Thanks hexion, your idea of removing the second line in the device.map
file fixes this bug for me.
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error: cannot open `/dev/sdb' while attempting to get disk size - grub2 update
https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/425112
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This was affecting my system too.
/dev/sdb was the descriptor for a external drive that's no longer
present in the system. I only connect it sometimes.
My /boot/grub/device.map looked like this:
(hd0) /dev/sda
(hd1) /dev/sdb
I removed the second line and the problem disappeared.
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error: cann
I had a similar problem with 4 drives, the last being an external USB
hard drive. Under Jaunty it is named sdd (by os-prober) while under
Karmic it is named sdh (again using os-prober); however, the device.map
for Karmic still lists it as sdd. Whenever I run update-grub I get all
the same "cannot o
Hi folks, the same error is affecting me.
i have no device /dev/sdb.
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error: cannot open `/dev/sdb' while attempting to get disk size - grub2 update
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** Changed in: grub2 (Ubuntu)
Status: Incomplete => Invalid
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error: cannot open `/dev/sdb' while attempting to get disk size - grub2 update
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n...@desktop:~$ sudo debconf-show grub-pc
grub-pc/kopt_extracted: true
grub2/kfreebsd_cmdline:
* grub-pc/install_devices: /dev/sda
grub-pc/postrm_purge_boot_grub: false
* grub2/linux_cmdline:
grub2/kfreebsd_cmdline_default: quiet
* grub2/linux_cmdline_default: quiet splash
* grub-pc/chainlo
** Attachment added: "Dependencies.txt"
http://launchpadlibrarian.net/31386495/Dependencies.txt
** Description changed:
Binary package hint: grub2
- Noticed all these errors while performing , dist-upgrade.
+ Noticed all these errors while performing , dist-upgrade. (I only have
+ one ha
