

Clinton

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What does pvdisplay show? My guess is that you were using LVM on the old drive and yanked it out without telling LVM to remove it, so now it's still looking for that disk.

– psusi
Apr 20 '13 at 19:31

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I recently replaced a disk containing my /home partition only. Upon attempting to upgrade my kernal package (Debian Squeeze) I get the following error:

/usr/sbin/grub-probe: error: Couldn't find PV pv1. Check your device.map.

Google searching suggested this solution:

root@debian1:~# mv /boot/grub/device.map /boot/grub/device.map_orig
root@debian1:~# grub-mkdevicemap
root@debian1:~# update-grub

The first two commands succeed without error, yet the third command update-grub fails with the same error mentioned above.

I've checked my /boot/grub/device.map file, and it seems to match the ids listed when I run ls -l /dev/disk/by-id/.

Any idea how to resolve this?

asked Apr 20 '13 at 15:13

Clinton

3191414

What does pvdisplay show? My guess is that you were using LVM on the old drive and yanked it out without telling LVM to remove it, so now it's still looking for that disk.

– psusi
Apr 20 '13 at 19:31

add a comment |

I recently replaced a disk containing my /home partition only. Upon attempting to upgrade my kernal package (Debian Squeeze) I get the following error:

/usr/sbin/grub-probe: error: Couldn't find PV pv1. Check your device.map.

Google searching suggested this solution:

root@debian1:~# mv /boot/grub/device.map /boot/grub/device.map_orig
root@debian1:~# grub-mkdevicemap
root@debian1:~# update-grub

The first two commands succeed without error, yet the third command update-grub fails with the same error mentioned above.

I've checked my /boot/grub/device.map file, and it seems to match the ids listed when I run ls -l /dev/disk/by-id/.

Any idea how to resolve this?

asked Apr 20 '13 at 15:13

Clinton

3191414

I recently replaced a disk containing my /home partition only. Upon attempting to upgrade my kernal package (Debian Squeeze) I get the following error:

/usr/sbin/grub-probe: error: Couldn't find PV pv1. Check your device.map.

Google searching suggested this solution:

root@debian1:~# mv /boot/grub/device.map /boot/grub/device.map_orig
root@debian1:~# grub-mkdevicemap
root@debian1:~# update-grub

The first two commands succeed without error, yet the third command update-grub fails with the same error mentioned above.

I've checked my /boot/grub/device.map file, and it seems to match the ids listed when I run ls -l /dev/disk/by-id/.

Any idea how to resolve this?

grub2

asked Apr 20 '13 at 15:13

Clinton

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asked Apr 20 '13 at 15:13

Clinton

3191414

asked Apr 20 '13 at 15:13

Clinton

3191414

asked Apr 20 '13 at 15:13

Clinton

3191414

asked Apr 20 '13 at 15:13

Clinton

3191414

What does pvdisplay show? My guess is that you were using LVM on the old drive and yanked it out without telling LVM to remove it, so now it's still looking for that disk.

– psusi
Apr 20 '13 at 19:31

add a comment |

What does pvdisplay show? My guess is that you were using LVM on the old drive and yanked it out without telling LVM to remove it, so now it's still looking for that disk.

– psusi
Apr 20 '13 at 19:31

What does pvdisplay show? My guess is that you were using LVM on the old drive and yanked it out without telling LVM to remove it, so now it's still looking for that disk.

– psusi
Apr 20 '13 at 19:31

add a comment |

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@psusi: You're an extremely good guesser. As you mentioned, I didn't update the LVM file when replacing the disk.

vgreduce volume_group_name --removemissing fixed the issue.

answered Apr 21 '13 at 0:40

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@psusi: You're an extremely good guesser. As you mentioned, I didn't update the LVM file when replacing the disk.

vgreduce volume_group_name --removemissing fixed the issue.

answered Apr 21 '13 at 0:40

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@psusi: You're an extremely good guesser. As you mentioned, I didn't update the LVM file when replacing the disk.

vgreduce volume_group_name --removemissing fixed the issue.

answered Apr 21 '13 at 0:40

Clinton

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@psusi: You're an extremely good guesser. As you mentioned, I didn't update the LVM file when replacing the disk.

vgreduce volume_group_name --removemissing fixed the issue.

answered Apr 21 '13 at 0:40

Clinton

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@psusi: You're an extremely good guesser. As you mentioned, I didn't update the LVM file when replacing the disk.

vgreduce volume_group_name --removemissing fixed the issue.

answered Apr 21 '13 at 0:40

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