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Re: Debian bookworm fails to install

From Jeffrey Walton <noloader@gmail.com>
Newsgroups linux.debian.user
Subject Re: Debian bookworm fails to install
Date 2024-06-08 04:40 +0200
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On Fri, Jun 7, 2024 at 3:08 PM Hans <hans.ullrich@loop.de> wrote:
>
> Hi folks,
>
> I am running into an issue, I can not explain.
>
> Let me please shortly describe:
>
> For my own purposes I am building a live-debian ISO with installer. As I am
> finetuning some things (not related to the system itself), I am building
> several ISOs a day.
>
> The live-build is set to bookworm (not bullseye, as lb config does).
>
> However, everything is going fine., the live-system is booting well.
>
> But: When I want to install it, the installer always breaks, when it wants to
> install grub. (grub-installer fails).
>
> As I am doing always a fresh install with completely formatting the harddrive,
> it can not be explained, why this happens.
>
> And more strange: When I build one version, it is working well. Changing
> nothing, and building again, suddenly the installer crashes at grub
> installation and then it will never work again.
>
> To declare: I can build several times, and every installation is working well,
> and suddenly without any reason, it breakes. Doing then using one version
> before (the last one, which worked well), it is still working, but the next
> build is crashing.
>
> Ok, I think you understood, what I meant. Well, one reason I could imagine,
> that the debian mirror, I add during installation process is changing. I am
> using "deb.debian.org", but when using another mirror in my near, I am running
> into the same issue.
>
> I also tried to install grub manually in the console during installation
> process, using "grub-installer /target", but this did neither work nor show
> much usefull information.
>
> Any idea, why this is happening? I saw similar messages in some forums, but
> they are all related to Debian 10, which is rather old (and I suppose, these
> bugs are fixed).

You might have a look at grub2 bugs in Bookworm, and see if any look
like they apply to you:
<https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/pkgreport.cgi?pkg=grub2;dist=stable>.

Jeff

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Debian bookworm fails to install Hans <hans.ullrich@loop.de> - 2024-06-07 18:10 +0200
  Re: Debian bookworm fails to install Michael Kjörling <2695bd53d63c@ewoof.net> - 2024-06-07 18:30 +0200
    Re: Debian bookworm fails to install Hans <hans.ullrich@loop.de> - 2024-06-07 19:00 +0200
    [SOLVED] Re: Debian bookworm fails to install Hans <hans.ullrich@loop.de> - 2024-06-07 19:50 +0200
      Re: [SOLVED] Re: Debian bookworm fails to install David Wright <deblis@lionunicorn.co.uk> - 2024-06-07 21:10 +0200
        Re: [SOLVED] Re: Debian bookworm fails to install Hans <hans.ullrich@loop.de> - 2024-06-07 21:20 +0200
      Re: [SOLVED] Re: Debian bookworm fails to install Jeffrey Walton <noloader@gmail.com> - 2024-06-08 05:00 +0200
      Re: [SOLVED] Re: Debian bookworm fails to install Max Nikulin <manikulin@gmail.com> - 2024-06-08 06:50 +0200
    Re: [SOLVED] Re: Debian bookworm fails to install "Andrew M.A. Cater" <amacater@einval.com> - 2024-06-08 12:10 +0200
  Re: Debian bookworm fails to install Jeffrey Walton <noloader@gmail.com> - 2024-06-08 04:40 +0200

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