Hey guys I posted to [email protected], asking for help to figure out why my VirtualBox image is stuck at "GRUB loading.". I thought that it might be more relevant over there, but maybe you guys have some ideas as well. Here's the link to the mailing list: http://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/help-grub/2013-09/threads.html (not a direct link, mailman seems to take its time indexing my post) ...and here's what I wrote --------------------------- Hello everybody
I am developing the debian bootstrapper "build-debian-cloud" (https://github.com/andsens/build-debian-cloud) and am having some trouble getting grub to boot my debian installation. Since I bootstrap from a host system (with chroot etc.) I had to use some workarounds to get grub installed onto a loopback device (http://ebroder.net/2009/08/04/installing-grub-onto-a-disk-image/). The setup consists of a vdi image partitioned with GPT into boot, root, swap (in that order). I am unable to get past the "GRUB loading." message when booting the image in VirtualBox. I have a hard time figuring out what is wrong with the setup, especially because the scenario is a bit off the beaten path (mounting vdi as an network block device, bootstrapping, using dmsetup to fake a real hdd etc.). So the usual "just run BootRepair" or "reinstall grub" won't really help to create a stable bootstrapping process. I have run Ubuntus Boot Repair system to check if anything was wrong, but I can't seem to find anything. The output is here: http://paste.ubuntu.com/6115737/ The setup can be fully reproduced by cloning my repo and running `./build-debian-cloud manifests/virtualbox.manifest.json` (only tested on debian wheezy). Simply create a new virtual machine in VBox, attach the resulting image and boot it. I would appreciate any help you can offer Anders Ingemann --------------------------- -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [email protected] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [email protected] Archive: http://lists.debian.org/camcogxfilv2+wq3fxe87wgv6ihs8etfqbejqb4vuof99onr...@mail.gmail.com
