Re: Grub not installing in LMDE after update

[Vladimir 'φ-coder/phcoder' Serbinenko]

On 14.01.2013 08:07, John Frank wrote:

> Hello, I am receiving an error when trying to upgrade Linux Mint
> Debian Edition (based on this image: 201204 MATE/Cinnamon 64-bit). I
> have tried using both the LinuxMint and Debian Testing repositories,
> and the Grub replacement refuses to install. The requested output is
> as follows:
> 
> address@hidden:~$ /usr/sbin/grub-probe
> --device-map="/boot/grub/device.map" --target=fs -v /boot/grub
> /usr/sbin/grub-probe: info: Cannot stat
> `/dev/disk/by-id/ata-VBOX_HARDDISK_VBade324ee-8f9e2e56', skipping.
> /usr/sbin/grub-probe: error: cannot find a GRUB drive for /dev/sda1.
> Check your device.map.
> address@hidden:~$ sudo /usr/sbin/grub-probe
> --device-map="/boot/grub/device.map" --target=fs -v /boot/grub
> /usr/sbin/grub-probe: info: Cannot stat
> `/dev/disk/by-id/ata-VBOX_HARDDISK_VBade324ee-8f9e2e56', skipping.
> /usr/sbin/grub-probe: info: /dev/sda1 starts from 2048.
> /usr/sbin/grub-probe: info: opening the device /dev/sda.
> /usr/sbin/grub-probe: info: the size of /dev/sda is 625142448.
> /usr/sbin/grub-probe: info: Partition 0 starts from 2048.
> /usr/sbin/grub-probe: info: opening /dev/sda,msdos1.
> /usr/sbin/grub-probe: info: the size of /dev/sda is 625142448.
> /usr/sbin/grub-probe: error: not a directory.

Sounds like for some reason GRUB thinks that your "/" isn't a directory.
Which FS is /dev/sda1? Have you tried using latest GRUB?

> 
> Hopefully you have some advice,
> Thanks in advance,
> John Frank
> 
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Vladimir 'φ-coder/phcoder' Serbinenko

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