Hi! On 02/01/13 20:26, Cyril Brulebois wrote: > Did you mean that one instead? > #681227: installation-reports: grub-install tries to install to a nonsense string Yes, thanks, that is what I meant... I've now spent two hours trying to guess what that 'nonsense string' could be... Base64? maybe, but of what? A UUID? wouldn't be valid, even if shifted a few bits left or right... Random? not enough entropy. > Jul 10 16:48:43 in-target: grub-common is already the newest version. > Jul 10 16:48:43 in-target: 0 upgraded, 0 newly installed, 0 to remove and 0 not upgraded. > Jul 11 07:56:28 grub-installer: info: Installing grub on '/dev/sdb w33sxs34rfvbg789iokm·']' Notice the long delay there. I suspect the installer paused at `db_get grub-installer/bootdev`, which according to grub-installer.templates for v1.70 was of 'string' type: > Template: grub-installer/bootdev > Type: string > The device should be specified as a device in /dev. Below are some > examples: So I imagined typing that 'nonsense' string on a keyboard: w33... sxs... 34rfvbg... 789iokm... and a middot which I'm not sure how you would type, and finally ... ']... enter key? On a QWERTY keyboard these sequences of keys are all adjacent! To the original submitter of the bug report: do you have a cat? Regards, -- Steven Chamberlain steven@pyro.eu.org
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