On 2019-05-17, Rory Campbell-Lange <r...@campbell-lange.net> wrote: >> >> I'm sure someone here can offer you the exact details of how to do that. > > Thanks again for the advice. > > I'm pretty sure dpkg isn't available in /target but I didn't try a > chroot so maybe I'll give that another go!
Well, it's what seems to happening here, for example: https://wiki.debian.org/DebianInstaller/MultipathSupport switch to the second VT using CTRL-ALT-F2. copy the patched grub to /target/tmp chroot /target dpkg -i /tmp/grub_*.deb switch back to the first VT using CTRL-ALT-F1 and continue with the installation. > Many thanks > Rory > > -- “When he was dry, he believed it was alcohol he needed, but when he had a few drinks in him, he knew it was something else, possibly a woman; and when he had it all — cash, booze, and a wife — he couldn’t be distracted from the great emptiness that was always falling through him and never hit the ground.” – Denis Johnson