Bug#852323: debian-installer: grub-installer not convert root= entry to UUID
On Mon, Jan 23, 2017 at 11:19:02AM -0500, Lennart Sorensen wrote:
>On Mon, Jan 23, 2017 at 04:03:06PM +0000, Steve McIntyre wrote:
>> On Mon, Jan 23, 2017 at 06:43:27PM +0300, Andrey Jr. Melnikov wrote:
>> >Package: debian-installer
>> >Severity: important
>> >Tags: d-i
>> >
>> >
>> >Installation procedure of grub2 dont't transform root= entry from /dev/sd?? to UUID notation.
>> >This lead to unbootable system after install.
>>
>> Hmmm. It normally does this reliably in my experience. What version of
>> d-i did you use, and did you follow through the menus as normal? Is
>> there anything special about your setup?
>
>Well the log indicates the use of a GPT partition table with BIOS boot
>and not creating the GPT bios boot partition. So at least that qualifies
>as not normal.
>
>Perhaps that is an indication that the system is supposed to be EFI
>booted but somehow the installer was booted in the wrong mode.
I'd still expect the installer to DTRT with UUIDs in that case,
though. I'm more thinking of a non-standard bootup / custom kernel or
similar...
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Steve McIntyre, Cambridge, UK. steve@einval.com
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