Your message dated Fri, 1 Sep 2023 19:25:46 +0100 with message-id <01092023192224.763749abe...@desktop.copernicus.org.uk> and subject line grub-installer: iso9660 filesystems and GRUB has caused the Debian Bug report #655532, regarding grub-installer: iso9660 filesystems and GRUB to be marked as done.
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--- Begin Message ---Package: grub-installer Severity: wishlist DISTRIB_RELEASE="7.0 (wheezy) - installer build 20120111-00:07" The installation to a USB stick (device /dev/sdc) proceeded smoothly until: Unable to install GRUB in /dev/sdc Executing 'grub-install /dev/sdc' failed This is a fatal error The syslog expands on this (but truncates the error message): Jan 11 19:37:49 grub-installer: info: Installing grub on '/dev/sdc' Jan 11 19:37:49 grub-installer: info: grub-install supports --no-floppy Jan 11 19:37:49 grub-installer: info: Running chroot /target grub-install --no-floppy --force "/dev/sdc" Jan 11 19:37:51 grub-installer: /usr/sbin/grub-setup: error: Jan 11 19:37:51 grub-installer: Jan 11 19:37:51 grub-installer: hd2 appears to contain a iso9660 filesystem which isn't known to reserve space for DOS-style boot. Installing GRUB there could result in FILESYSTEM DESTRUCTION if valuable data is overwritten by grub-setup (--skip-fs-p Some background to GRUB's behaviour is in the thread starting at http://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/grub-devel/2009-10/msg00207.html The USB stick had held an isohybrid image, so information that there is an iso9660 filesysten on it is in its first 64 sectors and this is not touched by partitioning. It would be nice if this situation could be recognized by grub-installer and for the installation to be capable of continuing at the user's own risk after a suitable warning message had been displayed.
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--- Begin Message ---Probably filed against the incorrect package and not well-expessed. Will think about what to do and go from there. Hence closing. Cheers, Brian.
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