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Bug#413647: [installation-guide] In Appendix D.3, common problem with Grub



On Sat, 2018-07-28 at 20:10 +0200, Holger Wansing wrote:
> Vincent Bernat <bernat@luffy.cx> wrote:
> 
> > Each time I install a Debian using Appendix D.3, I run into a problem
> > when using grub-install :
> > 
> > Could not find device for /boot: Not found or not a block device.
> > 
> > The solution is to use the following command before :
> > 
> > cat /proc/mounts > /etc/mtab
> > 
> > Here is the wording :
> > 
> > You may get this error when executing grub-install:
> > 
> > Could not find device for /boot: Not found or not a block device.
> > 
> > In this case, use the following command to solve this issue:
> > 
> > cat /proc/mounts > /etc/mtab
> 
> Since this report is quite old (2007) and procederes have changed heavily
> in the meantime (like the use of UUIDs), we can close this report IMO.

Indeed, /etc/mtab is now a link to /proc/mounts so I don't think this
particular failure is possible.

> Any objections?

None from me,

Ben.

-- 
Ben Hutchings
Tomorrow will be cancelled due to lack of interest.

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