Package: grub-common Version: 1.96+20090317-1 Severity: normal User: glibc-bsd-de...@lists.alioth.debian.org Usertags: kfreebsd
update-grube fails before generating a menu.lst or grub.conf on Debian GNU/kFreeBSD due to grub-probe doesn't seem to accept character devices as harddisks: 103/1/0 r...@metisse:pts/ttyp2 [~] # cat /boot/grub/device.map (hd0) /dev/ad0 104/0/0 r...@metisse:pts/ttyp2 [~] # update-grub grub-probe: error: cannot find a device for /. 105/1/0 r...@metisse:pts/ttyp2 [~] # grub-probe / grub-probe: error: cannot find a device for /. 106/1/0 r...@metisse:pts/ttyp2 [~] # grub-probe -v / grub-probe: info: the size of hd0 is 0 grub-probe: info: the size of hd0 is 0 grub-probe: info: the size of hd0 is 0 grub-probe: info: the size of hd0 is 0 grub-probe: info: changing current directory to /dev grub-probe: info: changing current directory to fd grub-probe: info: changing current directory to net grub-probe: error: cannot find a device for /. 107/1/0 r...@metisse:pts/ttyp2 [~] # mount /dev/ad0s1a on / (ufs, local) devfs on /dev (devfs, local) linprocfs on /proc (linprocfs, local, noexec, nosuid) 108/0/0 r...@metisse:pts/ttyp2 [~] # grub-probe -d /dev/ad0s1a grub-probe: error: /dev/ad0s1a is not a block device. 109/1/0 r...@metisse:pts/ttyp2 [~] # grub-probe -v -d /dev/ad0s1a grub-probe: info: the size of hd0 is 0 grub-probe: info: the size of hd0 is 0 grub-probe: info: the size of hd0 is 0 grub-probe: info: the size of hd0 is 0 grub-probe: error: /dev/ad0s1a is not a block device. 110/1/0 r...@metisse:pts/ttyp2 [~] # ls -alFd /dev/ad0s1a crw-r----- 1 root disk 0, 78 Mar 19 17:55 /dev/ad0s1a 111/0/0 r...@metisse:pts/ttyp2 [~] # -- System Information: Debian Release: squeeze/sid Architecture: kfreebsd-i386 (i686) Kernel: kFreeBSD 7.1-1-686-smp Locale: LANG=en_GB.UTF-8, LC_CTYPE=en_GB.UTF-8 (charmap=UTF-8) Shell: /bin/sh linked to /bin/bash Versions of packages grub-common depends on: ii base-files 5.0 Debian base system miscellaneous f ii libc0.1 2.9-6 GNU C Library: Shared libraries ii libfreetype6 2.3.9-4 FreeType 2 font engine, shared lib ii libncurses5 5.7+20090314-1 shared libraries for terminal hand ii zlib1g 1:1.2.3.3.dfsg-13 compression library - runtime grub-common recommends no packages. Versions of packages grub-common suggests: ii multiboot-doc 0.97-47lenny2 The Multiboot specification -- no debconf information -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-bugs-dist-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org