Bug#1035085: Bookworm RC2 grub-installer/os-prober quirks

[Pascal Hambourg]

Package: grub-installer
Version: 1.190
Severity: minor
Tags: patch

Boot method: USB stick
Image version: debian-bookworm-DI-rc2-amd64-netinst.iso
Installation type: expert install
Date: 2023-04-29

Hello,

I observed a few minor quirks while testing the new os-prober 
re-enablement feature.


1) In expert install (or low priority), the new os-prober dialog 
displayed by grub-installer lists only unsupported OS but not supported OS.

(Patch attached)

2) "efi" os-prober type is considered unsupported.
In EFI mode, os-prober detects EFI boot loaders such as Windows Boot 
Manager with type "efi". GRUB can add menu entries for these boot 
loaders so this type should be in the supported list instead of the 
unsupported list. (AFAICS it does not matter much because the supported 
OS list is used only when installing GRUB for legacy boot and not EFI boot.)

(Patch attached)

3) Changing the previous answer to "Run os-prober automatically to 
detect and boot other OSes" does not work as expected.


Steps to reproduce:

- Start a new expert install.
- At the question "Run os-prober automatically to detect and boot other 
OSes", answer "yes".

- Go back to the main menu and select "Install the GRUB boot loader" again.
- At the question "Run os-prober automatically to detect and boot other 
OSes", answer "no".


Result: changing the previous answer to "no" does nothing: 
grub2/enable_os_prober and /target/etc/default/grub are unchanged so 
os-prober will still be run.


- Start a new expert install.
- At the question "Run os-prober automatically to detect and boot other 
OSes", answer "no".

- Go back to the main menu and select "Install the GRUB boot loader" again.
- At the question "Run os-prober automatically to detect and boot other 
OSes", answer "yes".


Result: Changing the previous answer to "yes" does half the job: 
grub2/enable_os_prober is changed but /target/etc/default/grub is 
unchanged so os-prober will not be run.


IIUC, this is because
- answering "no" is a no-op;
- grub2/enable_os_prober has an effect only when /target/etc/defaut/grub 
is generated by the selected grub-* package config script when the 
package is installed (after the first time the question is asked).From c117406bf936e0fd4ff3f31916b1cd22db3f46ed Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Pascal Hambourg 
Date: Sat, 29 Apr 2023 09:35:42 +0200
Subject: [PATCH 1/2] Add all other OS to the complete OS list, not only
 unsupported OS

---
 grub-installer | 15 +--
 1 file changed, 5 insertions(+), 10 deletions(-)

diff --git a/grub-installer b/grub-installer
index 2f0de04d..3c177c41 100755
--- a/grub-installer
+++ b/grub-installer
@@ -566,6 +566,11 @@ if [ -s /tmp/os-probed ]; then
 		IFS="$OLDIFS"
 		title=$(echo "$os" | cut -d: -f2)
 		type=$(echo "$os" | cut -d: -f4)
+		if [ -n "$other_os_list" ]; then
+			other_os_list="$other_os_list, $title"
+		else
+			other_os_list="$title"
+		fi
 		case "$type" in
 		chain)
 			: ;;
@@ -579,11 +584,6 @@ if [ -s /tmp/os-probed ]; then
 else
 	unsupported_os_list="$title"
 fi
-if [ -n "$other_os_list" ]; then
-	other_os_list="$other_os_list, $title"
-else
-	other_os_list="$title"
-fi
 continue
 			fi
 			;;
@@ -595,11 +595,6 @@ if [ -s /tmp/os-probed ]; then
 			else
 unsupported_os_list="$title"
 			fi
-			if [ -n "$other_os_list" ]; then
-other_os_list="$other_os_list, $title"
-			else
-other_os_list="$title"
-			fi
 			continue
 			;;
 		esac
-- 
2.30.2

From 005333adb8d1f57a0620cac3206aaa78b7be0136 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Pascal Hambourg 
Date: Sat, 29 Apr 2023 09:38:58 +0200
Subject: [PATCH 2/2] Add "efi" os-prober type to the supported OS list

In EFI mode, os-prober detects EFI boot loaders such as Windows boot
manager with type "efi". grub-mkconfig can add menu entries for these
boot loaders so this type should be in the supported list.

(It does actually not matter much because the supported OS list is used
only when installing GRUB for legacy boot and not EFI boot)
---
 grub-installer | 2 +-
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/grub-installer b/grub-installer
index 3c177c41..afd65a26 100755
--- a/grub-installer
+++ b/grub-installer
@@ -572,7 +572,7 @@ if [ -s /tmp/os-probed ]; then
 			other_os_list="$title"
 		fi
 		case "$type" in
-		chain)
+		chain|efi)
 			: ;;
 		linux)
 			# Check for linux systems that we don't
-- 
2.30.2

Bug#1035096: installation-report Bookworm RC2 GRUB not installed

[Peter Ehlert]

Package: grub-installer
Boot method: USB
Image version: debian-bookworm-DI-rc2-amd64-netinst.iso
download from Debian
Date: 2023-04-28 ~17

Machine: HP Z820 Workstation
Processor: 2x 8-core model: Intel Xeon E5-2687W
Memory: 47.06 GiB
Partitions:
peter@RC2net:~$ df -T
Filesystem Type 1K-blocks    Used Available Use% Mounted on
udev   devtmpfs  24636332   0  24636332   0% /dev
tmpfs  tmpfs  4934304    1988   4932316   1% /run
/dev/sda6  ext4  28660644 4485828  22693600  17% /
tmpfs  tmpfs 24671508   0  24671508   0% /dev/shm
tmpfs  tmpfs 5120  12  5108   1% /run/lock
/dev/sda8  ext4  19046484 908  18052708   1% /home
tmpfs  tmpfs  4934300  56   4934244   1% /run/user/1000
peter@RC2net:~$

Output of lspci and lspci -n:

peter@RC2net:~$ lspci
00:00.0 Host bridge: Intel Corporation Xeon E5/Core i7 DMI2 (rev 07)
00:01.0 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation Xeon E5/Core i7 IIO PCI Express 
Root Port 1a (rev 07)
00:01.1 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation Xeon E5/Core i7 IIO PCI Express 
Root Port 1b (rev 07)
00:02.0 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation Xeon E5/Core i7 IIO PCI Express 
Root Port 2a (rev 07)
00:03.0 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation Xeon E5/Core i7 IIO PCI Express 
Root Port 3a in PCI Express Mode (rev 07)
00:05.0 System peripheral: Intel Corporation Xeon E5/Core i7 Address 
Map, VTd_Misc, System Management (rev 07)
00:05.2 System peripheral: Intel Corporation Xeon E5/Core i7 Control 
Status and Global Errors (rev 07)

00:05.4 PIC: Intel Corporation Xeon E5/Core i7 I/O APIC (rev 07)
00:11.0 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation C600/X79 series chipset PCI 
Express Virtual Root Port (rev 05)
00:16.0 Communication controller: Intel Corporation C600/X79 series 
chipset MEI Controller #1 (rev 05)
00:16.2 IDE interface: Intel Corporation C600/X79 series chipset IDE-r 
Controller (rev 05)
00:16.3 Serial controller: Intel Corporation C600/X79 series chipset KT 
Controller (rev 05)
00:19.0 Ethernet controller: Intel Corporation 82579LM Gigabit Network 
Connection (Lewisville) (rev 05)
00:1a.0 USB controller: Intel Corporation C600/X79 series chipset USB2 
Enhanced Host Controller #2 (rev 05)
00:1b.0 Audio device: Intel Corporation C600/X79 series chipset High 
Definition Audio Controller (rev 05)
00:1c.0 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation C600/X79 series chipset PCI 
Express Root Port 2 (rev b5)
00:1c.5 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation C600/X79 series chipset PCI 
Express Root Port 5 (rev b5)
00:1c.6 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation C600/X79 series chipset PCI 
Express Root Port 3 (rev b5)
00:1d.0 USB controller: Intel Corporation C600/X79 series chipset USB2 
Enhanced Host Controller #1 (rev 05)

00:1e.0 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation 82801 PCI Bridge (rev a5)
00:1f.0 ISA bridge: Intel Corporation C600/X79 series chipset LPC 
Controller (rev 05)
00:1f.2 RAID bus controller: Intel Corporation C600/X79 series chipset 
SATA RAID Controller (rev 05)
00:1f.3 SMBus: Intel Corporation C600/X79 series chipset SMBus Host 
Controller (rev 05)
01:00.0 Ethernet controller: Intel Corporation 82574L Gigabit Network 
Connection
02:00.0 Serial Attached SCSI controller: Broadcom / LSI SAS2308 
PCI-Express Fusion-MPT SAS-2 (rev 05)
04:00.0 Serial Attached SCSI controller: Intel Corporation C602 chipset 
4-Port SATA Storage Control Unit (rev 05)
05:00.0 VGA compatible controller: NVIDIA Corporation GK208B [GeForce GT 
730] (rev a1)
05:00.1 Audio device: NVIDIA Corporation GK208 HDMI/DP Audio Controller 
(rev a1)
08:00.0 USB controller: Texas Instruments TUSB73x0 SuperSpeed USB 3.0 
xHCI Host Controller (rev 02)
09:01.0 FireWire (IEEE 1394): LSI Corporation FW322/323 [TrueFire] 1394a 
Controller (rev 70)
3f:08.0 System peripheral: Intel Corporation Xeon E5/Core i7 QPI Link 0 
(rev 07)
3f:08.3 System peripheral: Intel Corporation Xeon E5/Core i7 QPI Link 
Reut 0 (rev 07)
3f:08.4 System peripheral: Intel Corporation Xeon E5/Core i7 QPI Link 
Reut 0 (rev 07)
3f:09.0 System peripheral: Intel Corporation Xeon E5/Core i7 QPI Link 1 
(rev 07)
3f:09.3 System peripheral: Intel Corporation Xeon E5/Core i7 QPI Link 
Reut 1 (rev 07)
3f:09.4 System peripheral: Intel Corporation Xeon E5/Core i7 QPI Link 
Reut 1 (rev 07)
3f:0a.0 System peripheral: Intel Corporation Xeon E5/Core i7 Power 
Control Unit 0 (rev 07)
3f:0a.1 System peripheral: Intel Corporation Xeon E5/Core i7 Power 
Control Unit 1 (rev 07)
3f:0a.2 System peripheral: Intel Corporation Xeon E5/Core i7 Power 
Control Unit 2 (rev 07)
3f:0a.3 System peripheral: Intel Corporation Xeon E5/Core i7 Power 
Control Unit 3 (rev 07)
3f:0b.0 System peripheral: Intel Corporation Xeon E5/Core i7 Interrupt 
Control Registers (rev 07)
3f:0b.3 System peripheral: Intel Corporation Xeon E5/Core i7 Semaphore 
and Scratchpad Configuration Registers (rev 07)
3f:0c.0 System peripheral: Intel Corporation Xeon E5/Core i7 Unicast 
Register 0 (rev 07)
3f:0c.1 System peripheral: Intel Corporation Xeon E5/Core i7 Unicast 
Register 0 (rev 07)
3

Bug#1035096: installation-report Bookworm RC2 GRUB not installed

[Steve McIntyre]

Hi Peter,

Could you please share a copy of the installer logs? You should be
able to find them in /var/log/installer on the installed system.

On Sat, Apr 29, 2023 at 07:02:43AM -0700, Peter Ehlert wrote:
>Package: grub-installer
>Boot method: USB
>Image version: debian-bookworm-DI-rc2-amd64-netinst.iso
>download from Debian
>Date: 2023-04-28 ~17
>
>Machine: HP Z820 Workstation
>Processor: 2x 8-core model: Intel Xeon E5-2687W
>Memory: 47.06 GiB
>Partitions:
>peter@RC2net:~$ df -T
>Filesystem Type 1K-blocks    Used Available Use% Mounted on
>udev   devtmpfs  24636332   0  24636332   0% /dev
>tmpfs  tmpfs  4934304    1988   4932316   1% /run
>/dev/sda6  ext4  28660644 4485828  22693600  17% /
>tmpfs  tmpfs 24671508   0  24671508   0% /dev/shm
>tmpfs  tmpfs 5120  12  5108   1% /run/lock
>/dev/sda8  ext4  19046484 908  18052708   1% /home
>tmpfs  tmpfs  4934300  56   4934244   1% /run/user/1000
>peter@RC2net:~$
>
>Output of lspci and lspci -n:
>
>peter@RC2net:~$ lspci
>00:00.0 Host bridge: Intel Corporation Xeon E5/Core i7 DMI2 (rev 07)
>00:01.0 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation Xeon E5/Core i7 IIO PCI Express Root
>Port 1a (rev 07)
>00:01.1 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation Xeon E5/Core i7 IIO PCI Express Root
>Port 1b (rev 07)
>00:02.0 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation Xeon E5/Core i7 IIO PCI Express Root
>Port 2a (rev 07)
>00:03.0 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation Xeon E5/Core i7 IIO PCI Express Root
>Port 3a in PCI Express Mode (rev 07)
>00:05.0 System peripheral: Intel Corporation Xeon E5/Core i7 Address Map,
>VTd_Misc, System Management (rev 07)
>00:05.2 System peripheral: Intel Corporation Xeon E5/Core i7 Control Status
>and Global Errors (rev 07)
>00:05.4 PIC: Intel Corporation Xeon E5/Core i7 I/O APIC (rev 07)
>00:11.0 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation C600/X79 series chipset PCI Express
>Virtual Root Port (rev 05)
>00:16.0 Communication controller: Intel Corporation C600/X79 series chipset
>MEI Controller #1 (rev 05)
>00:16.2 IDE interface: Intel Corporation C600/X79 series chipset IDE-r
>Controller (rev 05)
>00:16.3 Serial controller: Intel Corporation C600/X79 series chipset KT
>Controller (rev 05)
>00:19.0 Ethernet controller: Intel Corporation 82579LM Gigabit Network
>Connection (Lewisville) (rev 05)
>00:1a.0 USB controller: Intel Corporation C600/X79 series chipset USB2
>Enhanced Host Controller #2 (rev 05)
>00:1b.0 Audio device: Intel Corporation C600/X79 series chipset High
>Definition Audio Controller (rev 05)
>00:1c.0 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation C600/X79 series chipset PCI Express
>Root Port 2 (rev b5)
>00:1c.5 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation C600/X79 series chipset PCI Express
>Root Port 5 (rev b5)
>00:1c.6 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation C600/X79 series chipset PCI Express
>Root Port 3 (rev b5)
>00:1d.0 USB controller: Intel Corporation C600/X79 series chipset USB2
>Enhanced Host Controller #1 (rev 05)
>00:1e.0 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation 82801 PCI Bridge (rev a5)
>00:1f.0 ISA bridge: Intel Corporation C600/X79 series chipset LPC Controller
>(rev 05)
>00:1f.2 RAID bus controller: Intel Corporation C600/X79 series chipset SATA
>RAID Controller (rev 05)
>00:1f.3 SMBus: Intel Corporation C600/X79 series chipset SMBus Host
>Controller (rev 05)
>01:00.0 Ethernet controller: Intel Corporation 82574L Gigabit Network
>Connection
>02:00.0 Serial Attached SCSI controller: Broadcom / LSI SAS2308 PCI-Express
>Fusion-MPT SAS-2 (rev 05)
>04:00.0 Serial Attached SCSI controller: Intel Corporation C602 chipset
>4-Port SATA Storage Control Unit (rev 05)
>05:00.0 VGA compatible controller: NVIDIA Corporation GK208B [GeForce GT 730]
>(rev a1)
>05:00.1 Audio device: NVIDIA Corporation GK208 HDMI/DP Audio Controller (rev
>a1)
>08:00.0 USB controller: Texas Instruments TUSB73x0 SuperSpeed USB 3.0 xHCI
>Host Controller (rev 02)
>09:01.0 FireWire (IEEE 1394): LSI Corporation FW322/323 [TrueFire] 1394a
>Controller (rev 70)
>3f:08.0 System peripheral: Intel Corporation Xeon E5/Core i7 QPI Link 0 (rev
>07)
>3f:08.3 System peripheral: Intel Corporation Xeon E5/Core i7 QPI Link Reut 0
>(rev 07)
>3f:08.4 System peripheral: Intel Corporation Xeon E5/Core i7 QPI Link Reut 0
>(rev 07)
>3f:09.0 System peripheral: Intel Corporation Xeon E5/Core i7 QPI Link 1 (rev
>07)
>3f:09.3 System peripheral: Intel Corporation Xeon E5/Core i7 QPI Link Reut 1
>(rev 07)
>3f:09.4 System peripheral: Intel Corporation Xeon E5/Core i7 QPI Link Reut 1
>(rev 07)
>3f:0a.0 System peripheral: Intel Corporation Xeon E5/Core i7 Power Control
>Unit 0 (rev 07)
>3f:0a.1 System peripheral: Intel Corporation Xeon E5/Core i7 Power Control
>Unit 1 (rev 07)
>3f:0a.2 System peripheral: Intel Corporation Xeon E5/Core i7 Power Control
>Unit 2 (rev 07)
>3f:0a.3 System peripheral: Intel Corporation Xeon E5/Core i7 Power Control
>Unit 3 (rev 07)
>3f:0b.0 System peripheral: Intel Corporation Xeon E5/Core i7 Interrupt
>Control Registers (rev 07)
>3f:0b.3 System peripheral: Intel

Re: Upload for installation-guide?

[Samuel Thibault]

Hello,

Holger Wansing, le ven. 28 avril 2023 22:43:17 +0200, a ecrit:
> what do you think about a last upload of installation-guide for bookworm?
> Maybe in one or two weeks, or similar?
> 
> Could you take the time?

Yes, sure we can do that!

Samuel

Bug#1035096: installation-report Bookworm RC2 GRUB not installed

[Steve McIntyre]

On Sat, Apr 29, 2023 at 08:51:48AM -0700, Peter Ehlert wrote:
>
>On 4/29/23 07:23, Steve McIntyre wrote:
>> Hi Peter,
>> 
>> Could you please share a copy of the installer logs? You should be
>> able to find them in /var/log/installer on the installed system.
>there is no file "installer" in /var/log

Right, it's a directory with multiple files in it. Could you also
share the other files please?

>I found /var/log/installer/syslog

Thanks...

-- 
Steve McIntyre, Cambridge, UK.st...@einval.com
"Because heaters aren't purple!" -- Catherine Pitt

Bug#1035101: Failed to detect HD if Intel RST-RAID is active

[Thomas Viehweger]

Package: installation-reports

Boot method: USB stick
Image version: debian-bookworm-DI-rc2-amd64-netinst.iso
Date: 2023-04-29

Machine: Dell Latitude 7400
Processor: i7-8665Ulspc
Memory: 16 GB
Partitions: -

Output of lspci -knn (or lspci -nn):

Base System Installation Checklist:
[O] = OK, [E] = Error (please elaborate below), [ ] = didn't try it

Initial boot:   [O]
Detect network card:[O]
Configure network:  [O]
Detect media:   [O]
Load installer modules: [O]
Detect hard drives: [E]
Partition hard drives:  [ ]
Install base system:[ ]
Clock/timezone setup:   [ ]
User/password setup:[ ]
Install tasks:  [ ]
Install boot loader:[ ]
Overall install:[ ]

The Hard disk was not detected because Intel RST was configured in RAID mode.
Tried Ubuntu 23.04 installer which gives the correct hint.
After configuring Intel RST to AHCI mode, the harddisk was detected and 
installation was successful.
It would be nice if this installer could check the RST mode, too.

See: https://help.ubuntu.com/rst/

Bug#1035101: Failed to detect HD if Intel RST-RAID is active

[Cyril Brulebois]

Hallo Thomas,

and thanks for your report.

Thomas Viehweger  (2023-04-29):
> Detect hard drives: [E]
> 
> The Hard disk was not detected because Intel RST was configured in
> RAID mode.
> 
> Tried Ubuntu 23.04 installer which gives the correct hint.
> 
> After configuring Intel RST to AHCI mode, the harddisk was detected
> and installation was successful.
> 
> It would be nice if this installer could check the RST mode, too.

Apparently we have that option enabled in the regular linux package:

debian/config/kernelarch-x86/config:CONFIG_INTEL_RST=m

but the relevant module isn't shipped in any udebs:

/lib/modules//kernel/drivers/platform/x86/intel/intel-rst.ko

Would you be willing to test an unofficial amd64 netinst image that
would ship that extra module, to see if the installer (1) sees the disk
and (2) can do something with it?

(Also putting the kernel team in the loop.)


Tschüss,
-- 
Cyril Brulebois (k...@debian.org)
D-I release manager -- Release team member -- Freelance Consultant


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Bugs on Debian 12 RC2

[pham...@bluewin.ch]

Good morning,
Are you in charge of the issues with Debian 12 RC 2?
https://lists.debian.org/debian-boot/2023/04/msg00337.html
I just installed it on my Dell XPS 9520 and I'm having the following issues:
- The WPA3 Wifi protocol is not available during installation, only WPA2 works. 
In post install the WPA3 is then available.
- After the installation, the remote directories to perform the updates are 
missing, they must be installed by hand ;-( This problem is recurrent on all 
intermediate versions of Debian...
- If you have deactivated your Wifi or wired network, at the next reboot they 
will be automatically reactivated, which is not desirable
Concerning my workstation it was updated today to Debian 11.7 I used Gnome 
Software to do the update, it failed in particular at the level of the kernel 
which was not updated. I had to fix this manually ;-(
If you are not the one who takes care of all this, please provide me with the 
support address for Debian 12 RC2
Best regards.
Philippe 
- -
Bonjour,
Est-ce bien vous qui est-êtes en charge des problèmes avec  Debian 12 RC 2 ?
https://lists.debian.org/debian-boot/2023/04/msg00337.html
Je viens de l'installer sur mon Dell XPS 9520 et je rencontre les problèmes 
suivants :
- Le protocole Wifi WPA3 n'est pas disponible durant l'installation, il n'y a 
que WPA2 qui fonctionne. En post install le WPA3 est alors bien disponible.
- Après l'install les répertoires distants pour réaliser les mises-à-jour sont 
manquants, on doit les installer à la main ;-( Ce problème est récurent sur 
toutes les versions intermédiaires de Debian...
- Si on a désactivé son réseau Wifi ou câblé, au prochain reboot ils seront 
automatiquement réactivée, ce qui n'est pas désirable
Concernant ma station de travail elle a été mise-à-jour aujourd'hui vers Debian 
11.7 j'ai utilisé Gnome Software pour faire la mise à jour, elle a échoué 
notamment au niveau du kernel qui n'a pas été mis à jour. J'ai dû corriger cela 
manuellement ;-(
Si ce n'est pas vous qui vous occupez de tout cela, merci de me fournir 
l'adresse du support pour Debian 12 RC2
Meilleures salutations.
Philippe

Re: Bugs on Debian 12 RC2

[Cyril Brulebois]

Hello Philippe,

Thanks for your efforts, posting in English and French, but I'll stick
to English in this reply, since this is a development list, English-only
by convention.

pham...@bluewin.ch  (2023-04-29):
> Are you in charge of the issues with Debian 12 RC 2?
> https://lists.debian.org/debian-boot/2023/04/msg00337.html

Installation reports are the best way to let us know about issues with
the installer[1] but this mailing list in the next best thing…

 1. 
https://www.debian.org/releases/bookworm/amd64/ch05s04.en.html#problem-report

> I just installed it on my Dell XPS 9520 and I'm having the following issues:
> - The WPA3 Wifi protocol is not available during installation, only
>   WPA2 works. In post install the WPA3 is then available.

I don't think we're supposed to support WPA3 in the installer just yet.
I know at least WPA2 Enterprise isn't supported at this time.

> - After the installation, the remote directories to perform the
>   updates are missing, they must be installed by hand ;-( This problem
>   is recurrent on all intermediate versions of Debian...

Can you please expand on that? If you're talking about bookworm-updates,
I've just fixed that bug in apt-setup, in this very RC 2 release.

> - If you have deactivated your Wifi or wired network, at the next
>   reboot they will be automatically reactivated, which is not desirable

Are you talking about going through an offline installation? Or are you
talking about deactivating wired or wireless connections in your desktop
environment before rebooting?

If the latter, that's definitely not a bug for us, but for the desktop
environment and/or its connection manager.

> Concerning my workstation it was updated today to Debian 11.7 I used
> Gnome Software to do the update, it failed in particular at the level
> of the kernel which was not updated. I had to fix this manually ;-(

You'd need to provide more details about that, like a log (/var/log/apt
might be useful); definitely not a topic for us, rather a bug report to
file against the linux package I suppose.


Cheers,
-- 
Cyril Brulebois (k...@debian.org)
D-I release manager -- Release team member -- Freelance Consultant


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Bug#1035101: Failed to detect HD if Intel RST-RAID is active

[Thomas Viehweger]

Apparently we have that option enabled in the regular linux package:

 debian/config/kernelarch-x86/config:CONFIG_INTEL_RST=m

but the relevant module isn't shipped in any udebs:

 /lib/modules//kernel/drivers/platform/x86/intel/intel-rst.ko

Would you be willing to test an unofficial amd64 netinst image that
would ship that extra module, to see if the installer (1) sees the disk
and (2) can do something with it?


Hi,

I am able to do one test...

Bug#1035096: installation-report Bookworm RC2 GRUB not installed

[Peter Ehlert]

On 4/29/23 09:21, Steve McIntyre wrote:

On Sat, Apr 29, 2023 at 08:51:48AM -0700, Peter Ehlert wrote:

On 4/29/23 07:23, Steve McIntyre wrote:

Hi Peter,

Could you please share a copy of the installer logs? You should be
able to find them in /var/log/installer on the installed system.

there is no file "installer" in /var/log

Right, it's a directory with multiple files in it. Could you also


Mr. McIntyre:

I sent several email Huge responses to the list.
I copied the contents of all of the files... were they received?

if not I can repeat or find a pastebin service of some sort.

Thanks, Peter


share the other files please?


I found /var/log/installer/syslog

Thanks...

Bug#1035096: installation-report Bookworm RC2 GRUB not installed

[Pascal Hambourg]

Hello Peter,

On 29/04/2023 at 16:02, Peter Ehlert wrote:


Legacy aka BIOS booting
system has 4 physical disk drives, all GPT partition tables
only one drive has a partition with bios_grub

install was on a drive without bios_grub

when install was finished, a list of drives was displayed, asking where 
to install GRUB.

the install drive was highlighted
I selected the drive with bios_grub
the display showed "installing GRUB on (...drive it was installed on...)


According to /var/log/syslog, GRUB was successfully installed on 
/dev/sdb although this drive has no BIOS boot partition:


Apr 28 23:55:51 grub-installer: info: Installing grub on '/dev/sdb'
Apr 28 23:55:51 grub-installer: info: grub-install does not support
--no-floppy
Apr 28 23:55:51 grub-installer: info: Running chroot /target
grub-install  --force "/dev/sdb"
Apr 28 23:55:51 grub-installer: Installing for i386-pc platform.
Apr 28 23:56:01 grub-installer: grub-install: warning: this GPT
partition label contains no BIOS Boot Partition; embedding won't be
possible.
Apr 28 23:56:01 grub-installer: grub-install: warning: Embedding is not
possible.  GRUB can only be installed in this setup by using
blocklists.  However, blocklists are UNRELIABLE and their use is
discouraged..
Apr 28 23:56:01 grub-installer: Installation finished. No error reported.
Apr 28 23:56:01 grub-installer: info: grub-install ran successfully


(several other OS's are on that drive if that matters)

reboot gave me the Old GRUB menu, not including my new system.


What do you mean by "old GRUB menu" ? The GRUB which was previously 
installed on /dev/sdb ? That does not seem possible according to the 
above logs. Are you sure that the machine rebooted from this disk ? 
(note that /dev/sd* naming is not stable across reboots and does not 
match BIOS disk numbering/naming)



boot from another OS:
# grub-install /dev/sde && update-grub
now my GRUB menu includes the new system


In chroot or directly from the other OS ?
Running grub-install directly from another OS just installed that other 
OS's GRUB on /dev/sde and running update-grub directly just added the 
new Debian installation to that other OS's boot menu if os-prober is 
enabled.

Bug#1035096: installation-report Bookworm RC2 GRUB not installed

[Peter Ehlert]

On 4/29/23 15:41, Pascal Hambourg wrote:

Hello Peter,

On 29/04/2023 at 16:02, Peter Ehlert wrote:


Legacy aka BIOS booting
system has 4 physical disk drives, all GPT partition tables
only one drive has a partition with bios_grub

install was on a drive without bios_grub

when install was finished, a list of drives was displayed, asking 
where to install GRUB.

the install drive was highlighted
I selected the drive with bios_grub
the display showed "installing GRUB on (...drive it was installed on...)


According to /var/log/syslog, GRUB was successfully installed on 
/dev/sdb although this drive has no BIOS boot partition:


Apr 28 23:55:51 grub-installer: info: Installing grub on '/dev/sdb'
Apr 28 23:55:51 grub-installer: info: grub-install does not support
--no-floppy
Apr 28 23:55:51 grub-installer: info: Running chroot /target
grub-install  --force "/dev/sdb"
Apr 28 23:55:51 grub-installer: Installing for i386-pc platform.
Apr 28 23:56:01 grub-installer: grub-install: warning: this GPT
partition label contains no BIOS Boot Partition; embedding won't be
possible.
Apr 28 23:56:01 grub-installer: grub-install: warning: Embedding is not
possible.  GRUB can only be installed in this setup by using
blocklists.  However, blocklists are UNRELIABLE and their use is
discouraged..
Apr 28 23:56:01 grub-installer: Installation finished. No error reported.
Apr 28 23:56:01 grub-installer: info: grub-install ran successfully


(several other OS's are on that drive if that matters)

reboot gave me the Old GRUB menu, not including my new system.


What do you mean by "old GRUB menu" ? The GRUB which was previously 
installed on /dev/sdb ? 


the GRUB that was on the only disk with a bios_grub flagged partition.

That does not seem possible according to the above logs. Are you sure 
that the machine rebooted from this disk ? 

apparently so. I know of none other.
GRUB menu showed all of the other systems as before the install.
(note that /dev/sd* naming is not stable across reboots and does not 
match BIOS disk numbering/naming)

I am aware of that



boot from another OS:
# grub-install /dev/sde && update-grub
now my GRUB menu includes the new system


In chroot or directly from the other OS ?

directly from the other OS (also Bookworm), my default
Running grub-install directly from another OS just installed that 
other OS's GRUB on /dev/sde and running update-grub directly just 
added the new Debian installation to that other OS's boot menu if 
os-prober is enabled.

yes, I enabled os-prober