On 11/10/20 6:47 PM, Stan Johnson wrote:
> $ fgrep -i grub syslog
> Nov 10 09:29:25 anna[2818]: DEBUG: retrieving grub-installer 1.173+mac
> Nov 10 09:29:28 anna[2818]: DEBUG: retrieving grub-mount-udeb 2.04-10
> Nov 10 16:46:35 in-target: linux-doc-5.9 debian-kernel-handbook mkvmlinuz
> grub-ieee1275
> Nov 10 17:14:21 main-menu[225]: INFO: Menu item 'grub-installer' selected
> Nov 10 17:14:21 grub-installer: info: architecture: powerpc/powermac_newworld
> Nov 10 17:14:46 in-target: multiboot-doc grub-emu xorriso desktop-base fuse
> Nov 10 17:14:46 in-target: grub-common libfreetype6 libfuse2 libpng16-16
> os-prober
> Nov 10 17:14:49 in-target: Get:4 cdrom://[Debian GNU/Linux 10.0.0 _Sid_ -
> Unofficial powerpc NETINST with firmware 20201109-20:16] sid/main powerpc
> grub-common powerpc 2.04-10 [2,651 kB]
> Nov 10 17:14:59 in-target: Selecting previously unselected package
> grub-common.
> Nov 10 17:14:59 in-target: Preparing to unpack
> .../grub-common_2.04-10_powerpc.deb ...
> Nov 10 17:14:59 in-target: Unpacking grub-common (2.04-10) ...^M
> Nov 10 17:15:04 in-target: Setting up grub-common (2.04-10) ...
> Nov 10 17:15:21 in-target: grub-common is already the newest version
> (2.04-10).
> Nov 10 17:15:58 main-menu[225]: WARNING **: Configuring 'grub-installer'
> failed
> with error code 1
> Nov 10 17:15:58 main-menu[225]: WARNING **: Menu item 'grub-installer' failed.
Just grepping for GRUB doesn't help. We're just seeing
"Configuring 'grub-installer' failed with error code 1"
which is already something that we already know, i.e. "GRB installation failed."
I need everything from the context of grub-installer.
> Other information that may be helpful:
>
> # mac-fdisk -l
> /dev/sda
> # type name length base ( size ) system
> /dev/sda1 Apple_partition_map Apple 63 @ 1 ( 31.5k) Partition
> map
> /dev/sda2 Apple_Driver43 Macintosh 56 @ 64 ( 28.0k) Driver 4.3
> /dev/sda3 Apple_Driver43 Macintosh 56 @ 120 ( 28.0k) Driver
> 4.3
> /dev/sda4 Apple_Driver_ATA Macintosh 56 @ 176 ( 28.0k) Unknown
> /dev/sda5 Apple_Driver_ATA Macintosh 56 @ 232 ( 28.0k) Unknown
> /dev/sda6 Apple_Bootstrap Apple_Bootstrap 131072 @ 288 ( 64.0M) NewWorld
> bootblock
> /dev/sda7 Apple_HFS MacOS 4194304 @ 131360 ( 2.0G) HFS
> /dev/sda8 Apple_HFS Tiger 33554432 @ 4325664 ( 16.0G) HFS
> /dev/sda9 Apple_HFS Leopard 41943040 @ 37880096 ( 20.0G) HFS
> /dev/sda10 Apple_HFS Users 117440512 @ 79823136 ( 56.0G) HFS
> /dev/sda11 Apple_UNIX_SVR2 Debian_7 8388608 @ 197263648 ( 4.0G)
> Linux
> native
> /dev/sda12 Apple_UNIX_SVR2 Debian_sid 16777216 @ 205652256 ( 8.0G)
> Linux
> native
> /dev/sda13 Apple_UNIX_SVR2 Gentoo 20971520 @ 222429472 ( 10.0G)
> Linux
> native
> /dev/sda14 Apple_UNIX_SVR2 swap 2097152 @ 243400992 ( 1.0G)
> Linux
> swap
> /dev/sda15 Apple_UNIX_SVR2 data 22937311 @ 245498144 ( 10.9G)
> Linux
> native
> /dev/sda16 Apple_Free Extra 44146352 @ 268435455 ( 21.1G)
> Free
> space
That partition layout is way too complex for grub-installer to be guaranteed to
work
and has not been tested at all.
Adrian
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