Bug#1035096: GRUB not installed or installed to the wrong device

[Peter Ehlert]

On 5/17/23 10:14, Pascal Hambourg wrote:

On 17/05/2023 at 16:47, Peter Ehlert wrote:
On May 17, 2023 5:48:14 AM Pascal Hambourg  
wrote:


The proposed patch has not been accepted yet so is not applied to RC3.


Thanks, I was not aware of that.


If you are still willing to test it I can send you instructions.


Yes, I would like to try.
Instructions need to be simple. This is obviously new to me.


1. Copy the attached patched grub-installer onto a second USB drive 
formatted with FAT, ext* or any filesystem type the installer can read.


2. Start the installer (expert install recommended).

3. Between the steps "Load installer components from installation 
media" and "Install the GRUB boot loader", switch to a shell with 
Ctrl+Alt+F2.


4. Connect and mount the second USB drive seen as /dev/sdXY :
# mount -r /dev/sdXY /mnt

5. Copy the file (check the executable permission is preserved):
# cp /mnt/grub-installer /usr/bin/grub-installer

6. Unmount and disconnect the USB drive:
# umount /mnt

7. Switch back to the installer with Alt+F1 if text or Alt+F5 if 
graphic, and resume the installation.


the patch works perfectly. no glitches or "odd" behavior

the resulting GRUB menu has the newly installed rc2 at the top as 
default, and the other three systems below that. They all boot properly.



PS: step 3. > I waited until After the popcon opt-out question (the 
select and install soft menu) before I switched into a shell. User Error

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Bug#1035096: GRUB not installed or installed to the wrong device

[Pascal Hambourg]

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On 27/05/2023 at 13:29, Peter Ehlert wrote:

On 17/05/2023 at 16:47, Peter Ehlert wrote:
On May 17, 2023 5:48:14 AM Pascal Hambourg  
wrote:


The proposed patch has not been accepted yet so is not applied to RC3.


Thanks, I was not aware of that.


If you are still willing to test it I can send you instructions.


Yes, I would like to try.

(...)

the patch works perfectly. no glitches or "odd" behavior

the resulting GRUB menu has the newly installed rc2 at the top as 
default, and the other three systems below that. They all boot properly.


Thank you for taking the time to test the patch and provide feedback.

Unfortunately I guess it is too late for inclusion in Bookworm's initial 
release. Maybe in the next point release.


Meanwhile, the workaround is to enter the boot device manually.

Bug#1035096: GRUB not installed or installed to the wrong device

[Peter Ehlert]

On 5/27/23 05:51, Pascal Hambourg wrote:

Control: tags -1 patch

On 27/05/2023 at 13:29, Peter Ehlert wrote:

On 17/05/2023 at 16:47, Peter Ehlert wrote:
On May 17, 2023 5:48:14 AM Pascal Hambourg  
wrote:


The proposed patch has not been accepted yet so is not applied to 
RC3.


Thanks, I was not aware of that.


If you are still willing to test it I can send you instructions.


Yes, I would like to try.

(...)

the patch works perfectly. no glitches or "odd" behavior

the resulting GRUB menu has the newly installed rc2 at the top as 
default, and the other three systems below that. They all boot properly.


Thank you for taking the time to test the patch and provide feedback.

Unfortunately I guess it is too late for inclusion in Bookworm's 
initial release. Maybe in the next point release.



that is unfortunate.

pardon me for being so slow to test and respond



Meanwhile, the workaround is to enter the boot device manually.

I suppose this use case is rather rare, but I really hate it when people 
Try to install Debian and then move on to some other distro when they 
have and apparent brick wall.



Thanks again for your assistance and tutelage.

Bug#1035096: GRUB not installed or installed to the wrong device

[Cyril Brulebois]

Hi Peter,

Peter Ehlert  (2023-05-27):
> On 5/27/23 05:51, Pascal Hambourg wrote:
> > Unfortunately I guess it is too late for inclusion in Bookworm's
> > initial release. Maybe in the next point release.
> > 
> that is unfortunate.
> 
> pardon me for being so slow to test and respond

For the record, even if you had responded earlier, this wouldn't have
changed our decision to stop touching grub-installer at this stage
(Steve with his GRUB maintainer hat, and myself with my release manager
hat).

> > Meanwhile, the workaround is to enter the boot device manually.
> > 
> I suppose this use case is rather rare, but I really hate it when
> people Try to install Debian and then move on to some other distro
> when they have and apparent brick wall.

I can assure you the same goes for me.

Unfortunately, the closer we get to a release, the lesser we should be
touching things, esp. if that means risking anything for all the other
use cases that are already OK.


Thanks for testing Pascal's patches. Let's see if we can get that
included early in the Trixie release cycle, before possibly thinking
about some backports via a point release.


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


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Bug#1035096: GRUB not installed or installed to the wrong device

[Pascal Hambourg]

On 27/05/2023 at 17:08, Peter Ehlert wrote:


I suppose this use case is rather rare


I do not know how rare your use case is, but I can tell this bug has 
been around for several Debian releases. I have observed it several 
times, and I have seen several other people reporting it over time. 
However the more UEFI boot takes over from legacy BIOS boot, the more 
rare it is going to be as it affects only BIOS boot.

Debian Installer Bookworm RC 4 release

[Cyril Brulebois]

The Debian Installer team[1] is pleased to announce the fourth release
candidate of the installer for Debian 12 "Bookworm".


Improvements in this release


 * cdebconf:
- Improve banner display when the installer logo's width is smaller
  than the GTK window's width (#745359): instead of scaling, expand
  the banner on the side(s) specified in the theme (#1036321).
 * debian-installer:
- netboot/x86: fix colors in GRUB submenus (#1036771).
- netboot/x86: add /splash.png symlink to make GRUB load the splash
  screen (#1036215).
 * grub2:
- When also installing to the removable media path, include the
  relevant mokmanager binary (#1034409).
- Allow multiple initrd parameters (#838177, #820838).
 * partman-auto-raid:
- Add support for LVM-on-LUKS-on-RAID, via a new "crypto-lvm"
  keyword, similar to the existing "lvm" (#1036347).
 * partman-basicfilesystems:
- Install dosfstools if we have a FAT ESP.
 * rootskel-gtk:
- Add banner metadata (#745359, #1036321).
- Align dark banner colors with dark/high-contrast theme.
- Fix document viewport, avoiding 1-pixel offsets.


Hardware support changes


 * finish-install:
- Add bochs/cirrus to the initramfs if detected (#1036788).


Localization status
===

 * 78 languages are supported in this release.
 * Full translation for 42 of them.


Known bugs in this release
==

 * There seems to be no known major bug as of yet.

See the errata[2] for details and a full list of known issues.


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=

We need your help to find bugs and further improve the installer, so
please try it. Installation images, and everything else you will need
are available at our web site[3].


Thanks
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The Debian Installer team thanks everybody who has contributed to this
release.


 1. https://wiki.debian.org/DebianInstaller/Team
 2. https://www.debian.org/devel/debian-installer/errata
 3. https://www.debian.org/devel/debian-installer


Cheers,
-- 
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