Re: no usb-hdd images for squeeze

[Jose Luis Zabalza <jlz.3008@gmail.com>]

2011/1/2 joseangon <joseangon47@gmail.com>:
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> 2011/1/2 Daniel Baumann <daniel@debian.org>
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> Hola.
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>> On 01/02/2011 01:33 PM, joseangon wrote:
>> > We in Musix, with d-i custom, we work right the usb-hdd mode
>> > installation. Just had to incorporate the grub2 in the package list.
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>> thanks, however, forcing the inclusion of grub2 into the binary image is
>> imho not an acceptable way for the official images to workaround the bug
>> in d-i.
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> Ok, but if you look there are inconsistencies in the grub of binary
> packages:
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> /pool/main/g/grub/grub_0.97-64_i386.deb
> /pool/main/g/grub2
> /pool/main/g/grub2/grub-common_1.98+20100804-11_i386.deb
> /pool/main/g/grub2/grub-pc_1.98+20100804-11_i386.deb
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> And the apt says:
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> $ apt-cache policy grub-pc
> grub-pc:
>   Instalados: 1.98+20100804-10
>   Candidato:  1.98+20100804-10
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> $ apt-cache policy grub-common
> grub-common:
>   Instalados: 1.98+20100804-10
>   Candidato:  1.98+20100804-10
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> $ apt-cache search grub-pc
> grub-legacy - GRand Unified Bootloader (Legacy version)
> grub - GRand Unified Bootloader (dummy package)
> grub-pc - GRand Unified Bootloader, version 2 (PC/BIOS version)
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> Where is the grub-pc, grub-common to grub-legacy ?
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> That led me to think it was not possible to install if it was only with the
> grub2.
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These inconsistencies will be at cdrom version and work. I guess there
is something more. :-??


Bye.

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José Luis Zabalza
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