Re: UEFI grub install fails

Hi, Steve McIntyre wrote: > the UEFI spec also > requires that implementations support MBR-partitioned disks for the > ESP. [...] > While UEFI implementations can be buggy, I don't think I've seen one > yet that doesn't cope with this section. Isn't such a bug in some old EFI the reason why the

Re: UEFI grub install fails

mrma...@earthlink.net wrote: > >I'm coming up short finding the authority on this, but I'm pretty sure there >is no >such thing as booting from an ESP that isn't on a GPT-partitioned disk, with >correct type assigned. I think the ESP type is technically at least a 4byte >value >not supported by M

Re: UEFI grub install fails

On Thu 21 Aug 2025 at 02:03:20 (-0700), Van Snyder wrote: > On Wed, 2025-08-20 at 23:21 -0700, David Christensen wrote: > > On 8/20/25 21:34, Van Snyder wrote: > > > On Wed, 2025-08-20 at 23:15 -0500, David Wright wrote: > > > > But if the OP is intent upon converting the disk, a more manual > > >

Re: UEFI grub install fails

On Wed, 2025-08-20 at 23:21 -0700, David Christensen wrote: > On 8/20/25 21:34, Van Snyder wrote: > > On Wed, 2025-08-20 at 23:15 -0500, David Wright wrote: > > > But if the OP is intent upon converting the disk, a more manual > > > approach, > > > > I'm the OP. Dell told me that there's a Windoze

Re: UEFI grub install fails

On 8/20/25 21:34, Van Snyder wrote: On Wed, 2025-08-20 at 23:15 -0500, David Wright wrote: But if the OP is intent upon converting the disk, a more manual approach, I'm the OP. Dell told me that there's a Windoze 10 product key burned into the MB. They said to download a Win 10 installer and i

Re: UEFI grub install fails

On Wed, 2025-08-20 at 23:15 -0500, David Wright wrote: > But if the OP is intent upon converting the disk, a more manual > approach, I'm the OP. Dell told me that there's a Windoze 10 product key burned into the MB. They said to download a Win 10 installer and it would register automagically. So I

Re: UEFI grub install fails

On Wed 20 Aug 2025 at 11:04:01 (+0100), debian-u...@howorth.org.uk wrote: > David Christensen wrote: > > On 8/19/25 13:51, Van Snyder wrote: > > > On Tue, 2025-08-19 at 12:47 -0700, David Christensen wrote: > > >> When my eyes saw 9 partitions, my old brain thought GPT and > > >> skipped: > >

Re: UEFI grub install fails

On 8/20/25 03:04, debian-u...@howorth.org.uk wrote: David Christensen wrote: On 8/19/25 13:51, Van Snyder wrote: Let me know when you develop a method to convert a drive from MBR to GPT without blowing away the partition table. https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/deployment/mbr-to-gpt

Re: UEFI grub install fails

Van Snyder writes: > DFSee typically requires that all existing partitions be deleted before > converting a disk from MBR to GPT, which means it > does not retain existing partitions during the conversion process. Always > ensure to back up your data before proceeding > with such conversions. >

Re: UEFI grub install fails

David Christensen wrote: > On 8/19/25 13:51, Van Snyder wrote: > > On Tue, 2025-08-19 at 12:47 -0700, David Christensen wrote: > >> When my eyes saw 9 partitions, my old brain thought GPT and > >> skipped: > > > > When I bought the Dell Latitude E5470 it came with Windoze 10 on an > > MBR dis

Re: CPU support (was: UEFI grub install fails)

he particular i5 tested for support. I asked Dell about Win11 on Latitude E5470 and the reply was "Microsoft doesn't provide driver support" … "but many users report it works anyway," I decided to install Windoze 10. > > # inxi -SC > System: >   Host: ab250

Re: UEFI grub install fails

On 20/08/2025 03:51, Van Snyder wrote: Let me know when you develop a method to convert a drive from MBR to GPT without blowing away the partition table. I have seen this one: -g, --mbrtogpt Convert an MBR or BSD disklabel disk to a GPT disk. As a s

Re: CPU support (was: UEFI grub install fails)

qualify to run Leap 16, but the Athlon X2 host k9msi now running Leap 15.6 won't be able to upgrade to 16, or install it afresh. This kind of limitation looms as a potential in other distros to come, such as Forky, somewhat like Trixie shed 32bit support. :( -- Evolution as taught in public sc

Re: UEFI grub install fails

ue system. ("Grub" stands for the code that runs at boot time, and "grub-foo" for the appropriate collection of packages that contain binaries like grub-mkconfig and grub-install.) My own experience of this style of dual-booting has been the mirror image of yours: ie, a Windows s

Re: UEFI grub install fails

Always ensure to back up your data before proceeding with such conversions. I can do that in gparted. But what I REALLY want to do is preserve the partitions. Worst case is I back up /home (which I do frequently), obtain a Windoze 10 installation disk because MS says Windoze 11 isn't suppo

Re: UEFI grub install fails

On Tue, 2025-08-19 at 15:32 -0700, David Christensen wrote: > > *I* do not have to -- Duck Duck Go is our friend.  STFW "windows 10 > convert mbr to gpt": > > https://html.duckduckgo.com/html?q=windows%2010%20convert%20mbr%20to%20gpt > > > The first hit is: > > https://learn.microsoft.com/en-

Re: UEFI grub install fails

Van Snyder composed on 2025-08-19 13:51 (UTC-0700): > Let me know when you develop a method to convert a drive from MBR to > GPT without blowing away the partition table. https://paste.opensuse.org/bba107b4b4f3 shows the partitioner I've been using to do virtually all table writes here for roughl

Re: UEFI grub install fails

On 8/19/25 13:51, Van Snyder wrote: On Tue, 2025-08-19 at 12:47 -0700, David Christensen wrote: When my eyes saw 9 partitions, my old brain thought GPT and skipped: When I bought the Dell Latitude E5470 it came with Windoze 10 on an MBR disk — and without installation media and product codes.

Re: UEFI grub install fails

On Tue, 2025-08-19 at 12:47 -0700, David Christensen wrote: > When my eyes saw 9 partitions, my old brain thought GPT and skipped: When I bought the Dell Latitude E5470 it came with Windoze 10 on an MBR disk — and without installation media and product codes. I shrank it and installed Debian. Sorr

Re: UEFI grub install fails

On 8/18/25 15:41, Felix Miata wrote: Device Boot StartEndSectors Size Id Type ... /dev/nvme0n1p4 64874494 2000408575 1935534082 922.9G 5 Extended ... /dev/nvme0n1p8 *193429504 1945456631116160 545M ef EFI (FAT-12/16/32) When my eyes saw 9 partitions,

Re: UEFI grub install fails

On Tue, 2025-08-19 at 10:10 +0200, Thomas Schmitt wrote: >   "This field shall not be used by UEFI firmware." > In practice, some EFI implementations interpret this "shall not" as > "must not" and refuse to use such a partition entry. In ISO standardese, "shall [not]" is a requirement [prohibition

Re: UEFI grub install fails

Hi, some remarks in hindsight about UEFI specs in regard to partitions: The UEFI specs can be found at https://uefi.org/specifications with 2.11 being the current version (they generall stay backwards compatible). See especially https://uefi.org/specs/UEFI/2.11/05_GUID_Partition_Table_Format

Re: UEFI grub install fails

un Windows? I've been led to believe that, while all four > combinations > of MBR/GPT format with BIOS/UEFI booting are workable, Windows does > not allow UEFI booting with MBR disks. (Strictly, I've read that > Windows won't install onto such a combination, but not that

Re: UEFI grub install fails

e neither > installation media nor product keys. Then I used gparted to expand > /home, and create the EFI partition. I only use Windoze about once per > year, but I didn't want to blow it (and my home directory) away by > converting to GPT. Interesting. Does that mean that you sw

Re: UEFI grub install fails

On Mon, 2025-08-18 at 18:41 -0400, Felix Miata wrote: > Van Snyder composed on 2025-08-18 15:11 (UTC-0700): > > > On Mon, 2025-08-18 at 15:31 -0400, Felix Miata wrote: > ... > > > I'm coming up short finding the authority on this, but I'm pretty > > > sure there is no > > > such thing as booting f

Re: UEFI grub install fails

Van Snyder composed on 2025-08-18 15:11 (UTC-0700): > On Mon, 2025-08-18 at 15:31 -0400, Felix Miata wrote: ... >> I'm coming up short finding the authority on this, but I'm pretty sure there >> is no >> such thing as booting from an ESP that isn't on a GPT-partitioned disk, with >> correct type

Re: UEFI grub install fails

On Mon, 2025-08-18 at 15:31 -0400, Felix Miata wrote: > David Wright composed on 2025-08-18 11:13 (UTC-0700): > > > On Mon 18 Aug 2025 at 00:31:13 (-0700), Van Snyder wrote: > > > > Is this an unavoidable intrinsic problem with UEFI, or is it a > > > twelve- >

Re: UEFI grub install fails

David Wright composed on 2025-08-18 11:13 (UTC-0700): > On Mon 18 Aug 2025 at 00:31:13 (-0700), Van Snyder wrote: >> Is this an unavoidable intrinsic problem with UEFI, or is it a twelve- >> year-old bug in grub-install or grub-mkconfig — or whatever the Debian >> insta

Re: UEFI grub install fails

untu > > > directory is corrupted (bug 1090829)." Of course, I'm trying to > > > install > > > Debian but maybe there's a clue there — if only I knew where to > > > read > > > about bug 1090829. > > > > https://bugs.launchpad.net/ub

Re: UEFI grub install fails

On 8/18/25 00:31, Van Snyder wrote: On Sun, 2025-08-17 at 15:49 -0400, Felix Miata wrote: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/grub2/+bug/1090829 grub-efi fails to install with Input/output error The twelve-year-old answer I found was to make sure the EFI partition was FAT32 (mine was

Re: UEFI grub install fails

On Sun, 2025-08-17 at 15:49 -0400, Felix Miata wrote: > Van Snyder composed on 2025-08-17 12:31 (UTC-0700): > > > I found a page that says "The error has been seen when the > > /EFI/ubuntu > > directory is corrupted (bug 1090829)." Of course, I'm trying to &

Re: UEFI grub install fails

hing; especially the firmware mode (BIOS/Legacy/MBR, UEFI/GPT), disk mode (RAID, AHCI), and Secure Boot. It may take several tries to find the right combination of settings to boot a working Windows install or to boot a working Debian install, and the settings may conflict. Document whatever c

Re: UEFI grub install fails

Van Snyder composed on 2025-08-17 12:31 (UTC-0700): > I upgraded the BIOS in my Dell Latitude E5470 from 1.19.3 to 1.34.3. > I could no longer boot. So I decided to upgrade from Debian 12 Bookworm > to Debian 13 Trixie. > All went well until the end when grub install failed. Did y

Re: UEFI grub install fails

60 545M ef EFI (FAT-12/16/32) /dev/nvme0n1p9 194547712 2000408575 1805860864 861.1G 83 Linux > If you press the boot menu hot key during POST, can you boot the OS > on > the HDD/SSD? > > > > > > I could no longer boot. So I decided to upgrade from Debian 12 >

Re: UEFI grub install fails

went well until the end when grub install failed. Please post the console session. I have an EFI partition. It's formatted for FAT32. It has an EFI tag — I told the "partition" step to use that partition for EFI. I found a twelve year old recommendation to run sudo dosfsck -r

Re: UEFI grub install fails

Van Snyder composed on 2025-08-17 12:31 (UTC-0700): > I found a page that says "The error has been seen when the /EFI/ubuntu > directory is corrupted (bug 1090829)." Of course, I'm trying to install > Debian but maybe there's a clue there — if only I knew where to rea

UEFI grub install fails

I upgraded the BIOS in my Dell Latitude E5470 from 1.19.3 to 1.34.3. I could no longer boot. So I decided to upgrade from Debian 12 Bookworm to Debian 13 Trixie. All went well until the end when grub install failed. I have an EFI partition. It's formatted for FAT32. It has an EFI tag — I

Re: can not install debian on vivobook

Le 12/08/2025 à 08:44, brulirh a écrit : hello i can not install debian 12 on the laptop asus vivobook X1607Q with a usb key well it start the install menu but instead of installing it shut down the computer and start in windows any solution? i have already many times look on the web but

Re: can not install debian on vivobook

On Tue, Aug 12, 2025 at 08:44:12AM +0200, brulirh wrote: > hello Hello, > i can not install debian 12 on the laptop asus vivobook X1607Q with a usb > key > > well it start the install menu but instead of installing it shut down the > computer and start in windows Might

can not install debian on vivobook

hello i can not install debian 12 on the laptop asus vivobook X1607Q with a usb key well it start the install menu but instead of installing it shut down the computer and start in windows any solution? i have already many times look on the web but no solution found salutations cordiales

Re: grub-install problem after trixie upgrade

/dev/sda1 That failed: root@mint:~# grub-install --target=i386-pc /dev/sda Installing for i386-pc platform. grub-install: error: unknown filesystem. root@mint:~# grub-install --target=i386-pc /dev/sdb Installing for i386-pc platform. grub-install:

Re: grub-install problem after trixie upgrade

On 11.08.2025 02:40 Uhr Alain D D Williams wrote: > The disks are DOS partition table format not GUID as the > hardware/BIOS does not understand GUID - I bought it in 2012. In 2012 EFI was very common and even an old BIOS won't care, as it only looks at the boot sector, which can be used with GPT

Re: grub-install problem after trixie upgrade

v/md0 4. wipefs -a /dev/sda1 5. wipefs -a/dev/sdb1 6. Remove /boot from /etc/fstab 7. Delete sda1 and sdb1 partitions 8. mkdir /boot 9. Copy /tmp/boot/ to /boot/ (now a part of your root fs) 10. grub-install /dev/sda 11. grub-install /dev/sdb Not sure if update-grub is needed as well but won'

Re: grub-install problem after trixie upgrade

On Sun, Aug 10, 2025 at 09:00:37PM -0400, Felix Miata wrote: > GPT/UEFI booting predates 2012 by a number of years. Your BIOS could well > understand it if you desired to use it. No, I tried this when I installed Debian a few years ago - before that it ran CentOS. I have no idea how old the BIOS

Re: grub-install problem after trixie upgrade

On Mon, Aug 11, 2025 at 12:53:06AM +, Andy Smith wrote: > I suspect you have too few sectors between the beginning of the disk and > the start of sda1 for grub to fit its core.img in. Please show us the > output of: > > # fdisk -u -l /dev/sda > # fdisk -u -l /dev/sdb > > (both harmless / rea

Re: grub-install problem after trixie upgrade

On Mon, Aug 11, 2025 at 01:36:03AM +0100, Alain Williams wrote: > I get an error installing grub. I do not understand it let alone know how to > fix it. Note that the error happens for sda but not sdb: > grub-install: warning: You have a short MBR gap and use advanced > co

Re: grub-install problem after trixie upgrade

a1[0] sdb1[1] > 510976 blocks super 1.2 [2/2] [UU] > I get an error installing grub. I do not understand it let alone know how to > fix it. Note that the error happens for sda but not sdb: > # grub-install --target=i386-pc /dev/sda > Installing for i386-pc platform. >

Re: grub-install problem after trixie upgrade

t an error installing grub. I do not understand it let alone know how to > fix it. Note that the error happens for sda but not sdb: > > # grub-install --target=i386-pc /dev/sda > Installing for i386-pc platform. > grub-install: warning: You have a short MBR ga

grub-install problem after trixie upgrade

not understand it let alone know how to fix it. Note that the error happens for sda but not sdb: # grub-install --target=i386-pc /dev/sda Installing for i386-pc platform. grub-install: warning: You have a short MBR gap and use advanced config. Please increase post-MBR gap

Re: Struggling to install

> however it is an older tablet, and the only options I have come across in > my research is Debian armhf, or Arch Linux armhf/arm7. > > My tablet is an older Samsung Galaxy Tab 4 7" T230-NU. The tablet is > rooted, and USB debug is active. I am attempting to install from a Windows &

Re: Struggling to install

Hello, there is an explanation on how to install Archlinux on a Galaxy Tab 4 tablet here; https://github.com/toe4626/T230NU-Arch-Linux Of course you will hava to adapt to a Debian specific case, but albeit I have not read it carefully and entirely, this doc seems to try and expose the

Re: install a Samsung Galaxy Tab 4 7" T230-NU, zip skills

> > My tablet is an older Samsung Galaxy Tab 4 7" T230-NU. The tablet is > rooted, and USB debug is active. I am attempting to install from a > Windows 10 PC. I am unfamiliar with Linux and have been looking to > not only upgrade my Tablet's software, as most everything on

Re: Struggling to install

> however it is an older tablet, and the only options I have come across in > my research is Debian armhf, or Arch Linux armhf/arm7. > > My tablet is an older Samsung Galaxy Tab 4 7" T230-NU. The tablet is > rooted, and USB debug is active. I am attempting to install from a Windows &

Struggling to install

armhf/arm7. My tablet is an older Samsung Galaxy Tab 4 7" T230-NU. The tablet is rooted, and USB debug is active. I am attempting to install from a Windows 10 PC. I am unfamiliar with Linux and have been looking to not only upgrade my Tablet's software, as most everything on it

Re: dh_installsystemd: don't start on install, but do restart on upgrade - if used

Hi Thomas, I'll try my luck with the Debhelper Maintainers; thanks for the advice. Regarding debian-mentors: I am aware of that list, but my question does not concern any Debian upload. It rather concerns a private package, for private use. Thomas Schmitt schreef op 2025-07-24 17:41: Hi, W

Re: dh_installsystemd: don't start on install, but do restart on upgrade - if used

Hi, William David Edwards wrote: > I have a question about dh_installsystemd. Since you got no answer since two days and there seems to be no mailing list for package "debhelper", i dare to point to debian-ment...@lists.debian.org where you could ask for advise. It's actually for people who wan

dh_installsystemd: don't start on install, but do restart on upgrade - if used

x27;s dh_installsystemd to install a systemd unit. Here is the behaviour I'm after: - The unit *is not* started on install. - If the unit is used, it *is* restarted on upgrade. In this case, 'used' could mean one of two things, both of which are fine with me: - The unit is activated/sta

Re: would like to do install from local mirror

On Thu 17 Jul 2025 at 15:26:15 (-0400), Šarūnas Burdulis wrote: > On 2025-07-17 2:46 PM, Roy J. Tellason, Sr. wrote: > > > My internet service is by way of a dish out in the yard, and I have > > no idea where the base station is for the uplink to that particular > > satellites. How best to deal w

Re: would like to do install from local mirror

On 2025-07-17 2:46 PM, Roy J. Tellason, Sr. wrote: My internet service is by way of a dish out in the yard, and I have no idea where the base station is for the uplink to that particular satellites. How best to deal with that, I wonder? Not sure about the base station, but traceroute to a kn

Re: would like to do install from local mirror

On Wednesday 16 July 2025 05:45:28 pm Andy Smith wrote: > The "easy route" through that set of dialogs has you say where you are > located and then it offers a few different Debian mirrors that make > sense for that location, however it does also let you type in your own. My internet service is b

Re: would like to do install from local mirror

On 7/16/25 15:03, Titus Newswanger wrote: for Debian 12 I do a minimal install from the unmodified net install iso without network cable plugged in. I forgot to mention, it will want to connect to the network but the cable is unplugged (intentionally). I allow it to try connecting. After a

Re: would like to do install from local mirror

For number of years, my local mirror has been running approx, without problems. All of my installs are netinst, using a USB stick. RLH

Re: would like to do install from local mirror

On Wed, Jul 16, 2025 at 07:51:54PM +, fxkl4...@protonmail.com wrote: > what would be the easiest way to do an install from my local mirror > would getting a copy of netinst.iso and modify it be practical > As someone else has pointed out, if you just need to install once on one s

Re: would like to do install from local mirror

Hi, On Wed, Jul 16, 2025 at 07:51:54PM +, fxkl4...@protonmail.com wrote: > what would be the easiest way to do an install from my local mirror > would getting a copy of netinst.iso and modify it be practical I typically use the netinstall and unless you set it to be fully automated i

Re: would like to do install from local mirror

On Wed, 16 Jul 2025, Titus Newswanger wrote: > > On 7/16/25 14:51, fxkl4...@protonmail.com wrote: >> what would be the easiest way to do an install from my local mirror >> would getting a copy of netinst.iso and modify it be practical > for Debian 12 I do a minimal install fr

Re: would like to do install from local mirror

On Wed, 16 Jul 2025 19:51:54 + fxkl4...@protonmail.com wrote: > what would be the easiest way to do an install from my local mirror > would getting a copy of netinst.iso and modify it be practical I'm not sure you mean by "local mirror". If you mean the one close

Re: would like to do install from local mirror

On 7/16/25 14:51, fxkl4...@protonmail.com wrote: what would be the easiest way to do an install from my local mirror would getting a copy of netinst.iso and modify it be practical for Debian 12 I do a minimal install from the unmodified net install iso without network cable plugged in. After

would like to do install from local mirror

what would be the easiest way to do an install from my local mirror would getting a copy of netinst.iso and modify it be practical

Re: Where to report missing packages after an 'apt install'?

> > I just installed pyspread on my Debian 12 system and when I ran it > there were two missing packages:- > > chris$ pyspread > Warning: Required module setuptools not found. > Warning: Required module markdown2 not found. > chris$ > > So should this be reported to Debian maintaine

Re: Where to report missing packages after an 'apt install'?

Chris Green wrote: > I just installed pyspread on my Debian 12 system and when I ran it > there were two missing packages:- > > chris$ pyspread > Warning: Required module setuptools not found. > Warning: Required module markdown2 not found. > chris$ > > So should this be reported t

Where to report missing packages after an 'apt install'?

I just installed pyspread on my Debian 12 system and when I ran it there were two missing packages:- chris$ pyspread Warning: Required module setuptools not found. Warning: Required module markdown2 not found. chris$ So should this be reported to Debian maintainers somewhere or i

Re: Run script after package install, update?

ot;foo", "bar", "baz"]. My guess is that it should be a list as it is described in the "SYNTAX" section of the man page. Conclusion: there is nothing at all in the environment or arguments passed to the Post-Invoke script(s) that indicate what has been done.

Re: Run script after package install, update

On Sun 15 Jun 2025 at 13:33:41 (-0400), Greg Wooledge wrote: > On Sun, Jun 15, 2025 at 12:14:30 -0500, David Wright wrote: > > Well, I just plagiarised /etc/apt/apt.conf.d/99needrestart: > > > > $ cat /etc/apt/apt.conf.d/99redogrub > > DPkg::Post-Invoke {"test -x /var/local/bin/redo && /var/l

Re: Run script after package install, update

On Sun, Jun 15, 2025 at 12:14:30 -0500, David Wright wrote: > Well, I just plagiarised /etc/apt/apt.conf.d/99needrestart: > > $ cat /etc/apt/apt.conf.d/99redogrub > DPkg::Post-Invoke {"test -x /var/local/bin/redo && /var/local/bin/redo || > true"; }; > $ > > and wrote /var/local/bin/redo

Re: Run script after package install, update

> > > > 2) I created the script /usr/local/sbin/dpkg-experiment with the following > > contents: > > > > ==== > > #!/bin/sh > > exec > /var/tmp/dpkg-experiment > >

Re: Run script after package install, update

" > if test "$#" != 0; then > printf : > printf ' <%s>' "$@" > fi > echo; echo > ps -fp "$$,$PPID" > echo > env > > > and gave it 755 permi

Re: Run script after package install, update?

On Sun, Jun 15, 2025 at 06:08:08PM +0200, to...@tuxteam.de wrote: [...] > Aaah. I guess they mean Perl-y lists, like ["foo", "bar", "baz"]. Gah, no. That'd make an array ref. I wanted to write ("foo", "bar", "baz"). Cheers -- t signature.asc Description: PGP signature

Re: Run script after package install, update?

> > #!/bin/sh > exec > /var/tmp/dpkg-experiment > printf '%s args' "$#" > if test "$#" != 0; then > printf : > printf ' <%s>' "$@" > fi &

Re: Run script after package install, update?

= > #!/bin/sh > exec > /var/tmp/dpkg-experiment > printf '%s args' "$#" > if test "$#" != 0; then > printf : > printf ' <%s>' "$@" > fi > echo; echo > ps -fp "$$,$PPID" > echo > env > ===

Re: Run script after package install, update?

"$#" if test "$#" != 0; then printf : printf ' <%s>' "$@" fi echo; echo ps -fp "$$,$PPID" echo env and gave it 755 permissions. 3) I installed a package by running "sudo apt-ge

Re: Run script after package install, update?

grub/config changed: /usr/bin/sh clean_up_grub ``` which certainly would work, but also dances around the issue. wanderer also brings up issues of changing the packages locally on my install, which (in my case) is a recipe for pain. Darac Marjal suggested looking at locally configuring grub, which

Re: Run script after package install, update

On Sun 15 Jun 2025 at 06:23:20 (-0400), The Wanderer wrote: > On 2025-06-15 at 04:01, to...@tuxteam.de wrote: > > OK, here is the screwdriver (from man apt.conf(5)): > > > >Pre-Invoke, Post-Invoke > >This is a list of shell commands to run before/after > >invoking

Re: Run script after package install, update?

l but one drives can fail and the machine will still boot (to something...). To this end, after I see apt has updated grub, I manually run something like: ``` sudo update-grub sudo grub-install /dev/sda sudo grub-install /dev/sdb sudo update-grub ``` I'd like to automate this; if grub is changed

Re: Run script after package install, update?

On 2025-06-15 at 04:01, to...@tuxteam.de wrote: > On Sun, Jun 15, 2025 at 09:31:45AM +0200, Anders Andersson wrote: > >> On Sun, Jun 15, 2025 at 7:45 AM Nicholas Geovanis >> wrote: >>> You could easily do this with ansible. In perhaps 30 lines of >>> YAML y

Re: Run script after package install, update?

at all but one drives can fail and the machine will > >> still boot (to something...). To this end, after I see apt has > >> updated grub, I manually run something like: > >> ``` > >> sudo update-grub > >> sudo grub-install /dev/sda > >> sudo gru

Re: Run script after package install, update?

pdated grub, I manually run something like: >> ``` >> sudo update-grub >> sudo grub-install /dev/sda >> sudo grub-install /dev/sdb >> sudo update-grub >> ``` >> I'd like to automate this; if grub is changed, run this script automatically. > > > Yo

Re: Run script after package install, update?

to *every* drive, with the > expectation that all but one drives can fail and the machine will > still boot (to something...). To this end, after I see apt has > updated grub, I manually run something like: > ``` > sudo update-grub > sudo grub-install /dev/sda > sudo grub-install

Run script after package install, update?

will still boot (to something...). To this end, after I see apt has updated grub, I manually run something like: ``` sudo update-grub sudo grub-install /dev/sda sudo grub-install /dev/sdb sudo update-grub ``` I'd like to automate this; if grub is changed, run this script automatically. Thanks k

Re: how to install debian to external USB ssd harddisk

On 05/06/2025 01:09, Mgr. Janusz Chmiel wrote: Unfortunately, Debian text Installer and even Camalares installer do not cooperate with my UEFI firmware. I think, installer assumes default use case with loaders for all OSes installed to the same EFI System Partition. Create another EFI System

Re: how to install debian to external USB ssd harddisk

On 6/4/25 11:09, Mgr. Janusz Chmiel wrote: Dear advanced users and developers, Debian is making so big joy to Me that I want to install it to my USB external SSD harddisk. Unfortunately, Debian text Installer and even Camalares installer do not cooperate with my UEFI firmware. So Grub is being

how to install debian to external USB ssd harddisk

Dear advanced users and developers, Debian is making so big joy to Me that I want to install it to my USB external SSD harddisk. Unfortunately, Debian text Installer and even Camalares installer do not cooperate with my UEFI firmware. So Grub is being always installed automatically to my ATA

Re: In cross install, cannot mount fstabe

mesg(1) may have more information after failed mount system call. ?? No one suggested trying to do bind mounts from inside the chroot. Clearly that is not going to work. Bind mounts are normally done from outside before you enter the chroot. If you want a step by step tutorial on how to install Debian b

Re: In cross install, cannot mount fstabe

On Tue, 22 Apr 2025, Haines Brown wrote: I try as you sugggest abd run within chroot. But this is what I get:? /# mount -o bind /sys/ /mnt/debinst/sys mount: /mnt/debinst/sys: mount point does not exist. dmesg(1) may have more information after failed mount system call.

Re: In cross install, cannot mount fstab

Hi, On Tue, Apr 22, 2025 at 06:23:05AM -0400, Haines Brown wrote: > the UUIDs are copied and pasted from # blkid and so should be without > error. Can you show us the output of blkid? > I did the chroot command again (while in chroot) nd it reported an error: chroot from inside a chroot is ob

Re: In cross install, cannot mount fstab

On Mon, Apr 21, 2025 at 09:30:39PM -0500, David Wright wrote: > On Mon 21 Apr 2025 at 15:38:45 (-0400), Haines Brown wrote: > > I am doing a cross install from my current Debian daedalus systm to a > > target disk /dev/nvme1n1. > > > > I enter chroot, and create /etc/

Re: In cross install, cannot mount fstab

On Mon, 21 Apr 2025, Haines Brown wrote: I am doing a cross install from my current Debian daedalus systm to a target disk /dev/nvme1n1. I enter chroot, and create /etc/festab on the target. I use the UUIDs repored by # blkid for the target disk, Then I attemt to mount these partitions

Re: In cross install, cannot mount fstab

On Mon 21 Apr 2025 at 15:38:45 (-0400), Haines Brown wrote: > I am doing a cross install from my current Debian daedalus systm to a target > disk /dev/nvme1n1. > > I enter chroot, and create /etc/festab on the target. I use the UUIDs repored > by # blkid for > the target

Re: In cross install, cannot mount fstab

On Mon, 21 Apr 2025 15:38:45 -0400 Haines Brown wrote: > I enter chroot, and create /etc/festab on the target. I use the UUIDs > repored by # blkid for the target disk, > > Then I attemt to mount these partitions > > /:# mount -a > > Mount cann't find the UIIDs. For eample: > > mount

In cross install, cannot mount fstab

I am doing a cross install from my current Debian daedalus systm to a target disk /dev/nvme1n1. I enter chroot, and create /etc/festab on the target. I use the UUIDs repored by # blkid for the target disk, Then I attemt to mount these partitions /:# mount -a Mount cann't fin

Re: next Trixie install images expected to arrive when?

On Wed, 9 Apr 2025 14:48:28 -0400 Dan Ritter wrote: > Marco Möller wrote: > > I am about to make an installation of Trixie to a Laptop. > > If it is expected that new install media are to become published > > soon, hen I wait for testing them, after the current ones are &g

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