Hello Matthew, Matthew Vernon <matthewv+sacbugs@coriolis.greenend.org.uk> (11/07/2012): > Full details below, but in brief: > > grub-installer ends up trying to install grub onto > "w33sxs34rfvbg789iokm·']", which obviously fails. The proximate bits > of syslog: > > Jul 11 07:56:28 grub-installer: info: Installing grub on '/dev/sdb w33sxs34rfvbg789iokm·']' > Jul 11 07:56:28 grub-installer: info: grub-install supports --no-floppy > Jul 11 07:56:28 grub-installer: info: Running chroot /target grub-install --no-floppy --force "/dev/sdb" > Jul 11 07:56:32 grub-installer: Installation finished. No error reported. > Jul 11 07:56:32 grub-installer: info: grub-install ran successfully > Jul 11 07:56:32 grub-installer: info: grub-install supports --no-floppy > Jul 11 07:56:32 grub-installer: info: Running chroot /target grub-install --no-floppy --force "w33sxs34rfvbg789iokm·']" > Jul 11 07:56:34 grub-installer: /usr/sbin/grub-probe: error: cannot stat `w33sxs34rfvbg789iokm·']'. > Jul 11 07:56:34 grub-installer: error: Running 'grub-install --no-floppy --force "w33sxs34rfvbg789iokm·']"' failed. were you able to reproduce that bug elsewhere? Maybe in some virtual machine? I'd very much like to reproduce it and track it down. Wouter has kindly offered a workaround, but tracking down the root cause looks like a worthwhile goal, and we need your help for that. Thanks already. Mraw, KiBi.
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