Bug#627587: grub-pc: grub-probe: error: cannot stat `/dev/root'.

2011-05-31 Thread Colin Watson
On Tue, May 31, 2011 at 12:57:43AM +0100, Colin Watson wrote: > On Tue, May 31, 2011 at 01:37:06AM +0200, Marco d'Itri wrote: > > On May 31, Adrian Bunk wrote: > > > squeeze udev && no initrd && latest grub = FAIL > > > > Yes, but why? > > Because GRUB now scans /proc/self/mountinfo to figure ou

Bug#627587: grub-pc: grub-probe: error: cannot stat `/dev/root'.

2011-05-30 Thread Colin Watson
On Tue, May 31, 2011 at 01:37:06AM +0200, Marco d'Itri wrote: > On May 31, Adrian Bunk wrote: > > > squeeze udev && no initrd && latest grub = FAIL > Yes, but why? Because GRUB now scans /proc/self/mountinfo to figure out the device underlying the root filesystem. This was part of making btrfs

Bug#627587: grub-pc: grub-probe: error: cannot stat `/dev/root'.

2011-05-30 Thread Marco d'Itri
On May 31, Adrian Bunk wrote: > squeeze udev && no initrd && latest grub = FAIL Yes, but why? > That should now be solved solved with the dependencies forcing upgrading > udev before grub on squeeze -> wheezy upgrades. At least I will have an excuse for adding more breaks on my side... :-) --

Bug#627587: grub-pc: grub-probe: error: cannot stat `/dev/root'.

2011-05-30 Thread Adrian Bunk
On Tue, May 31, 2011 at 01:03:30AM +0200, Marco d'Itri wrote: > On May 28, Colin Watson wrote: > > > I don't really know enough about when this bug was introduced in udev, > > really, or whether it's always been there. Anyway, the Breaks is in > > Debian grub2 bzr now, for the next upload. > I d

Bug#627587: grub-pc: grub-probe: error: cannot stat `/dev/root'.

2011-05-30 Thread Colin Watson
On Tue, May 31, 2011 at 01:03:30AM +0200, Marco d'Itri wrote: > On May 28, Colin Watson wrote: > > I don't really know enough about when this bug was introduced in udev, > > really, or whether it's always been there. Anyway, the Breaks is in > > Debian grub2 bzr now, for the next upload. > > I d

Bug#627587: grub-pc: grub-probe: error: cannot stat `/dev/root'.

2011-05-30 Thread Marco d'Itri
On May 28, Colin Watson wrote: > I don't really know enough about when this bug was introduced in udev, > really, or whether it's always been there. Anyway, the Breaks is in > Debian grub2 bzr now, for the next upload. I do not know what causes this bug, but I am always unhappy with packages for

Bug#627587: grub-pc: grub-probe: error: cannot stat `/dev/root'.

2011-05-29 Thread Mariusz Bialonczyk
Hi! > no initrd && udev < 168-1 seems to be the pattern for this bug > as far as I understand it. You're correct. I can confirm that I am using custom kernel without initramfs and also systemd. When i installed udev 170-1 from sid, then update-grup runs correctly. regards, -- Mariusz Białończyk j

Bug#627587: grub-pc: grub-probe: error: cannot stat `/dev/root'.

2011-05-28 Thread we we
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Bug#627587: grub-pc: grub-probe: error: cannot stat `/dev/root'.

2011-05-28 Thread Adrian Bunk
On Sat, May 28, 2011 at 12:43:34PM +0100, Colin Watson wrote: > On Sat, May 28, 2011 at 01:51:46PM +0300, Adrian Bunk wrote: > > On Sat, May 28, 2011 at 11:33:37AM +0100, Colin Watson wrote: > > > On Fri, May 27, 2011 at 11:09:21PM +0300, Adrian Bunk wrote: >... > > > I'm not sure how effective tha

Bug#627587: grub-pc: grub-probe: error: cannot stat `/dev/root'.

2011-05-28 Thread we we
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Bug#627587: grub-pc: grub-probe: error: cannot stat `/dev/root'.

2011-05-28 Thread Colin Watson
On Sat, May 28, 2011 at 01:51:46PM +0300, Adrian Bunk wrote: > On Sat, May 28, 2011 at 11:33:37AM +0100, Colin Watson wrote: > > On Fri, May 27, 2011 at 11:09:21PM +0300, Adrian Bunk wrote: > > > On Sun, May 22, 2011 at 11:19:06AM +0100, Colin Watson wrote: > > > > On Sun, May 22, 2011 at 01:02:01P

Bug#627587: grub-pc: grub-probe: error: cannot stat `/dev/root'.

2011-05-28 Thread we we
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Bug#627587: grub-pc: grub-probe: error: cannot stat `/dev/root'.

2011-05-28 Thread Adrian Bunk
On Sat, May 28, 2011 at 11:33:37AM +0100, Colin Watson wrote: > tag 627587 pending > thanks > > On Fri, May 27, 2011 at 11:09:21PM +0300, Adrian Bunk wrote: > > On Sun, May 22, 2011 at 11:19:06AM +0100, Colin Watson wrote: > > > On Sun, May 22, 2011 at 01:02:01PM +0300, Adrian Bunk wrote: > > > >

Bug#627587: grub-pc: grub-probe: error: cannot stat `/dev/root'.

2011-05-28 Thread we we
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Bug#627587: grub-pc: grub-probe: error: cannot stat `/dev/root'.

2011-05-28 Thread Colin Watson
tag 627587 pending thanks On Fri, May 27, 2011 at 11:09:21PM +0300, Adrian Bunk wrote: > On Sun, May 22, 2011 at 11:19:06AM +0100, Colin Watson wrote: > > On Sun, May 22, 2011 at 01:02:01PM +0300, Adrian Bunk wrote: > > > grub-probe: error: cannot stat `/dev/root'. > > > > Looks like #621738, whi

Bug#627587: grub-pc: grub-probe: error: cannot stat `/dev/root'.

2011-05-27 Thread Adrian Bunk
On Sun, May 22, 2011 at 11:19:06AM +0100, Colin Watson wrote: > On Sun, May 22, 2011 at 01:02:01PM +0300, Adrian Bunk wrote: > > grub-probe: error: cannot stat `/dev/root'. > > Looks like #621738, which only affects people without initrds Matched my setup. > (I'm not > sure if that's a sufficien

Bug#627587: grub-pc: grub-probe: error: cannot stat `/dev/root'.

2011-05-22 Thread Colin Watson
On Sun, May 22, 2011 at 01:02:01PM +0300, Adrian Bunk wrote: > grub-probe: error: cannot stat `/dev/root'. Looks like #621738, which only affects people without initrds (I'm not sure if that's a sufficient condition, but I gather it's a necessary condition). Do you have the most recent udev packa

Bug#627587: grub-pc: grub-probe: error: cannot stat `/dev/root'.

2011-05-22 Thread Adrian Bunk
Package: grub-pc Version: 1.99-4 Severity: grave <-- snip --> # apt-get install grub-pc Reading package lists... Done Building dependency tree Reading state information... Done The following extra packages will be installed: grub-common grub-pc-bin grub2-common Suggested packages: mu