This is just an informational email, I have extensively researched this
issue nor filed a bug about it.
I saw that grub-efi was available as a package I could install. I am
currently using elilo with no current plans to change but thought I would
get grub-efi just to see how well it worked. But installing it failed
Install procedure is as follows:
1. Install Linux on EFI BIOS Based system.
2. At package selection, I deselect Desktop since I am currently
testing with KDE
As a side note: it would be nice if the install task list asked which
Desktop you wanted when you selected it.
3. Finish the install and reboot.
4. On next boot, I have to install xorg and kde. It was at this point I
decided to grab a lot of other packages at the same time.
5. One of the packages I grabbed was grub-efi
6. Install proceeded to the end where I saw these messages:
Errors were encountered while processing:
Grub-efi
E: Sub-process /usr/bin/dpkg returned an error code (1)
A package failed to install. Trying to recover:
Setting up grub-efi (1.95+20070604-1) .
Grub-probe: error: Cannot get the real path of '/dev/sdb'
Dpkg: error processing grub-efi (--configure):
Subprocess post-installation script returned error status 1
Errors were encountered while processing:
Grub-efi
By the way, I have no /dev/sdb.
I am not sure what it thinks my USB attached CDRom drive is, but there is no
/dev/sdb.
This is just an informational email.
I can return to testing this in particular in the future, but it is low
priority for me at the moment.
Charles
