Hey Karl, Karl O. Pinc <k...@karlpinc.com> (2019-11-07): > Package: debian-installer > Severity: normal > Tags: d-i > > Hello, > > I have not reproduced this problem myself but it seems likely that it > exists. I am writing here to be sure that nothing is overlooked and > to give people who might have this problem a reference. > > This is a companion problem to bug #918590 and am told related to > a problem fixed in Buster RC 1. > > grub-installer/grub-mkconfig can fail when in rescue mode in the installed > system's chroot because of a long LVM related timeout. The workaround > is reportedly something like: > > # mkdir /mnt/hostlvm > # mount --bind /run/lvm /mnt/hostlvm > # chroot /mnt > # ln -s /hostlvm /run/lvm > > See: > https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/GRUB#Device_/dev/xxx_not_initialized_in_udev_database_even_after_waiting_10000000_microseconds > and > https://bbs.archlinux.org/viewtopic.php?pid=1820949#p18209
Thanks for filing this bug report; I'll try and keep that in mind while preparing updates for buster, using the throw away VMs to test this. I'll adjust bug metadata accordingly when I get to it. Also, I suppose bind-mounting /run entirely would be sufficient. Cheers, -- Cyril Brulebois (k...@debian.org) <https://debamax.com/> D-I release manager -- Release team member -- Freelance Consultant
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