Bug#402157: debian-installer: Bad apt command for grub on AMD64

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Subject: Bug#402157: debian-installer: Bad apt command for grub on AMD64
From: Bob Apodaca <bob@phxlab.honeywell.com>
Date: Fri, 08 Dec 2006 08:13:53 -0700
Message-id: <[🔎] 200612081517.kB8FHvVL003212@mail.phxlab.honeywell.com>
Reply-to: Bob Apodaca <bob@phxlab.honeywell.com>, 402157@bugs.debian.org

Package: debian-installer
Severity: important


Grub fails to install on AMD64, when I check the virtual console the command
given is: apt-install grub

Starting a shell and using "chroot /target apt-get install grub" works fine.
After that, using the installer grub will install.

-- System Information:
Debian Release: 4.0
Architecture: amd64 (amd64)
Kernel: Linux 2.6.17-2-amd64
Locale: LANG=en_US, LC_CTYPE=en_US (charmap=ISO-8859-1)

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  - From: Frans Pop <elendil@planet.nl>

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