Bug#857179: installation-reports

Package: installation-reports

Boot method: <CD network>
Image version: < debian-testing-i386-netinst.iso 2017-03-05 22:49 336M >
Date: <2017-03-07 21:00>

Machine: <Description of machine (eg, IBM Thinkpad a20m)>
Old unused laptop good for testing.
Processor: Celeron, Copermine 500Mhz
Memory: 343272 blocks
Partitions: <not available, one partition>

Output of lspci -knn (or lspci -nn):

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:    [X]
Overall install:        [X]

Comments/Problems:

<Description of the install, in prose, and any thoughts, comments
      and ideas you had during the initial install.>I

Initial install gave all indications of proper installation of grub.
Reboot failed; only underscore prompt displayed.

Second attempt at installation did the following before re-boot:
Opened #2 term prior to re-boot
ls /target/boot/
vmlinuz-4.9.0-1-686-pae initrd.img-4.9.0-1-686-pae

ls /target/boot/grub
grub.cfg unicode.pf2 #No other files or directories besides these two.
Missing three directories compared to Debian-8. Look like incomplete
grub install

Booting System Rescue CD did NOT allow for mounting sda1 .
Therefore, another problem in addition to grub.
Due to inability to mount, not much more information available on sda1.