Help : Fail to install GRUB during Crunchbang Install :/

Dugenou · 2012-10-12 10:42:53

Hi,

I am trying to install Crunchbang stable on my old computer (I boot the iso image from a hard drive, [sdb1] because the CD drive is dead, and I can't boot from USB). But it fails every time I try to install GRUB or LILO. And I can't finish the install. I'm lost sad . What should I do ? Thanks

PS: I also tried crunchbang testing... same result.

el_koraco · 2012-10-12 10:48:48

Are you choosing the right drive to install GRUB to? Since you're booting the live image from sdb1, does that mean you have two hard drives? Are they SATA or IDE (master-slave)? Which drive is the BIOS set to boot from first?

xaos52 · 2012-10-12 10:50:55

Hi,
What bootmanager are you using to boot the ISO image from disk?
Where are you trying to install GRUB into? MBR of the same disk? MBR of another disk? Or the partition?
Any error message when it fails?

Dugenou · 2012-10-12 11:10:52

I boot the iso from a secondary Hard Drive (slave). I installed the iso on this hard drive with unetbootin from another computer : I disconnected the HD from the old computer, then connected it to my other computer in order to install iso, then reconnected to the old computer and finally modified BIOS to boot from this HD, sdb1. Everything goes fine, until the 'GRUB' step.

I don't know where GRUB is installing because it is done automatically.

Here is the error after completing step 'Install of system' : "The grup-pc package failed to install into /target/. Without the GRUB boot loader, the installed system will not boot.".

Last edited by Dugenou (2012-10-12 11:32:42)

xaos52 · 2012-10-12 11:50:10

Try the 'expert install'. It will let you choose where to install GRUB. You should choose the MBR of the disk you are installing from.

Dugenou · 2012-10-12 19:17:01

I don't have any 'expert install' option when I boot. Here are all the options I get:

-Default
-Live session
-Live session (failsafe)
-Graphical install
-Text install
-Memory test

I tried graphical and text install. Same error with grub...

lwfitz · 2012-10-12 19:37:54

Do you have access to another computer? You could download download a super grub disk and use that to boot into #! and then install grub by running

sudo apt-get update

sudo apt-get install grub-common

Hope this helps

Dugenou · 2012-10-12 20:11:10

I got the same idea. I tried it already. I installed an iso of supergrub2 on sdb1 with unetbootin. But unfortunately Supergrub2 refuses to boot (looping countdown in the menu). This is another problem. I begin to think I am cursed sad

el_koraco · 2012-10-12 20:13:45

You can try Debian, the netinstall iso has an expert mode. It's fairly easy to transform it to #! after the fact.

lwfitz · 2012-10-12 21:03:22

Dugenou wrote:

I got the same idea. I tried it already. I installed an iso of supergrub2 on sdb1 with unetbootin. But unfortunately Supergrub2 refuses to boot (looping countdown in the menu). This is another problem. I begin to think I am cursed

Ive had the same issue with unetbootin on some iso's. If you have a spare cd or dvd Id burn it to a disk and then try booting from the disk.

root · 2012-10-12 22:12:24

lwfitz wrote:

If you have a spare cd or dvd Id burn it to a disk and then try booting from the disk.

Dugenou wrote:

...because the CD drive is dead...

At the grub installation phase there should be the option to choose the target for grub.
Even at the normal install routine, and not only the expert one.
The MBR of sda should be sufficient.

Maybe the installer tries to install it to sdb.
Can you make screenshot of the Grub step?

/

Last edited by root (2012-10-12 22:12:54)

lwfitz · 2012-10-12 22:20:15

root wrote:

lwfitz wrote:
If you have a spare cd or dvd Id burn it to a disk and then try booting from the disk.
Dugenou wrote:
...because the CD drive is dead...
At the grub installation phase there should be the option to choose the target for grub.
Even at the normal install routine, and not only the expert one.
The MBR of sda should be sufficient.
Maybe the installer tries to install it to sdb.
Can you make screenshot of the Grub step?
/

oops I didnt even see that he said the drive was dead neutral

Dugenou · 2012-10-13 09:36:39

root wrote:

lwfitz wrote:
If you have a spare cd or dvd Id burn it to a disk and then try booting from the disk.
Dugenou wrote:
...because the CD drive is dead...
At the grub installation phase there should be the option to choose the target for grub.
Even at the normal install routine, and not only the expert one.
The MBR of sda should be sufficient.
Maybe the installer tries to install it to sdb.
Can you make screenshot of the Grub step?

/

I tried to install GRUB on 'sda' (not sdb) and even on 'sda1'. It fails every time. Can't install LILO either.
Here are some screenshots:

Last edited by Dugenou (2012-10-13 09:40:42)

Probe34 · 2012-10-16 13:17:08

I had the same problem. The install worked fine but stopped when the computer tried to install Grub or Lilo. I tried several times but all attempts failed.
Then I tried to install the English version instead of the Dutch version and suddenly everything worked fine.

Super-Nathan · 2012-10-31 01:42:32

+1

I also have the problem, I have not been able to get a testing install to boot yet

gws · 2013-05-01 19:15:51

I've got what looks like the same problem. GRUB install step breaks with no explanation from the GUI. The system console, however, offers these words of wisdom:

/usr/sbin/grub-probe: error:

cannot find a device for /boot/grub (is /dev mounted?)
.
error: Running 'grub-install --no-floppy --force "/dev/sdc"' failed.

Any insights?

Last edited by gws (2013-05-01 19:16:49)

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