Bug#681227: Can anyone reproduce #681227: installation-reports: grub-install tries to install to a nonsense string?!

2013-01-27 Thread Cyril Brulebois
Christian PERRIER (12/01/2013): > Quoting Steven Chamberlain (ste...@pyro.eu.org): > > > Patch for this actually just a diff limited to ./grub-installer from: > > > > $ git revert a070f516 99389d59 926cee22 > > > Agreed from my side. I guess we now just need Cyril's ACK to apply in > git and p

Bug#681227: Can anyone reproduce #681227: installation-reports: grub-install tries to install to a nonsense string?!

2013-01-11 Thread Christian PERRIER
Quoting Steven Chamberlain (ste...@pyro.eu.org): > Patch for this actually just a diff limited to ./grub-installer from: > > $ git revert a070f516 99389d59 926cee22 Agreed from my side. I guess we now just need Cyril's ACK to apply in git and probably buildunless something else is needed in

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2013-01-11 Thread Debian Bug Tracking System
Processing commands for cont...@bugs.debian.org: > tags 681227 + patch Bug #681227 [grub-installer] does not validate free-form input Added tag(s) patch. > block 651720 by 681227 Bug #651720 {Done: Wouter Verhelst } [src:grub-installer] new ZFS install on / fails if /boot isn't ZFS 651720 was not

Re: Bug#681227: Can anyone reproduce #681227: installation-reports: grub-install tries to install to a nonsense string?!

2013-01-11 Thread Steven Chamberlain
tags 681227 + patch block 651720 by 681227 # kFreeBSD bugfix couldn't enter wheezy yet due to regressions thanks Hi, On 07/01/13 19:56, Wouter Verhelst wrote: >> What to do with the workaround added by Wouter in grub-installer/1.84? > > The workaround tried to eliminate the possibility of invali

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2013-01-07 Thread Debian Bug Tracking System
Processing commands for cont...@bugs.debian.org: > retitle 681227 does not validate free-form input Bug #681227 [grub-installer] installation-reports: grub-install tries to install to a nonsense string Changed Bug title to 'does not validate free-form input' from 'installa

Re: Bug#681227: Can anyone reproduce #681227: installation-reports: grub-install tries to install to a nonsense string?!

2013-01-07 Thread Wouter Verhelst
retitle 681227 does not validate free-form input thanks On Mon, Jan 07, 2013 at 05:54:03PM +, Steven Chamberlain wrote: > Hi Matthew, > > On 07/01/13 17:15, Matthew Vernon wrote: > >>> Jul 10 16:48:43 in-target: grub-common is already the newest version. > >>> Jul 10 16:48:43 in-target: 0 upg

Re: Bug#681227: Can anyone reproduce #681227: installation-reports: grub-install tries to install to a nonsense string?!

2013-01-07 Thread Steven Chamberlain
Hi Matthew, On 07/01/13 17:15, Matthew Vernon wrote: >>> Jul 10 16:48:43 in-target: grub-common is already the newest version. >>> Jul 10 16:48:43 in-target: 0 upgraded, 0 newly installed, 0 to remove >>> and 0 not upgraded. >>> Jul 11 07:56:28 grub-installer: info: Installing grub on '/dev/sdb >

Bug#681227: Can anyone reproduce #681227: installation-reports: grub-install tries to install to a nonsense string?!

2013-01-07 Thread Matthew Vernon
Hi, Sorry, I don't think this email's going to help very much. On 02/01/13 22:49, Steven Chamberlain wrote: Hi! On 02/01/13 20:26, Cyril Brulebois wrote: Jul 10 16:48:43 in-target: grub-common is already the newest version. Jul 10 16:48:43 in-target: 0 upgraded, 0 newly installed, 0 to remo

Re: Can anyone reproduce #681227: installation-reports: grub-install tries to install to a nonsense string?!

2013-01-02 Thread Steven Chamberlain
Hi! On 02/01/13 20:26, Cyril Brulebois wrote: > Did you mean that one instead? > #681227: installation-reports: grub-install tries to install to a nonsense > string Yes, thanks, that is what I meant... I've now spent two hours trying to guess what that 'nonsense string&#

Bug#681227: installation-reports: grub-install tries to install to a nonsense string

2013-01-02 Thread Cyril Brulebois
Hello Matthew, Matthew Vernon (11/07/2012): > Full details below, but in brief: > > grub-installer ends up trying to install grub onto > "w33sxs34rfvbg789iokmĀ·']", which obviously fails. The proximate bits > of syslog: > > Jul 11 07:56:28 grub-installer: info: Installing grub on '/dev/sdb > w

Can anyone reproduce #681227: installation-reports: grub-install tries to install to a nonsense string?!

2013-01-02 Thread Cyril Brulebois
t cause of #696903 can be found. Did you mean that one instead? #681227: installation-reports: grub-install tries to install to a nonsense string If anyone can reproduce it, I'd love to know how to do that myself! Mraw, KiBi. signature.asc Description: Digital signature

Bug#681227: installation-reports: grub-install tries to install to a nonsense string

2012-10-25 Thread willem kuyn
Hi, I tried to reproduce the bug in different settings. - A virtual machine installation: grub always writes to /dev/sda - A new lenova laptop booting from dvd: grub writes to /dev/sda - Installation on an external usb disk: grub writes to /dev/sda This is the original disk in the machine,

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2012-08-04 Thread Debian Bug Tracking System
Processing commands for cont...@bugs.debian.org: > reassign 681227 grub-installer Bug #681227 [installation-reports] installation-reports: grub-install tries to install to a nonsense string Bug reassigned from package 'installation-reports' to 'grub-installer'. Ignoring

Re: installation-reports: grub-install tries to install to a nonsense string

2012-08-04 Thread Jonathan Nieder
reassign 681227 grub-installer quit Hi, Matthew Vernon wrote: > grub-installer: info: Installing grub on '/dev/sdb w33sxs34rfvbg789iokmĀ·']' > grub-installer: info: grub-install supports --no-floppy > grub-installer: info: Running chroot /target grub-install --no-floppy > --force "/dev/sdb" >