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Bug#857646: marked as done (Choosing where to install Grub by menu selection causes boot failure)



Your message dated Fri, 7 Aug 2020 23:44:04 +0200
with message-id <[🔎] 20200807234404.35e377ed8bc47c218bcf5110@mailbox.org>
and subject line Re: Mass-closing old installation-report bugs  ---  round 4
has caused the Debian Bug report #857646,
regarding Choosing where to install Grub by menu selection causes boot failure
to be marked as done.

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Package: installation-reports

Boot method: CD/DVD
Image version: debian-8.7.1-amd64-kde-CD-1.iso, debian-8.7.1-amd64-netinst.iso, debian-8.7.1-amd64-DVD-1.iso
Date: recent
Machine: 2006 desktop with MSI motherboard / 2011 Samsung laptop
Processor: AMD Athlon 64 / AMD A8
Memory: 1 GB / ?
Partitions:  tried various arrangements

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:        [? ]
Overall install:            [E ]

Comments/Problems: My goal was to install Debian on a portable USB hard drive while leaving my Windows hard drive untouched. Near the end of the install, it asks if it can put Grub on the main hard drive: I said “no”. The next screen presents a menu, an example of which is shown below.

    Enter device manually
     /dev/sda   <description of my Windows drive>
     /dev/sdb   <description of my USB drive>

I selected the third item in the menu and the install completed without apparent errors. In order to use this Debian installation, I must invoke the computer's Boot Menu as it is started. I then select the USB hard drive as the boot device and press ENTER. The screen blanks, the USB hard drive activity light blinks about 3 times, and the computer is found to be unresponsive to everything except the off button. I have tried installing with three different Debian versions on two different computers with two different USB hard drives. I have tried various partitioning arrangements, but the result is always the same, a failure to boot.

However, I have found that I can get a successful installation by doing one thing differently. When I'm asked if Grub can be put on the main hard drive, I still say “no”. On the next screen I choose the menu item “Enter device manually”. On the next screen I type in “/dev/sdb” (from the example shown above). This small change will give me a bootable installation. So my question for you is: why would typing in information give a different result than selecting that same information from a menu? If this is your desired behavior, then I suggest that additional instructions or information would be helpful at this stage.
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Hi,

Holger Wansing <hwansing@mailbox.org> wrote:
> 
> I'm closing the reports below.
> 
> That's installation-reports for Debian 7 with
> - undefined errors
> - problems which are likely to have been fixed in the meantime
> - successful installation
> 
> Because of the age, there is no chance to analyse them further and therefore
> they are no longer relevant or of any use for current releases:

round 4 (for Debian 7 / 8):

https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=809618
https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=809654
https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=813378
https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=815491
https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=815831
https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=817259
https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=817946
https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=819007
https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=822940
https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=823845
https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=824496
https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=824731
https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=825835
https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=826018
https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=827257
https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=827610
https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=827828
https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=829613
https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=831513
https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=831842
https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=834601
https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=834806
https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=834930
https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=835567
https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=836345
https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=837509
https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=837625
https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=838319
https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=839042
https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=839672
https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=839803
https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=840585
https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=841062
https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=841747
https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=842382
https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=843348
https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=844519
https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=846946
https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=847038
https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=848075
https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=848147
https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=848383
https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=848929
https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=849508
https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=850747
https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=851947
https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=852660
https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=853268
https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=855349
https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=857453
https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=857605
https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=857646
https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=859396
https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=859449
https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=859970
https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=860447
https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=861267
https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=862501
https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=864645
https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=864715
https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=865458
https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=870241
https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=606110
https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=734756
https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=776151
https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=783637
https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=801832



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