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Re: [Bug-grub] grub-install: focus error messages on what the user did w
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Jason Thomas |
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Re: [Bug-grub] grub-install: focus error messages on what the user did wrong |
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Thu, 30 Aug 2001 08:51:31 +1000 |
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grub-install runs the grub shell which creates the device.map so a check
if it exists in the location specified won't work.
On Wed, Aug 29, 2001 at 12:23:22PM -0300, Ben Armstrong wrote:
> grub-install --root-directory=/boot '(hd0)'
>
> He got this error message:
>
> Probing devices to guess BIOS drives. This may take a long time.
> /dev/hda1 does not have any corresponding BIOS drive.
>
> But on close examination of the grub-install script, I discovered that
> it greps install.map. The non-sensical --root-directory he specified
> was causing grub-install to look in the wrong directory for install.map.
>
> There should therefore be a file existence check on device.map and
> an appropriate error message issued if it is missing, e.g.
>
> Cannot find /boot/boot/grub/device.map. Wrong --root-directory specified?
>
> Thanks,
> Ben Armstrong
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