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. This means that you claim that the problem has been dealt with. If this is not the case it is now your responsibility to reopen the Bug report if necessary, and/or fix the problem forthwith. (NB: If you are a system administrator and have no idea what this message is talking about, this may indicate a serious mail system misconfiguration somewhere. Please contact owner@bugs.debian.org immediately.) -- 857646: https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=857646 Debian Bug Tracking System Contact owner@bugs.debian.org with problems
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- Subject: Choosing where to install Grub by menu selection causes boot failure
- From: "Dennis N." <NSSNDen@netscape.net>
- Date: Mon, 13 Mar 2017 11:53:18 -0500
- Message-id: <94f4f55a-5082-c632-2fb3-04973b8d7d71@netscape.net>
Package: installation-reports Boot method: CD/DVDImage version: debian-8.7.1-amd64-kde-CD-1.iso, debian-8.7.1-amd64-netinst.iso, debian-8.7.1-amd64-DVD-1.isoDate: 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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- Subject: Re: Mass-closing old installation-report bugs --- round 4
- From: Holger Wansing <hwansing@mailbox.org>
- Date: Fri, 7 Aug 2020 23:44:04 +0200
- Message-id: <[🔎] 20200807234404.35e377ed8bc47c218bcf5110@mailbox.org>
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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 -- Holger Wansing <hwansing@mailbox.org> PGP-Fingerprint: 496A C6E8 1442 4B34 8508 3529 59F1 87CA 156E B076
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