Package: grub-installer Version: 1.110 I'm forwarding this patch from Ubuntu:
https://launchpad.net/bugs/1303790 On EFI, the boot disk argument given to grub-install is a dummy and is often the wrong disk or a non existent disk. Grub is still installed to the correct place since it goes through the filesystem to /boot/EFI, but the function make_active_partition tries to look at the partition table on the dummy disk and throws an error. Hence, I wrote the attached patch to disable the function on EFI.
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revno: 121
committer: Phillip Susi <ps...@ubuntu.com>
branch nick: grub-installer
timestamp: Tue 2015-02-17 09:15:44 -0500
message:
Don't try to mark a partition as active, except on grub-pc.
This was causing failures for grub-efi (LP: #1303790).
diff:
=== modified file 'debian/changelog'
--- debian/changelog 2014-10-06 18:29:15 +0000
+++ debian/changelog 2015-02-17 14:15:44 +0000
@@ -1,3 +1,10 @@
+grub-installer (1.78ubuntu24) vivid; urgency=medium
+
+ * Don't try to mark a partition as active, except on grub-pc.
+ This was causing failures for grub-efi (LP: #1303790).
+
+ -- Phillip Susi <ps...@ubuntu.com> Tue, 27 Jan 2015 15:51:09 -0500
+
grub-installer (1.78ubuntu23) utopic; urgency=medium
* On ppc64el, wipe the PReP partition before installing grub-ieee1275,
=== modified file 'grub-installer'
--- grub-installer 2014-10-06 18:29:15 +0000
+++ grub-installer 2015-02-17 14:15:44 +0000
@@ -1006,6 +1006,12 @@
}
make_active_partition () {
+ if [ "$grub_package" != "grub-pc" ]; then
+ # only do this for grub-pc since on EFI $bootdev is a dummy argument
+ # and looking for a partition table on the wrong or non existing disk
+ # crashes the installer LP:#1303790
+ return
+ fi
bootdisk=
bootpart=
case $bootdev in
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