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Re: hfsprogs: Removal of sys/sysctl.h



On 11/10/20 6:47 PM, Stan Johnson wrote:
> $ fgrep -i grub syslog
> Nov 10 09:29:25 anna[2818]: DEBUG: retrieving grub-installer 1.173+mac
> Nov 10 09:29:28 anna[2818]: DEBUG: retrieving grub-mount-udeb 2.04-10
> Nov 10 16:46:35 in-target:   linux-doc-5.9 debian-kernel-handbook mkvmlinuz 
> grub-ieee1275
> Nov 10 17:14:21 main-menu[225]: INFO: Menu item 'grub-installer' selected
> Nov 10 17:14:21 grub-installer: info: architecture: powerpc/powermac_newworld
> Nov 10 17:14:46 in-target:   multiboot-doc grub-emu xorriso desktop-base fuse
> Nov 10 17:14:46 in-target:   grub-common libfreetype6 libfuse2 libpng16-16 os-prober
> Nov 10 17:14:49 in-target: Get:4 cdrom://[Debian GNU/Linux 10.0.0 _Sid_ - 
> Unofficial powerpc NETINST with firmware 20201109-20:16] sid/main powerpc 
> grub-common powerpc 2.04-10 [2,651 kB]
> Nov 10 17:14:59 in-target: Selecting previously unselected package grub-common.
> Nov 10 17:14:59 in-target: Preparing to unpack 
> .../grub-common_2.04-10_powerpc.deb ...
> Nov 10 17:14:59 in-target: Unpacking grub-common (2.04-10) ...^M
> Nov 10 17:15:04 in-target: Setting up grub-common (2.04-10) ...
> Nov 10 17:15:21 in-target: grub-common is already the newest version (2.04-10).
> Nov 10 17:15:58 main-menu[225]: WARNING **: Configuring 'grub-installer' failed 
> with error code 1
> Nov 10 17:15:58 main-menu[225]: WARNING **: Menu item 'grub-installer' failed.

Just grepping for GRUB doesn't help. We're just seeing

	"Configuring 'grub-installer' failed with error code 1"

which is already something that we already know, i.e. "GRB installation failed."

I need everything from the context of grub-installer.

> Other information that may be helpful:
> 
> # mac-fdisk -l
> /dev/sda
>          #                type name            length   base ( size )  system
> /dev/sda1 Apple_partition_map Apple               63 @ 1 ( 31.5k)  Partition map
> /dev/sda2      Apple_Driver43 Macintosh           56 @ 64 ( 28.0k)  Driver 4.3
> /dev/sda3      Apple_Driver43 Macintosh           56 @ 120 ( 28.0k)  Driver 4.3
> /dev/sda4    Apple_Driver_ATA Macintosh           56 @ 176 ( 28.0k)  Unknown
> /dev/sda5    Apple_Driver_ATA Macintosh           56 @ 232 ( 28.0k)  Unknown
> /dev/sda6     Apple_Bootstrap Apple_Bootstrap 131072 @ 288 ( 64.0M)  NewWorld 
> bootblock
> /dev/sda7           Apple_HFS MacOS          4194304 @ 131360 (  2.0G)  HFS
> /dev/sda8           Apple_HFS Tiger         33554432 @ 4325664 ( 16.0G)  HFS
> /dev/sda9           Apple_HFS Leopard       41943040 @ 37880096 ( 20.0G)  HFS
> /dev/sda10          Apple_HFS Users        117440512 @ 79823136 ( 56.0G)  HFS
> /dev/sda11    Apple_UNIX_SVR2 Debian_7       8388608 @ 197263648 (  4.0G)  Linux 
> native
> /dev/sda12    Apple_UNIX_SVR2 Debian_sid    16777216 @ 205652256 (  8.0G)  Linux 
> native
> /dev/sda13    Apple_UNIX_SVR2 Gentoo        20971520 @ 222429472 ( 10.0G)  Linux 
> native
> /dev/sda14    Apple_UNIX_SVR2 swap           2097152 @ 243400992 (  1.0G)  Linux 
> swap
> /dev/sda15    Apple_UNIX_SVR2 data          22937311 @ 245498144 ( 10.9G)  Linux 
> native
> /dev/sda16         Apple_Free Extra         44146352 @ 268435455 ( 21.1G)  Free 
> space

That partition layout is way too complex for grub-installer to be guaranteed to work
and has not been tested at all.

Adrian

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