Additional notes on 659116 posted by David Kennedy. Problem: 'grub2' not installing on /boot partition during installation of Debian Squeeze.
Installation mode: Graphical expert. Package: grub-installer Version: 20110106+squeeze4 Severity: grave Tags: Justification: prevents installation completing. System CPU: Intel i7-870 2.93 GHz Board: Gigabyte GA-P55A-UD4 1156 RAM: 4 x DDR3-2GB HD SATA Western Digital 2TB Graphics: NVIDIA Quadro NVS 295 DVI Current OS: SuSE 11.3 (since Debian installation failed). Partitioning description: Encrypted LVM with a separate'/boot' partition. This is the partitioning system on the current SuSE 11.3 and was also the partitioning system chosen and installed on the Debian Squeeze that failed with the above problem. Partitioning: Device Size Enc Type FS Type Mount /dev/sda 2.0 TB WDC ...diskname /dev/sda1 256.00 MB Linux native Ext4 /boot /dev/sda2 2.0 TB Encrypted Linux LVM /dev/VOLUME 2.0 TB LVM2 /dev/VOLUME/HOME 800.00 GB LV Ext4 /home /dev/VOLUME/ROOT 200.00 GB LV Ext4 / /dev/VOLUME/SWAP 16.00 GB LV SWAP SWAP /dev/VOLUME/TEMP 400.00 GB LV Ext4 /tmp /dev/VOLUME/USER 446.75 GB LV Ext4 /usr Details. The installation went without problem until the installation attempted to load 'grub2' into the /boot partition. The problem occurred when: this installation was attempted automatically by the installation or manually by selecting /dev/sda1 as the partition on which to install grub. The message: 'Installing grub on /dev/sda1' was displayed for around 2 minutes (after the manual selection). Then a message similar to: 'grub could not be installed on /dev/sda1 do you want to continue with the installation?' was displayed. Using 'dmesg' the following possibly relevant information was noted by hand: ... 'Attempting to install a partition instead of a MBR. This is a bad idea!' .... 'grub-probe: sending ioctl 1261 to partition' ... 'GRUB can only be installed using block lists. Blocklists unreliable use discouraged.' ... more ioctl 1261 messages ... ... 'grub-installer: Installation finished. No error reported' 'grub-instsaller: grub-install ran successfully' ... more ioctl 1261 messages ... '--ratelimit: 106 callbacks supressed' Thank you for your work on the Debian system, David Kennedy -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-boot-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/4f50cad2....@telenet.be
