Bug#954134: [d-i bullseye alpha2] installing grub fails
Hi,
Steve McIntyre <steve@einval.com> wrote:
> On Thu, Mar 19, 2020 at 12:42:48PM +0100, Holger Wansing wrote:
> >Hi,
> >
> >Steve McIntyre <steve@einval.com> wrote:
> >> On Thu, Mar 19, 2020 at 09:26:25AM +0100, Holger Wansing wrote:
> >> >Hi,
> >> >
> >> >Steve McIntyre <steve@einval.com> wrote:
> >> >> One silly question: what media are you using with the Thinkpad? Is it
> >> >> the same USB stick (or whatever) every time? Can you verify it's
> >> >> written OK?
> >> >
> >> >I used the same USB stick for alpha1 and alpha2, re-flashing it over and
> >> >over again.
> >> >And I have checked installation media integrity with alpha2, it reports
> >> >no error, "image is valid".
> >>
> >> Hmmm, OK. Wondering what's causing this then. I'll try another
> >> installation test on a physical machine and get back to you.
> >
> >I noticed a difference between a alpha1 and alpha2 install on the Thinkpad:
> >in alpha1 I get the message that the new Debian seems to be the only OS
> >on the machine. However, on alpha2 install I did not get that message.
> >
> >But I see no relevant changing in os-prober between alpha1 and 2 which
> >would explain that ...
> >
> >I wonder if it's a kernel issue somehow?
>
> Hmmm. Can you try wiping the partition table in between tests?
I already tried that on wednesday, with no success.
However, today it does the trick! Success!
Curious, but installation completed fine.
Will see, if I can reproduce it again...
Holger
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