Bug#538118: grub-probe: error: cannot find a device for /

[Vladimir Stavrinov]

Package: grub-pc
Version: 1.96+20090721-3
Severity: normal


The error in subject appear while upgrade process in chrooted environment
as output from update-grub, invoked by postinst script. It may be
workaround by removing /boot/grug/grub.cfg, but this empty file was added
as workaround some other problem like this. In any case it is better to
check if it is running in chroot. 

P.S. This is common problem: some packages encounter problems when install
or upgrade in chroot . I think we need some common mechanism preventing
some actions in chroot independently of package itself.


-- System Information:
Debian Release: squeeze/sid
  APT prefers unstable
  APT policy: (500, 'unstable'), (500, 'testing'), (500, 'stable')
Architecture: i386 (x86_64)

Kernel: Linux 2.6.30-1-amd64 (SMP w/2 CPU cores)
Locale: LANG=C, LC_CTYPE=ru_RU.KOI8-R (charmap=KOI8-R)
Shell: /bin/sh linked to /bin/bash

Versions of packages grub-common depends on:
ii  base-files             5.0.0             Debian base system miscellaneous f
ii  libc6                  2.9-21            GNU C Library: Shared libraries
ii  libfreetype6           2.3.9-5           FreeType 2 font engine, shared lib
ii  libncurses5            5.7+20090613-1    shared libraries for terminal hand
ii  zlib1g                 1:1.2.3.3.dfsg-14 compression library - runtime

grub-common recommends no packages.

Versions of packages grub-common suggests:
pn  multiboot-doc                 <none>     (no description available)

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