Your message dated Mon, 29 Dec 2014 22:33:46 +0000 with message-id <[email protected]> and subject line Bug#759737: fixed in grub-installer 1.103 has caused the Debian Bug report #759737, regarding debian-installer: Need preseed entry to select default grub device to be marked as done.
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--- Begin Message ---Package: grub-installer Version: 1.95 Severity: whishlist Tags: jessie, patch I am trying to create a completely automated preseed.cfg file for a jessie installation that will work on several systems. In my case, both QEMU VMs and physical servers. Both of these types of systems have only one possible boot device but have different boot device files, e,g, /dev/vda and /dev/sda. The normal way to do this would be to use "grub-installer/bootdev string" config option. This option does not work here because we need to specify the exact device -- /dev/sda or /dev/vda instead of the "only" device. If I don't use "grub-installer/bootdev", the installer will ask me whether I want to install on the device found or "nothing", so my automation fails. I developed a patch that lets you use the string "default" for grub-installer/bootdev. This option always picks the appropriate device. Example: grub-installer/bootdev string default Here is the patch: Author: Andrew Patterson <[email protected]> Date: Thu Aug 14 14:00:47 2014 -0600 Using "default" for bootdev will install grub on default disk. The grub-install/bootdev configuration value is used in a file to automatically select the grub install device. It works fine if the disk is always the same, e.g., /dev/sda, but does not work well when using the same preseed file on systems withi different types of disks, e.g., /dev/vda and /dev/hda. Setting grub-installer/bootdev to "default" will automatically select the first disk for grug installation. It works as long as there is only one choice of disk to install on and thus avoids the "Please select /dev/... or none" question. diff --git a/grub-installer b/grub-installer index 50155a9..12f9a31 100755 --- a/grub-installer +++ b/grub-installer @@ -678,7 +678,11 @@ while : ; do log "q='$q' state='$state' defbd='$default_bootdev' bd='$bootdev'" db_fget grub-installer/bootdev seen if [ "$RET" = true ] && db_get grub-installer/bootdev && [ "$RET" ] ; then - bootdev=$RET + if [ "$RET" = "default" ]; then + bootdev=$default_bootdev + else + bootdev=$RET + fi break elif [ "$state" = 1 ]; then db_input high $q || true
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--- Begin Message ---Source: grub-installer Source-Version: 1.103 We believe that the bug you reported is fixed in the latest version of grub-installer, which is due to be installed in the Debian FTP archive. A summary of the changes between this version and the previous one is attached. Thank you for reporting the bug, which will now be closed. If you have further comments please address them to [email protected], and the maintainer will reopen the bug report if appropriate. Debian distribution maintenance software pp. Cyril Brulebois <[email protected]> (supplier of updated grub-installer package) (This message was generated automatically at their request; if you believe that there is a problem with it please contact the archive administrators by mailing [email protected]) -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 Format: 1.8 Date: Mon, 29 Dec 2014 23:20:16 +0100 Source: grub-installer Binary: grub-installer Architecture: source Version: 1.103 Distribution: unstable Urgency: medium Maintainer: Debian Install System Team <[email protected]> Changed-By: Cyril Brulebois <[email protected]> Description: grub-installer - Install GRUB on a hard disk (udeb) Closes: 759737 Changes: grub-installer (1.103) unstable; urgency=medium . * Apply patch by Andrew Patterson (many thanks!) to support setting grub-installer/bootdev=default so that the default boot device that was determined is used automatically, skipping the prompt (Closes: #759737). Checksums-Sha1: 85eff5c109b46eaae9e524c09f516ce67db4bd6a 1936 grub-installer_1.103.dsc bfd9ae69f32f39f93b4e168f057aa475f309c220 193792 grub-installer_1.103.tar.xz Checksums-Sha256: 9f1babe83c539131b2b94476174497e299f6c2cb90fedaed3e0e45f06835adf2 1936 grub-installer_1.103.dsc 2fee60b172a5a8ad931163e7ed3009617ea493f4ef764081a0cb982a04c03939 193792 grub-installer_1.103.tar.xz Files: db7d481dcd9070f0752138094ead2a01 1936 debian-installer standard grub-installer_1.103.dsc 57fcf8fab26b41b41e24c9060aaade56 193792 debian-installer standard grub-installer_1.103.tar.xz -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1 iQIcBAEBAgAGBQJUodTdAAoJEP+RSvDCs1UgVVcP/2n2/BNgbPcvNFyXWTs9lv6Y tgQiTTK3EMy4I//IivBhyS7utNbuIzmtt7rd1PEWahKXegzcumz3hVqaz3a1xUxD gYdva6DDWKE6TukfdhNI1aih6YXnI/0H3y5hIXJTpS/RiYIzmw7pbp4/JMYBvtTm zNgwXzjyzIP0AjXPMc4s5ina8kGGYfqkTvEeZQxzudA9ifFfX4P2rQj7oLnPoj4F StTRZ/A3MzLA5rYoZp8JW4zWp5Z+f0PPzIHGUukgXbmJYZnPp6d4NPlolIqxP7Ed uT9uyJS7jbhccF6BgvIlhxZILw6GM4bBZQV+BI023WF5fxHU9stNyThSd9o4bYDB e3lrXDSuWykZabs11/y9lLiRbyyoBeTsNQDATW/Q03hHCt6T2p0VRq8acTWNYJZf WxQYJOGhBR3KSFVFj8OInM2/X8sJxYxe4oRM/SbhTvjYGUU2Ydxg5duI8xJriRJb lHkCJZqSX4ZL8612U0EUzWHztt50U5OnM46MHNT2CLbgEIoSCyV8i0OH8gdAgc15 DN+k5nYoJpI38ZNVVGisw7ogxXp39PxvqUz5cS7IPBtdo4I5iZjuGDMhMlZs9e9n osEnWUzPu9ViBWFtfM9veTNTy9e2evUKrKeWh3g7UVTnJtSyeGyTvgBNvDMk7Glp yGIfJOsqMINfrh+/1JRo =cbSo -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----
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