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Hi Robert,<br>
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sure, would have done if any error message had been there.<br>
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grub-update started by post install scripts during installation of a
new kernel just got stale.<br>
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After you hint I tried "strace grub-probe /dev/hda" and saw what was
missing: the floppy!<br>
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I had <b>missed to attach the floppy cable</b> after I had replaced
the power supply of my system.<br>
grub-probe got stuck at /dev/fd0 working through the device list. Even
"fdisk -l" got into trouble.<br>
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Now the cable is back in place, grub & fdisk work fine again.<br>
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So this problem was caused by me, current version works well for me now.<br>
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However: Fact remains that <b>the older versions </b>mentioned below <b>did
not fail on that</b>. <br>
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No idea if that is good or bad. <br>
<br>
Thanks for your hint, it make me check more thoroughly...<br>
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Sorry if I bothered you all. Just wanted to be helpful.<br>
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Regards<br>
Norbert<br>
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Robert Millan wrote:
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<pre wrap="">On Wed, Jun 25, 2008 at 11:30:48PM +0200, norbert breun wrote:
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<pre wrap="">Hi there,
trying to install the most current kernel
linux-image-2.6.25-2-486_2.6.25-6~snapshot.11680_i386.deb today
post install script fails.
Needed to downgrade to following grub packages to get this fixed:
grub-common_1.96+20080601-1_i386.deb
grub-rescue-pc_1.96+20080601-2_i386.deb
Both newer versions fail with grub commands e.g. grub-probe,
grub-update, grub-install.
Just FYI...
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This is not useful, unless you tell us at least the error message it
displayed.
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