Bug#646849: installation-reports: GRUB package install fails during DVD install of testing
reassign 646849 udev-udeb
forcemerge 646835 646849
thanks
On Thu, Oct 27, 2011 at 03:02:09PM -0400, Joe Thompson wrote:
> Package: installation-reports
> Severity: criticalTags: d-iX-Debbugs-Cc: debian-bugs@orion-com.com
>
> During install from DVD, installing grub-pc on the new system fails.
> It is possible to recover from the failure by doing the following:
> 1) Continue the install without a bootloader 2) At the last screen,
> use the Go Back option 3) Execute a shell 4) chroot /target 5) Edit
> /etc/apt/sources.list to uncomment the DVD line in the repo list 6)
> apt-get update (may not be necessary) 7) apt-get install grub
> (installs several dependencies and kicks off the GRUB Legacy
> upgrade process) 8) At the end of the grub package setup, the initrd
> and kernel are properly detected. 9) exit chroot10) reboot
The lack of logs here makes it difficult to make sure, but this sounds
just the same as the pair of bugs #646829 and #646835. Merging with the
one that's still open.
(Incidentally, there is no need to specifically install GRUB Legacy, as
GRUB 2 is entirely blameless in this bug; it's simply the first victim.)
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Colin Watson [cjwatson@debian.org]
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