On Sun, Nov 11, 2018 at 09:50:14AM -0800, aaq via qubes-users wrote: > søndag den 11. november 2018 kl. 18.28.06 UTC+1 skrev 22...@tutamail.com: > > I just updated my Debian template and received a "Configuring grub-pc" > > window in my terminal, through trial and error I discovered that I was able > > to select "OK", and select configurations using the curser arrows and the > > space bar (->, <-, etc...). > > > > I haven't seen this on a Debian update before but I had the option to > > select what I think are devices for grub-install...maybe 4 choices. I used > > the space bar and selected all of them but then received error messages. I > > then selected none of the options(devices?) and the update continued. The > > update appeared to just continue finishing with "Press enter to > > shutdown...", no obvious error messages like past template updates. > > Everything appears to be working despite what appeared to be scary warnings > > in the terminal. > > > > Restarted the computer...no issues. Sorry to not have more info I wish I > > had taken screen shots. > > > > Was I supposed to select something? Any way to check? What was the window? > > > > I am using 4.0... > > > > Thanks again, > > 22rip > > Hello! > > This is fairly common when upgrading the kernel in Debian. > In Qubes OS there are multiple mounts inside each Qube, and thus apt-get asks > you where / or /boot is mounted, so that it knows where to upgrade grub. > > To my understanding (without having looked into it any further), I have kept > guessing that the / dir is mounted in what is called /dev/xvda inside the > Qube. I generally always mark that, and then it happily continues without any > angry warnings. > > Would welcome any clarification too though :) > > Those are my 2 cents at least! > > Regards >
Have a look at https://www.qubes-os.org/doc/template-implementation/ This explains the way in which those devices are used. As you'll see, aaq, your understanding is quite correct. unman -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "qubes-users" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to qubes-users+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email to qubes-users@googlegroups.com. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/qubes-users/20181112000804.bza7xrw54ibklmxm%40thirdeyesecurity.org. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
