tags 239111 + patch tags 246111 + patch tags 243835 + patch thanks > 4. When grub installs, it displays a notice that it may take a long > time in text mode. I think this should also be displayed by d-i > so as to not confuse users. > > 5. Grub actually doesn't install. It hangs at 50% of 'grub-install > (hd0)'. The console says it's probing BIOS drives. And it has > been for 20 minutes... > > NOTE: This seems to be related to XFS and is a known bug in Grub. > Killing grub-install from the console and restarting it from the > menu does the trick. The following patch seems to fix this by calling sync just before invoking the grub shell: --- grub-install.orig 2004-06-17 23:05:52.000000000 +0200 +++ grub-install 2004-06-17 23:11:20.000000000 +0200 @@ -446,6 +446,10 @@ # Create a safe temporary file. test -n "$mklog" && log_file=`$mklog` +# Sync the filesystem to help XFS (and possibly others) to find the +# stageX files (see Debian bugs #239111, #246111, #243835) +/bin/sync + # Now perform the installation. $grub_shell --batch $no_floppy --device-map=$device_map <<EOF >$log_file root $root_drive Cheers, -- Please do not CC me when replying to lists; I read them! .''`. martin f. krafft <madduck@debian.org> : :' : proud Debian developer, admin, and user `. `'` `- Debian - when you have better things to do than fixing a system Invalid/expired PGP subkeys? Use subkeys.pgp.net as keyserver!
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