Re: installer and grub

[Harald Peters <haj.peters@home.nl>]

> On
>       17/09/2025 at 17:34, Harald Peters wrote:
>       
> >         
> >         it was a generic "failed to install grub "
> >         
> >       
>       
>       Did you previously go back, select "Partition disks" again
>       and go back again ? If so, some required filesystems may have been
>       unmounted so that the disks are ready to be partitioned and
>       formatted again, and this may have caused the error.
>       
>       - i did that - but the error occured after following all
>         steps.. 
>          i only wend back after the initial error.. it skipped those..
>        stept into the grub install phase.. and it failed again
>        opened a shell and did the mount, bind and install grub.
>        [all ok]
>       
> > I solved it using the shell and mount/bind
> >         grub-install
> >         
> >         and asked a binary-friend.. very helpful
> >         
> >         *if that procedure is alike the installer method ?*
> >         
> >         
> > > mount /dev/sdfX /mnt    # X = je
> > >           root-partitie
> > >           
> > >           mount --bind /dev /mnt/dev
> > >           
> > >         
> >       
>       
>       These should already be mounted on /target.
>       
>       
> > > mount --bind /proc /mnt/proc
> > >           
> > >           mount --bind /sys /mnt/sys
> > >           
> > >           chroot /mnt
> > >           
> > >         
> >       
>       
> > grub-install --target=i386-pc /dev/sdf
> >         
> >         grub-mkconfig -o /boot/grub/grub.cfg
> >         
> >         
> >         ++
> >         
> >         Can i add /lib/firmware to the boot-installer-usb
> >         
> >         to make them available.. i thought this would work..
> >         
> >       
>       
>       The installer root filesystem is a rootfs (kind of tmpfs populated
>       with the contents of initrd.gz), not the USB drive.
>       
>