[Vmdebootstrap-devel] Bug#767913: vmdebootstrap: Make room for grub on disk also when --bootsize is used

[Petter Reinholdtsen]

It might be an idea to apply this patch to make it easier to see why grub fail:

--- vmdebootstrap.orig  2014-10-18 20:35:19.000000000 +0200
+++ vmdebootstrap-grubexcept    2014-11-04 08:48:21.884205084 +0100
@@ -486,6 +486,7 @@
             self.runcmd(['chroot', rootdir, 'update-grub'])
             self.runcmd(['chroot', rootdir, 'grub-install', install_dev])
         except cliapp.AppException as e:
+            self.message(str(e))
             self.message("Failed. Is grub2-common installed? Using extlinux.")
         self.runcmd(['umount', os.path.join(rootdir, 'sys')])
         self.runcmd(['umount', os.path.join(rootdir, 'proc')])

With this patch in place, it is obvious that the problem is missing
space at the front between the partition table and the start of the
first partition.

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Happy hacking
Petter Reinholdtsen