Bug#600524: installation-reports: After install grub doesn't boot
reassign 600524 grub-installer
retitle 600524 system unbootable after installation using GPT
thanks
On Sun, 17 Oct 2010 23:22:52 +0400, Khudyakov Alexey wrote:
> Package: installation-reports
> Severity: normal
> Tags: d-i
[...]
> Install boot loader: [E ]
> Overall install: [E ]
>
> Comments/Problems:
>
> == Attempt 1. ==
>
> Install goes without any problems. However after install computer
> is unbootable it even doesn't come to GRUB menu, just says
> "no bootable medium found". Still it's possible to boot from USB
> stick in resque mode. When I try to reinstall GRUB it fails to do
> so because of GPT
>
> Here is error message
> grub-installer: grub-setup: warn: This GPT partition label has no
> BIOS Boot Partition; embedding won't be possible!
>
> Some googling reveals following links:
>
> * http://grub.enbug.org/BIOS_Boot_Partition
> * https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/partman-base/+bug/506670
> * https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/parted/+bug/107326
>
> When GPT is used and it's silently used with 2TB+ disk GRUB require
> small partition so I made another attempt to install debian.
>
>
> == Attempt 2. ==
>
> During install I created small (1MB) partition and marked is as
> bios_grub. GRUB installs without any errors or warnings after that
> but system is still unbootable. I can boot in resque mode from
> USB stick and run 'grub-install /dev/sda' in the shell or
> reinstall grub from menu no errors reported but system still
> fail to boot
>
It looks like an issue in grub-installer, maybe similar to #548156.
Thanks for your report.
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