Bug#587388: d-i: fails to install grub-2
On Mon 28 Jun, Colin Watson wrote:
>
> On Mon, Jun 28, 2010 at 08:12:58AM +0000, Chris Bell wrote:
> > Installer used on 27/06/2010 to install squeeze, which failed to install
> > grub-2, then failed to revert to grub-legacy, so I used dd to copy
> > /dev/zero to the disc and started again, attempting to install
> > grub-legacy. The installer informed me that it was doing an automatic
> > update to grub-2, which failed. The syslog showed
> > Jun 28 05:49:48 grub-installer: Unrecognized option `-y'
> > Jun 28 05:49:48 grub-installer: error: Running 'update-grub -y' failed.
>
> I fixed this bug over a year ago in the squeeze installer; see the
> changelog for grub-installer 1.38, uploaded on 12 June 2009. Are you
> attempting to use a lenny installer to install squeeze? This won't work
> well.
>
As stated, I was using the 5.04 businesscard ISO which I thought
downloaded the correct installer components. I will try the weekly image
unless you recommend the daily image. Please close the bug report.
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