[bug #38436] cannot find a GRUB drive for /dev/sda1. Check your Device Map

[Robert Bartl]

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                 Summary: cannot find a GRUB drive for /dev/sda1. Check your
Device Map
                 Project: GNU GRUB
            Submitted by: rbartl
            Submitted on: Do 28 Feb 2013 02:02:07 GMT
                Category: Disk &amp; Partition
                Severity: Major
                Priority: 5 - Normal
              Item Group: None
                  Status: None
                 Privacy: Public
             Assigned to: None
         Originator Name: 
        Originator Email: address@hidden
             Open/Closed: Open
         Discussion Lock: Any
                 Release: 
                 Release: other
         Reproducibility: Every Time
         Planned Release: None

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Details:

tried various device.map settings.
and debian versions squeeze/sid & compiled current 2.0
always the same error..

The system is booted via USB on /dev/sdb

This Info gets printed without device.map file
->
address@hidden:/# grub-install /dev/sda
/usr/sbin/grub-probe: Fehler: cannot find a GRUB drive for /dev/sda1.  Check
your device.map.
Auto-detection of a filesystem of /dev/sda1 failed.
Try with --recheck.
If the problem persists please report this together with the output of
"/usr/sbin/grub-probe --device-map="/boot/grub/device.map" --target=fs -v
/boot/grub" to <address@hidden>
address@hidden:/# /usr/sbin/grub-probe --device-map="/boot/grub/device.map"
--target=fs -v /boot/grub
/usr/sbin/grub-probe: Info: Scanning for dmraid_nv RAID devices on disk hd0.
/usr/sbin/grub-probe: Info: the size of hd0 is 625142448.
/usr/sbin/grub-probe: Info: the size of hd0 is 625142448.
/usr/sbin/grub-probe: Info: Scanning for dmraid_nv RAID devices on disk hd1.
/usr/sbin/grub-probe: Info: the size of hd1 is 62808064.
/usr/sbin/grub-probe: Info: the size of hd1 is 62808064.
/usr/sbin/grub-probe: Info: scanning hd0 for LVM.
/usr/sbin/grub-probe: Info: the size of hd0 is 625142448.
/usr/sbin/grub-probe: Info: no LVM signature found.
/usr/sbin/grub-probe: Info: the size of hd0 is 625142448.
/usr/sbin/grub-probe: Info: scanning hd1 for LVM.
/usr/sbin/grub-probe: Info: the size of hd1 is 62808064.
/usr/sbin/grub-probe: Info: no LVM signature found.
/usr/sbin/grub-probe: Info: the size of hd1 is 62808064.
/usr/sbin/grub-probe: Info: Scanning for mdraid09 RAID devices on disk hd0.
/usr/sbin/grub-probe: Info: the size of hd0 is 625142448.
/usr/sbin/grub-probe: Info: the size of hd0 is 625142448.
/usr/sbin/grub-probe: Info: Scanning for mdraid09 RAID devices on disk hd1.
/usr/sbin/grub-probe: Info: the size of hd1 is 62808064.
/usr/sbin/grub-probe: Info: the size of hd1 is 62808064.
/usr/sbin/grub-probe: Info: Scanning for mdraid1x RAID devices on disk hd0.
/usr/sbin/grub-probe: Info: the size of hd0 is 625142448.
/usr/sbin/grub-probe: Info: the size of hd0 is 625142448.
/usr/sbin/grub-probe: Info: Scanning for mdraid1x RAID devices on disk hd1.
/usr/sbin/grub-probe: Info: the size of hd1 is 62808064.
/usr/sbin/grub-probe: Info: the size of hd1 is 62808064.
/usr/sbin/grub-probe: Info: Scanning for mdraid09 RAID devices on disk hd0.
/usr/sbin/grub-probe: Info: the size of hd0 is 625142448.
/usr/sbin/grub-probe: Info: the size of hd0 is 625142448.
/usr/sbin/grub-probe: Info: Scanning for mdraid09 RAID devices on disk
hd0,msdos1.
/usr/sbin/grub-probe: Info: the size of hd0 is 625142448.
/usr/sbin/grub-probe: Info: Scanning for mdraid09 RAID devices on disk hd1.
/usr/sbin/grub-probe: Info: the size of hd1 is 62808064.
/usr/sbin/grub-probe: Info: the size of hd1 is 62808064.
/usr/sbin/grub-probe: Info: Scanning for mdraid09 RAID devices on disk
hd1,msdos1.
/usr/sbin/grub-probe: Info: the size of hd1 is 62808064.
/usr/sbin/grub-probe: Info: Scanning for mdraid1x RAID devices on disk hd0.
/usr/sbin/grub-probe: Info: the size of hd0 is 625142448.
/usr/sbin/grub-probe: Info: the size of hd0 is 625142448.
/usr/sbin/grub-probe: Info: Scanning for mdraid1x RAID devices on disk
hd0,msdos1.
/usr/sbin/grub-probe: Info: the size of hd0 is 625142448.
/usr/sbin/grub-probe: Info: Scanning for mdraid1x RAID devices on disk hd1.
/usr/sbin/grub-probe: Info: the size of hd1 is 62808064.
/usr/sbin/grub-probe: Info: the size of hd1 is 62808064.
/usr/sbin/grub-probe: Info: Scanning for mdraid1x RAID devices on disk
hd1,msdos1.
/usr/sbin/grub-probe: Info: the size of hd1 is 62808064.
/usr/sbin/grub-probe: Info: scanning hd0 for LVM.
/usr/sbin/grub-probe: Info: the size of hd0 is 625142448.
/usr/sbin/grub-probe: Info: no LVM signature found.
/usr/sbin/grub-probe: Info: the size of hd0 is 625142448.
/usr/sbin/grub-probe: Info: scanning hd0,msdos1 for LVM.
/usr/sbin/grub-probe: Info: the size of hd0 is 625142448.
/usr/sbin/grub-probe: Info: no LVM signature found.
/usr/sbin/grub-probe: Info: scanning hd1 for LVM.
/usr/sbin/grub-probe: Info: the size of hd1 is 62808064.
/usr/sbin/grub-probe: Info: no LVM signature found.
/usr/sbin/grub-probe: Info: the size of hd1 is 62808064.
/usr/sbin/grub-probe: Info: scanning hd1,msdos1 for LVM.
/usr/sbin/grub-probe: Info: the size of hd1 is 62808064.
/usr/sbin/grub-probe: Info: no LVM signature found.
/usr/sbin/grub-probe: Info: /dev/sda1 starts from 2048.
/usr/sbin/grub-probe: Info: opening the device hd0.
/usr/sbin/grub-probe: Info: the size of hd0 is 625142448.
/usr/sbin/grub-probe: Info: Partition 0 starts from 1.
/usr/sbin/grub-probe: Fehler: cannot find a GRUB drive for /dev/sda1.  Check
your device.map.


regards. RB. 




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