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Bug#759737: marked as done (debian-installer: Need preseed entry to select default grub device)

Your message dated Mon, 29 Dec 2014 22:33:46 +0000
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and subject line Bug#759737: fixed in grub-installer 1.103
has caused the Debian Bug report #759737,
regarding debian-installer: Need preseed entry to select default grub device
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Package: grub-installer
Version: 1.95
Severity: whishlist
Tags: jessie, patch

I am trying to create a completely automated preseed.cfg file for
a jessie installation that will work on several systems. In my
case, both QEMU VMs and physical servers. Both of these types of
systems have only one possible boot device but have different
boot device files, e,g, /dev/vda and /dev/sda.  The normal way to
do this would be to use "grub-installer/bootdev string" config option.
This option does not work here because we need to specify the exact
device -- /dev/sda or /dev/vda instead of the "only" device.

If I don't use "grub-installer/bootdev", the installer will ask
me whether I want to install on the device found or "nothing", so
my automation fails.

I developed a patch that lets you use the string "default" for
grub-installer/bootdev. This option always picks the appropriate
device. Example:

    grub-installer/bootdev string default

Here is the patch:

Author: Andrew Patterson <andrew.patterson@hp.com>
Date:   Thu Aug 14 14:00:47 2014 -0600

    Using "default" for bootdev will install grub on default disk.

    The grub-install/bootdev configuration value is used in a
    file to automatically select the grub install device. It works
    fine if the disk is always the same, e.g., /dev/sda, but does
    not work well when using the same preseed file on systems withi
    different types of disks, e.g., /dev/vda and /dev/hda.

    Setting grub-installer/bootdev to "default" will automatically
    select the first disk for grug installation. It works as long
    as there is only one choice of disk to install on and thus
    avoids the "Please select /dev/... or none" question.

diff --git a/grub-installer b/grub-installer
index 50155a9..12f9a31 100755
--- a/grub-installer
+++ b/grub-installer
@@ -678,7 +678,11 @@ while : ; do
            log "q='$q' state='$state' defbd='$default_bootdev' bd='$bootdev'"
        db_fget grub-installer/bootdev seen
        if [ "$RET" = true ] && db_get grub-installer/bootdev && [ "$RET" ] ; then
-               bootdev=$RET
+               if  [ "$RET" = "default" ]; then
+                       bootdev=$default_bootdev
+               else
+                       bootdev=$RET
+               fi
                break
        elif [ "$state" = 1 ]; then
                db_input high $q || true

--- End Message ---
--- Begin Message --- 
Source: grub-installer
Source-Version: 1.103

We believe that the bug you reported is fixed in the latest version of
grub-installer, which is due to be installed in the Debian FTP archive.

A summary of the changes between this version and the previous one is
attached.

Thank you for reporting the bug, which will now be closed.  If you
have further comments please address them to 759737@bugs.debian.org,
and the maintainer will reopen the bug report if appropriate.

Debian distribution maintenance software
pp.
Cyril Brulebois <kibi@debian.org> (supplier of updated grub-installer package)

(This message was generated automatically at their request; if you
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Format: 1.8
Date: Mon, 29 Dec 2014 23:20:16 +0100
Source: grub-installer
Binary: grub-installer
Architecture: source
Version: 1.103
Distribution: unstable
Urgency: medium
Maintainer: Debian Install System Team <debian-boot@lists.debian.org>
Changed-By: Cyril Brulebois <kibi@debian.org>
Description:
 grub-installer - Install GRUB on a hard disk (udeb)
Closes: 759737
Changes:
 grub-installer (1.103) unstable; urgency=medium
 .
   * Apply patch by Andrew Patterson (many thanks!) to support setting
     grub-installer/bootdev=default so that the default boot device that
     was determined is used automatically, skipping the prompt
     (Closes: #759737).
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