Bug#672689: debian-installer: grub-pc failed to install into /target/
Hello: I can reproduce this bug as I tried to do an expert install booting the mini installer image FROM a USB stick, which happens to be the only USB device attached. What I suggest is that the grub installer menu option to prompt the user to select the target to install grub to if the installer cannot determine the correct one on its own. This way the installer will properly install grub to the correct target. Hope this helps Cheers, R
Bug#672689: debian-installer: grub-pc failed to install into /target/
Package: debian-installer Severity: important Tags: d-i I'm using this CD installer http://cdimage.debian.org/cdimage/weekly-builds/amd64/iso-cd/debian-wheezy- DI-a1-amd64-xfce+lxde-CD-1.iso 11-May-2012 19:59 644M Using the expert installation mode, the error message say: The 'grub-pc' package failed to install into /target/ . Without the GRUB boot loader, the installed system will not boot. -- System Information: Debian Release: 6.0.4 APT prefers stable APT policy: (500, 'stable') Architecture: amd64 (x86_64) Kernel: Linux 2.6.32-5-amd64 (SMP w/1 CPU core) Locale: LANG=en_US.UTF-8, LC_CTYPE=en_US.UTF-8 (charmap=UTF-8) Shell: /bin/sh linked to /bin/dash -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-bugs-dist-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org
Bug#672689: debian-installer: grub-pc failed to install into /target/
Fab usaegetta37-...@yahoo.com (12/05/2012): I'm using this CD installer http://cdimage.debian.org/cdimage/weekly-builds/amd64/iso-cd/debian-wheezy- DI-a1-amd64-xfce+lxde-CD-1.iso 11-May-2012 19:59 644M Using the expert installation mode, the error message say: The 'grub-pc' package failed to install into /target/ . Without the GRUB boot loader, the installed system will not boot. Can you please find out what failed? Alt+F4 should get you to the VT where logging happens. Other VTs should give you a shell for further inspection. If that's RAID+LVM, that might be #662086. Mraw, KiBi. signature.asc Description: Digital signature
Bug#672689: debian-installer: grub-pc failed to install into /target/
Can you please find out what failed? Alt+F4 should get you to the VT where logging happens. Other VTs should give you a shell for further inspection. If that's RAID+LVM, that might be #662086. Mraw, KiBi. My mother board support RAID but I've only a single SATA hard disk (sda). The error log say: grub-installer: dpkg: warning: ignoring request to remove grub-legacy... in-target: Package grub-pc is not available, but referred to by abother package. This may mean that the package is missing, has been obsoleted, or is only available from another source. in-target: E : Package 'grub-pc' has not installation candidate. grub-installer: info: calling 'apt-install grub-pc' failed main-menu[430]: chroot: can't execute 'grub-probe': No such file or directory main-menu[430]: File descriptor 3 (pipe:[3317]) leaked on vldisplay invocation main-menu[430]: Parent PID 7089: /bin/sh main-menu[430]: File descriptor 4 (pipe:[3317]) leaked on vldisplay invocation main-menu[430]: Volume group sda not found main-menu[430]: Skipping volume group sda main-menu[430]: WARNING **: configuring 'grub-installer' failed with error code 1 main-menu[430]: WARNING **: Menu item 'grub-installer' failed If this can help, I paste the output of mount command: rootfs on / type rootfs (rw) none on /run type tmpfs (rw,nosuid,relatime,size=102704k,mode=755) none on /proc type proc (rw,relatime) none on /sys type sysfs (rw,relatime) tmpfs on /dev type tmpfs (rw,relatime,mode=755) none on /dev/pts type devpts (rw,relatime,gid=5,mode=620,ptmxmode=000) /dev/sda11 on /target type ext2 (rw,relatime,errors=remount-ro) /dev/sda11 on /dev/.static/dev type ext2 (rw,relatime,errors=remount-ro) tmpfs on /target/dev type tmpfs (rw,relatime,mode=755) /dev/sr0 on /target/media/cdrom0 type iso9660 (ro,relatime) /dev/sr1 on /cdrom type iso9660 (ro,relatime) Thanks Fabio -- -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-bugs-dist-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org
Bug#672689: debian-installer: grub-pc failed to install into /target/
I solved the problem, due to the presence of two USB device. In my last output (mount) there are /dev/sr0 and /dev/sr1 These devices are: - Onda MW833UP (umts USB pen drive) - LG DVDRAM GP08NU20 (USB CD-ROM) I've detached the first device before booting the installer CD and the grub-installer now works. I'm sorry to have created a bug on debian installer, but this means that sometimes after you install the system files and the kernel, the device name from where get the package 'grub-pc' may look different. thanks for support Fabio --- -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-bugs-dist-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org
