Re: How to troubleshoot when stuck at "GRUB loading."?
On 16 September 2013 23:26, Jose R R <Jose.r.r@metztli-it.com> wrote:
> Niltze, Anders-
>
> Cannot reproduce your setup:
>
> $ git clone https://github.com/andsens/build-debian-cloud
>
> $ cd build-debian-cloud
>
> $ ./build-debian-cloud manifests/virtualbox.manifest.json
> build-debian-cloud
> This script creates a Debian Squeeze Image for
> either Amazon Web Services or Google Compute Engine.
>
> Valid subcommands are:
> ec2 Build an Amazon Machine Image
> gce Build a Google Compute Engine Image
>
> $ ./build-debian-cloud gce manifests/virtualbox.manifest.json
> Unrecognized option: manifests/virtualbox.manifest.json
> Type './build-debian-cloud --help' to see a list of possible options
>
> Best Regards.
>
>
> On Mon, Sep 16, 2013 at 12:52 PM, Anders Ingemann <anders@ingemann.de>
> wrote:
>>
>> Hey guys
>>
>> I posted to help-grub@gnu.org, asking for help to figure out why my
>> VirtualBox image is stuck at "GRUB loading.". I thought that it might
>> be more relevant over there, but maybe you guys have some ideas as
>> well.
>> Here's the link to the mailing list:
>> http://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/help-grub/2013-09/threads.html (not
>> a direct link, mailman seems to take its time indexing my post)
>> ...and here's what I wrote
>> ---------------------------
>> Hello everybody
>>
>> I am developing the debian bootstrapper "build-debian-cloud"
>> (https://github.com/andsens/build-debian-cloud) and am having some
>> trouble getting grub to boot my debian installation.
>> Since I bootstrap from a host system (with chroot etc.) I had to use
>> some workarounds to get grub installed onto a loopback device
>> (http://ebroder.net/2009/08/04/installing-grub-onto-a-disk-image/).
>>
>> The setup consists of a vdi image partitioned with GPT into boot,
>> root, swap (in that order).
>> I am unable to get past the "GRUB loading." message when booting the
>> image in VirtualBox.
>>
>> I have a hard time figuring out what is wrong with the setup,
>> especially because the scenario is a bit off the beaten path (mounting
>> vdi as an network block device, bootstrapping, using dmsetup to fake a
>> real hdd etc.). So the usual "just run BootRepair" or "reinstall grub"
>> won't really help to create a stable bootstrapping process.
>> I have run Ubuntus Boot Repair system to check if anything was wrong,
>> but I can't seem to find anything. The output is here:
>> http://paste.ubuntu.com/6115737/
>>
>> The setup can be fully reproduced by cloning my repo and running
>> `./build-debian-cloud manifests/virtualbox.manifest.json` (only tested
>> on debian wheezy).
>> Simply create a new virtual machine in VBox, attach the resulting
>> image and boot it.
>>
>> I would appreciate any help you can offer
>> Anders Ingemann
>> ---------------------------
>>
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Balls, totally forgot to mention that you need to use the
WIP-partitioning branch, sorry about that.
So `git checkout WIP-partitioning` and then run the command.
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