Bug#467127: post-install fails with grub-probe: error: Cannot get the real path of `/dev/sda'

2008-04-18 Thread Robert Millan
On Fri, Apr 18, 2008 at 09:45:52PM +0200, Stefan Weil wrote: > > grub-probe fails like this: > > # grub-probe --target=drive --device /dev/sdb1 > grub-probe: error: Cannot find a GRUB drive for /dev/sdb1. Check your > device.map. > > # device.map is unchanged, see previous output Ah, right.

Bug#467127: post-install fails with grub-probe: error: Cannot get the real path of `/dev/sda'

2008-04-18 Thread Stefan Weil
Robert Millan schrieb: Please copy-paste the exact command and error you get. I should mention a point missing in my last mails which maybe is important: the removable medium must contain a partition with an operating system. Here is my test scenario (see comments) with system output and error

Bug#467127: post-install fails with grub-probe: error: Cannot get the real path of `/dev/sda'

2008-04-18 Thread Robert Millan
On Thu, Apr 17, 2008 at 09:50:26PM +0200, Stefan Weil wrote: > A very similar (maybe the same) error occurs with grub-pc 1.96+20080413-1. > > post-install fails with grub-probe in these two cases: Please copy-paste the exact command and error you get. -- Robert Millan I know my rights; I want

Bug#467127: post-install fails with grub-probe: error: Cannot get the real path of `/dev/sda'

2008-04-17 Thread Stefan Weil
Stefan Weil wrote: 2. An earlier installation was done while a removable media (in my case: SD flash card) was not in my card reader. So there is no entry for /dev/sda in device.map. When I upgraded grub-pc while there was a SD card in the card reader, grub-probe probed /dev/sda (the

Bug#467127: post-install fails with grub-probe: error: Cannot get the real path of `/dev/sda'

2008-04-17 Thread Stefan Weil
A very similar (maybe the same) error occurs with grub-pc 1.96+20080413-1. post-install fails with grub-probe in these two cases: 1. An earlier installation was done while a removable medium (in my case: debian installation CDROM) was mounted. The device (/dev/hda) will be listed in /boo

Bug#467127: post-install fails with grub-probe: error: Cannot get the real path of `/dev/sda'

2008-02-24 Thread Robert Millan
On Sat, Feb 23, 2008 at 03:52:47AM -0500, Bryan Donlan wrote: > Package: grub-pc > Version: 1.96+20080219-2 > Severity: important > > grub-pc's post-install fails on 1.96+20080219-2 with: > > Setting up grub-pc (1.96+20080219-2) ... > grub-probe: error: Cannot get the real path of `/dev/sda' > dp

Bug#467127: post-install fails with grub-probe: error: Cannot get the real path of `/dev/sda'

2008-02-23 Thread Bryan Donlan
Package: grub-pc Version: 1.96+20080219-2 Severity: important grub-pc's post-install fails on 1.96+20080219-2 with: Setting up grub-pc (1.96+20080219-2) ... grub-probe: error: Cannot get the real path of `/dev/sda' dpkg: error processing grub-pc (--configure): subprocess post-installation script