Package: grub-pc
Version: 1.98~20091210-1

Hi,

I would be very grateful if update-grub wouldn't cause packages like
grub-pc and memtest86+ fail to install/configure when grub-probe cannot
find a device for /.  The machine in question is booting from NFS and
serves as a master image for other machines that do indeed install grub2
onto their hard drives.  So I'd have to divert update-grub only to
restore it on every machine which is a real one...

Kind regards,
Philipp Kern

Am Sonntag, den 20.12.2009, 18:52 +0100 schrieb Philipp Kern:

Hello Philip,

would it be enough in your case if we would just not do anything (except
printing a warning to state that) if /boot/grub/grub.cfg doestn't exist
yet in update-grub?

We discussed this just recently already, due to #538118
Only grub-installer needs to be changed first before we can implement
this in grub2.

Hi,

with a "/" partition on LVM (but /boot is not on LVM), I obtain the same error :
# update-grub
/usr/sbin/grub-probe: error: cannot find a device for / (is /dev mounted?).

/dev/mapper/vg-root (aka /dev/vg/root) is a LV from the VG "/dev/vg", wich contain full /dev/sdb ; and /boot is on /dev/sda1.

Do you need more informations about my setup ?

Olivier B.

Please upgrade to the version in unstable and let me know if it fixes
your problem.  I expect that it will, due to the fixes for #550704 and
#574863.

Please also note that your problem is not IMO directly related to
Philipp Kern's original report here, which is about devices that really
aren't supported by GRUB *at all* right now.  For GRUB, it's best to
file a new bug report rather than piggybacking onto an existing one.  As
such, please do not close this bug if you find that the version in
unstable fixes your problem.

Regards,

Hi,

Just upgraded to latest grub2 (1.99-8) from unstable and it still does not work for me. I have the same case where the /
is over NFS share.

Cheers,
-Nik