p.s.: I cross-posted this to the debian-cloud mailinglist (http://lists.debian.org/debian-cloud/2013/09/msg00022.html). I will cross-post any parts/answers that may be helpful to solving the problem (and for posterity's sake, if anyone has a similar problem and finds this).
Anders On 16 September 2013 21:03, Anders Ingemann <[email protected]> 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 _______________________________________________ Help-grub mailing list [email protected] https://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/help-grub
