Bug#852323: debian-installer: grub-installer not convert root= entry to UUID
On Mon, Jan 23, 2017 at 04:03:06PM +0000, Steve McIntyre wrote:
> On Mon, Jan 23, 2017 at 06:43:27PM +0300, Andrey Jr. Melnikov wrote:
> >Package: debian-installer
> >Severity: important
> >Tags: d-i
> >
> >
> >Installation procedure of grub2 dont't transform root= entry from /dev/sd?? to UUID notation.
> >This lead to unbootable system after install.
>
> Hmmm. It normally does this reliably in my experience. What version of
> d-i did you use, and did you follow through the menus as normal? Is
> there anything special about your setup?
Well the log indicates the use of a GPT partition table with BIOS boot
and not creating the GPT bios boot partition. So at least that qualifies
as not normal.
Perhaps that is an indication that the system is supposed to be EFI
booted but somehow the installer was booted in the wrong mode.
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Len Sorensen
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