Bug#610116: grub incorrectly installed when specifying empty grub-installer/bootdev
Package: installation-reports
Severity: important
Tags: d-i
Hello,
While installing Debian using d-i 6.0rc1, on the "grub-installer/bootdev", I
answered by an empty value. The installation seems to go well but in fact grub
was not installed on any disk or partition. And so the reboot failed with a
blinking underscore.
I solved this issue by booting the CD in recovery mode and running "grub-
install /dev/sda". This is not an easy fix for a newbie, and I suggest to
forbid empty value for this question.
Regards
Mathieu
-- Package-specific info:
Boot method: CD
Image version: 6.0rc1 aka 20110106
Date: 20110115
Machine: Homemade ;)
Partitions: <df -Tl will do; the raw partition table is preferred>
Base System Installation Checklist:
[O] = OK, [E] = Error (please elaborate below), [ ] = didn't try it
Initial boot: [E]
Detect network card: [O]
Configure network: [O]
Detect CD: [O]
Load installer modules: [O]
Detect hard drives: [O]
Partition hard drives: [O]
Install base system: [O]
Clock/timezone setup: [O]
User/password setup: [O]
Install tasks: [O]
Install boot loader: [O]
Overall install: [O]
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Installer lsb-release:
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DISTRIB_ID=Debian
DISTRIB_DESCRIPTION="Debian GNU/Linux installer"
DISTRIB_RELEASE="6.0 (squeeze) - installer build 20110106"
X_INSTALLATION_MEDIUM=cdrom
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Installer hardware-summary:
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not needed
-- System Information:
Debian Release: 6.0
APT prefers testing
APT policy: (500, 'testing')
Architecture: i386 (i686)
Kernel: Linux 2.6.32-5-686 (SMP w/2 CPU cores)
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