Hi Mike, On Mon, Apr 29, 2013 at 02:59:43PM -0700, Mike Swanson wrote: >Package: grub-pc >Version: 1.99-27+deb7u1 >Severity: normal > >Dear Maintainer, > >I use zfsonlinux using the repository from http://zfsonlinux.org/debian.html >and ZFS itself is contained in a LUKS volume, so it is a somewhat unusual >setup. There is an unencrypted /boot partition (ext4) that I use so that >the kernel and initramfs can be loaded simply and I unlock the disk at >the startup time. Basically the layout of the disk is (gdisk -l): > >Number Start (sector) End (sector) Size Code Name > 1 2048 312371200 148.9 GiB BF01 zfs > 2 312371202 312581774 102.8 MiB 8300 boot > 9 34 2047 1007.0 KiB EF02 BIOS boot partition > >GRUB, in Debian at least, is not able to automatically create a configuration >for my setup, mainly because there is no / device listed in /etc/fstab (ZFS >on root, it manages the mountpoints itself). This results in grub-probe >erroring out, and it causes the package to be marked as being in an >unconfigured state, resulting in this: > >root@philipjfry:~# dpkg --configure grub-pc >Setting up grub-pc (1.99-27+deb7u1) ... >grub-probe: error: cannot find a device for / (is /dev mounted?). >Installation finished. No error reported. >/usr/sbin/grub-probe: error: cannot find a device for / (is /dev mounted?). >dpkg: error processing grub-pc (--configure): > subprocess installed post-installation script returned error exit status 1 >Errors were encountered while processing: > grub-pc > >GRUB still works fine writing the grub.cfg by hand (it's not that hard), >and using grub-install afterwards. It's still annoying to have this >package remain in an "unconfigured" state!
Yes... :-/ Silly question - does this work OK in the previous version of grub-pc (1.99-27)? I'm assuming not, but I'm interested in case there is a regression here due to the changes I've made. -- Steve McIntyre, Cambridge, UK. st...@einval.com We don't need no education. We don't need no thought control. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-bugs-dist-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org
