Package: grub2 Version: 1.95-2 Severity: important Tags: upstream GRUB 2 (1.95) refused to get installed on a GPT-partitioned server.
The layout is as follows: parted: Disk /dev/sda: 3000GB Sector size (logical/physical): 512B/512B Partition Table: gpt Number Start End Size File system Name Flags 1 17.4kB 32.0GB 32.0GB ext3 root 2 32.0GB 33.0GB 1000MB linux-swap swap 3 33.0GB 3000GB 2967GB data /proc/partitions: major minor #blocks name 8 0 2929686528 sda 8 1 31249983 sda1 8 2 976562 sda2 8 3 2897459948 sda3 8 16 488386584 sdb 8 17 15623181 sdb1 8 18 979965 sdb2 grub-setup fails with: datadump:~# grub-setup --root-device='(hd0,1)' '(hd0)' grub-setup: error: unknown device datadump:~# and grub-install has misleading errors: datadump:/boot/grub# grub-install --root-directory=/ --modules=gpt.mod --modules=ext2.mod '(hd0)' cannot find a GRUB drive for /dev/sda1. grub-setup: error: Cannot guess the root device. Specify the option ``--root-device''. datadump:/boot/grub# grub-install --root-directory=/ --modules=gpt.mod --modules=ext2.mod --root-device='(hd0,1)' '(hd0)' Unrecognized option `--root-device=(hd0,1)' [..] The root device was /dev/sda1 while I tried this, booting from a second block device containing only the bootloader and kernel. -- System Information: Debian Release: 4.0 APT prefers testing APT policy: (500, 'testing'), (1, 'experimental') Architecture: amd64 (x86_64) Shell: /bin/sh linked to /bin/bash Kernel: Linux 2.6.19.2 Locale: LANG=en_US.UTF-8, LC_CTYPE=en_US.UTF-8 (charmap=UTF-8) Versions of packages grub2 depends on: ii debconf 1.5.11 Debian configuration management sy ii libc6 2.3.6.ds1-8 GNU C Library: Shared libraries ii liblzo1 1.08-3 data compression library (old vers ii libncurses5 5.5-5 Shared libraries for terminal hand grub2 recommends no packages. -- no debconf information -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
