On Sun, Aug 14, 2011 at 11:37:21PM +0100, Steve McIntyre wrote: >Forwarding to debian-boot for info... > >----- Forwarded message from PR <p...@orange.fr> ----- > >From: PR <p...@orange.fr> >Date: Fri, 12 Aug 2011 09:10:16 +0200 >To: debian...@lists.debian.org >Subject: Weekly build amd64 iso-dvd don't install grub >X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.3.1 (2010-03-16) on cheddar.halon.org.uk >X-Spam-Level: >X-Spam-Status: No, score=-4.2 required=5.0 tests=BAYES_00,HTML_MESSAGE, > RCVD_IN_DNSWL_MED autolearn=ham version=3.3.1 >X-Amavis-Spam-Status: No, score=0.99 tagged_above=-10000 required=5.3 > tests=[BAYES_40=-0.01, HTML_MESSAGE=1] autolearn=no > >I have to install Debian with weekly build amd64 iso-dvd (tested with >01-aug-2011 and 08-aug-2011 dvd) and installation stop with "grub >installation failed" error. >In the log, I can see the error line "grub installer : info: calling >`apt-install grub-pc failed"
And testing here shows similar. syslog.gz attached. Relevant section looks to be: Aug 14 23:25:22 main-menu[246]: INFO: Menu item 'grub-installer' selected Aug 14 23:25:22 grub-installer: info: architecture: amd64/generic Aug 14 23:25:22 in-target: Reading package lists... Aug 14 23:25:22 in-target: Aug 14 23:25:22 in-target: Building dependency tree... Aug 14 23:25:22 in-target: Reading state information... Aug 14 23:25:22 in-target: E: Unable to locate package grub-common Aug 14 23:25:22 kernel: [ 593.956389] ISO 9660 Extensions: Microsoft Joliet Level 3 Aug 14 23:25:22 kernel: [ 593.959819] ISO 9660 Extensions: RRIP_1991A Aug 14 23:25:23 kernel: [ 594.011628] ISO 9660 Extensions: Microsoft Joliet Level 3 Aug 14 23:25:23 kernel: [ 594.013706] ISO 9660 Extensions: RRIP_1991A Aug 14 23:25:23 in-target: Reading package lists... Aug 14 23:25:23 in-target: Aug 14 23:25:23 in-target: Building dependency tree... Aug 14 23:25:23 in-target: Reading state information... Aug 14 23:25:23 in-target: E: Unable to locate package grub-common Aug 14 23:25:23 kernel: [ 594.456500] ISO 9660 Extensions: Microsoft Joliet Level 3 Aug 14 23:25:23 kernel: [ 594.459232] ISO 9660 Extensions: RRIP_1991A Aug 14 23:25:23 kernel: [ 594.514455] ISO 9660 Extensions: Microsoft Joliet Level 3 Aug 14 23:25:23 kernel: [ 594.516206] ISO 9660 Extensions: RRIP_1991A Aug 14 23:25:23 grub-installer: info: Identified partition label for /dev/sda1: msdos Aug 14 23:25:24 grub-installer: dpkg: warning: ignoring request to remove grub which isn't installed. Aug 14 23:25:24 grub-installer: dpkg: warning: ignoring request to remove grub-legacy which isn't installed. Aug 14 23:25:24 in-target: Reading package lists... Aug 14 23:25:24 in-target: Aug 14 23:25:24 in-target: Building dependency tree... Aug 14 23:25:24 in-target: Reading state information... Aug 14 23:25:24 in-target: E: Package 'grub-pc' has no installation candidate Aug 14 23:25:24 kernel: [ 595.452221] ISO 9660 Extensions: Microsoft Joliet Level 3 Aug 14 23:25:24 kernel: [ 595.455171] ISO 9660 Extensions: RRIP_1991A Aug 14 23:25:24 kernel: [ 595.510326] ISO 9660 Extensions: Microsoft Joliet Level 3 Aug 14 23:25:24 kernel: [ 595.512227] ISO 9660 Extensions: RRIP_1991A Aug 14 23:25:24 grub-installer: info: Calling 'apt-install grub-pc' failed grub-common is definitely on this netinst CD, and listed in the Packages.gz file. No idea what's happening here... :-( -- Steve McIntyre, Cambridge, UK. st...@einval.com Is there anybody out there?
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