Package: chkboot Version: 1.3-8.2 Severity: important Hi,
After removing the last HDD from my system, chkboot started to complain with: =================================================================== CHKBOOT ALERT! Changes have been detected in your boot files! The following list of files contained in have changed since the last time this script was run (filename sha512): cat: /var/lib/chkboot/boot-differences: Отказан достъп This notification will continue to appear until you either run "chkboot" again as root or restart your computer =================================================================== The 'boot-differences' file is only readable by root and the root group, causing the message 'Отказан достъп' (Access denied), but it doesn't contain anything anyway: =================================================================== root@pc1:/var/lib/chkboot# cat boot-differences List of changed files on 23.10.2024 (ср) 12:38:01 EEST: root@pc1:/var/lib/chkboot# =================================================================== Running chkboot by hand leads to: =================================================================== $ LANG=C sudo chkboot diff: /var/lib/chkboot/DISKHEAD-last: No such file or directory diff: /var/lib/chkboot/DISKHEAD-20241023-124645: No such file or directory =================================================================== Running chkboot with 'bash -x' reveals that it tries to dd the first sector of /dev/sda into DISKHEAD-$stamp. There is no /dev/sda on my system anymore so that fails. Strangely, there is no error message displayed. Later, the DISKHEAD-latest symlink is pointed to the non-existing DISKHEAD-$stamp, leading to the error messages above. Not sure what the right solution is. Skip boot sector checking if there is no /dev/sda? Checksum all EFI partitions? -- Damyan -- System Information: Debian Release: trixie/sid APT prefers unstable-debug APT policy: (500, 'unstable-debug'), (500, 'unstable'), (500, 'oldstable') Architecture: amd64 (x86_64) Kernel: Linux 6.11.4-amd64 (SMP w/24 CPU threads; PREEMPT) Kernel taint flags: TAINT_OOT_MODULE, TAINT_UNSIGNED_MODULE Locale: LANG=bg_BG.UTF-8, LC_CTYPE=bg_BG.UTF-8 (charmap=UTF-8), LANGUAGE not set Shell: /bin/sh linked to /usr/bin/dash Init: systemd (via /run/systemd/system) Versions of packages chkboot depends on: ii init-system-helpers 1.67 chkboot recommends no packages. Versions of packages chkboot suggests: ii x11-utils 7.7+7 ii zenity 4.0.2-1 -- debconf-show failed
