Bug#767480: d-i fails to install grub to first disk/partition with preseeding (hd0) or (hd0,0)

2014-10-31 Thread Florian Lohoff

Package: debian-installer
Version: daily-20141030
Architecture: amd64

Hi,
i am using the daily build of the netboot images as of yesterday.

The Documentation at:

https://www.debian.org/releases/jessie/amd64/apbs04.html.en

say that preseeding Grub with:

d-i grub-installer/bootdev  string (hd0,0)

Should install grub in the first partition.

Currently this fails with

Unable to install GRUB in (hd0,0)
Executing 'grub-install (hd0,0) failed.

This is a fatal error.

My hd0 is a virtio block device /dev/vda in a KVM host and its the only disk.

Also

d-i grub-installer/bootdev  string (hd0)

Does not work. Not preseeding this value will display a manual
entry box. As with wheezy the first disk (and in my case only disk)
will always be used as default, this doesnt seem to work anymore.

Preseeding with /dev/vda will work though.

Flo
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Bug#767480: d-i fails to install grub to first disk/partition with preseeding (hd0) or (hd0,0)

2014-10-31 Thread Salvatore Bonaccorso
Hi Florian,

On Fri, Oct 31, 2014 at 12:41:34PM +0100, Florian Lohoff wrote:
 
 Package: debian-installer
 Version: daily-20141030
 Architecture: amd64
 
 Hi,
 i am using the daily build of the netboot images as of yesterday.
 
 The Documentation at:
 
 https://www.debian.org/releases/jessie/amd64/apbs04.html.en
 
 say that preseeding Grub with:
 
   d-i grub-installer/bootdev  string (hd0,0)
 
 Should install grub in the first partition.
 
 Currently this fails with
 
   Unable to install GRUB in (hd0,0)
   Executing 'grub-install (hd0,0) failed.
 
   This is a fatal error.
 
 My hd0 is a virtio block device /dev/vda in a KVM host and its the only disk.
 
 Also
 
   d-i grub-installer/bootdev  string (hd0)
 
 Does not work. Not preseeding this value will display a manual
 entry box. As with wheezy the first disk (and in my case only disk)
 will always be used as default, this doesnt seem to work anymore.
 
 Preseeding with /dev/vda will work though 

Your problem seen to be the same as for
https://bugs.debian.org/712907

Regards,
Salvatore


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