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Bug#688869: marked as done (grub-pc installation into a partition fails)

Your message dated Wed, 17 Jul 2013 11:38:31 +0200
with message-id <201307171139.02755.holger@layer-acht.org>
and subject line dealing with old partman related bugs
has caused the Debian Bug report #688869,
regarding grub-pc installation into a partition fails
to be marked as done.

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Package: installation-reports

Boot method: netboot
Image version:
http://d-i.debian.org/daily-images/i386/daily/netboot/debian-installer/i386/
Date: 2012-09-24

Machine: made from parts
Processor: Atlon 64
Memory: 1 GByte
Partitions: swap, /boot and /, and spre room for another OS

Output of lspci -knn 

Base System Installation Checklist:
[O] = OK, [E] = Error (please elaborate below), [ ] = didn't try it

Initial boot:           [O]
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:    [E]
Overall install:        [ ]

Comments/Problems:

Grunb installer offers to install grub-pc into a partition instead of
the disk itself. When I selected this option, installation failed. 
In the log window (Alt-F4) it said among others:
"grub-installer: Attempting to install GRUB to a partitionless disk or
to a partition. This is a BAD idea."
grub-installer: /usr/setup/grub-setup: warn:"
grub-installer: Embedding is not possible. GRUB can only be"
grub-installer: Embedding is not possible. GRUB can only be installed
in this setup by using blocklists. However, blocklists are UNRELIABLE
and their use is discouraged"

The installer should not offer to install grub-pc into a partition if
he later refuses to do it, so the user knows he got to use grub-legacy
or lilo if he needs this kind of setup.

Everything else worked flawlessly. Thanks!

Regards,
  Herbert

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reassign 693107 partman-auto
reassign 670702 partman-auto
reassign 615074 lvm2
reassign 676172 partman
severity 691046 wishlist
retitle 644430 document the need for a bios boot partition when using GPT
forcemerge 644430 691046 
reassign 691046 release-notes
reassign 683747 partman-lvm
reassign 671879 partman-base
thanks

Hi,

thank you for submitting installation reports, much appreciated.

I read through all the ("partman" related) bugs mentioned here and am closing 
them now as
- they (finally) indicated success and/or
- I know from first hand experience that the functionality is working in 
Wheezy and/or
- they only contained very little information and/or
- they were (very) old.

If I've closed a bug incorrectly please do reply or just file a new one - 
thats often better, as the bug log will be more clear.


cheers,
        Holger

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