Bug#1032435: installation-reports: Fails to install GRUB bootloader

2023-03-09 Thread John Talbut
Thanks, Pascal, you gave me some more ideas where to look. I have spent a lot of time on this without being able to discover exactly where the error lay in order to be able to correct it without going back to square 1. In the end the only thing that has worked has been a complete reinstall in

Bug#1032435: installation-reports: Fails to install GRUB bootloader

2023-03-07 Thread Pascal Hambourg
On 07/03/2023 at 09:01, John Talbut wrote: Install in /dev/sda was just an example, it is the one that the installer suggests. Ok. I have tried /dev/nvme1n1, /dev/nvme1n1p1 (the ESP partition) and /dev/nvme1n1p2 (the boot partition) all with the same result: The rescue operation 'grub-rein

Bug#1032435: installation-reports: Fails to install GRUB bootloader

2023-03-07 Thread John Talbut
Thanks, Pascal. Install in /dev/sda was just an example, it is the one that the installer suggests. I have tried /dev/nvme1n1, /dev/nvme1n1p1 (the ESP partition) and /dev/nvme1n1p2 (the boot partition) all with the same result: The rescue operation 'grub-reinstall' failed with exit code 1 I

Bug#1032435: installation-reports: Fails to install GRUB bootloader

2023-03-06 Thread Pascal Hambourg
Hello John, On 06/03/2023 at 18:19, John Talbut wrote: It is not clear where to install it but wherever I try I come up with a message "Unable to install GRUB in /dev/sda" (or the equivalent in other partitions). /dev/sda is the USB stick which contains the installer. You cannot install GR

Bug#1032435: installation-reports: Fails to install GRUB bootloader

2023-03-06 Thread John Talbut
Package: installation-reports Severity: important Tags: d-i X-Debbugs-Cc: j...@dpets.uk Boot method: USB Image version: https://gemmei.ftp.acc.umu.se/images/bookworm_di_alpha2/amd64/iso-cd/debian-bookworm-DI-alpha2-amd64-netinst.iso Date: <6 March 2023> Machine: Ideapad 5 14 Partitions: Disk