Bug#422851: grub-pc: Configuration fails if there is no /dev/fd0

johfel at gmx.de johfel at gmx.de
Tue May 8 13:00:45 UTC 2007


Package: grub-pc
Version: 1.95+20070507-1
Severity: normal

At the installation I got this error messages:

Setting up grub-pc (1.95+20070507-1) ...
Updating /boot/grub/grub.cfg ...
grub-probe: error: Cannot get the real path of `/dev/fd0'
grub-probe: error: Cannot get the real path of `/dev/fd0'
grub-probe: error: Cannot get the real path of `/dev/fd0'
Found linux image:  /boot/vmlinuz-2.6.19.2
Found linux image:  /boot/vmlinuz-2.6.20.3
Found linux image:  /boot/vmlinuz-2.6.20.7
done
grub-probe: error: Cannot get the real path of `/dev/fd0'
Auto-detection of a filesystem module failed.
Please specify the module with the option `--modules' explicitly.
dpkg: error processing grub-pc (--configure):
 subprocess post-installation script returned error exit status 1

My PC doesn't have a floppy drive.

-- System Information:
Debian Release: lenny/sid
  APT prefers unstable
  APT policy: (900, 'unstable'), (800, 'testing')
Architecture: i386 (i686)

Kernel: Linux 2.6.20.7 (PREEMPT)
Locale: LANG=de_DE at euro, LC_CTYPE=de_DE at euro (charmap=ISO-8859-15)
Shell: /bin/sh linked to /bin/bash

Versions of packages grub-pc depends on:
ii  libc6                         2.5-7      GNU C Library: Shared libraries
ii  liblzo1                       1.08-3     data compression library (old vers

grub-pc recommends no packages.

-- no debconf information




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