Bug#473532: grub-probe: error: Cannot get the real path of `/dev/scsi/...'

[Robert Millan]

On Mon, Mar 31, 2008 at 09:45:36AM +0200, Vincent Danjean wrote:
> Package: grub
> Version: 0.97-35
> Severity: important
> 
>   Hi,
> 
> With the new package grub 0.97-35, when update-grub is launched
> (manually or by installing a new kernel package), I got:
> 
> Running postinst hook script /usr/sbin/update-grub.
> Searching for GRUB installation directory ... found: /boot/grub
> grub-probe: error: Cannot get the real path of
> `/dev/scsi/host0/bus0/target0/lun0/disc'
> User postinst hook script [/usr/sbin/update-grub] exited with value 1
> 
> If I run manually 'grub-probe /', I also got this error.
> 
> In fstab, I have:
> /dev/mapper/cayuga-root /       ext3    defaults,errors=remount-ro 0 1
> 
> 
> In /boot/grub/device.map, I had
> (hd0) /dev/scsi/host0/bus0/target0/lun0/disc

Where is your root filesystem?  Is it a physical device (like /dev/scsi/...) or
an LVM/whatever abstraction?

Is your /boot a separate partition?  Where is it?  What does 'grub-probe /boot'
do?

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Robert Millan

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