Bug#586815: grub-probe: error: cannot find a device for / is still a problem with dmcrypt, lvm2 and /dev/sda

[Colin Watson]

On Tue, Jun 22, 2010 at 09:31:12PM +0200, Michael Ostermeier wrote:
> I am running Debian testing with everything up to date (eccept the
> kernel, which i cannot use due to this bug).
> 
> It all started a few days ago after an apt-get update.
> Since that time, grub shows no background-picture on boot (which is no
> problem for me) and update-grub doesnt work:
> 
> “# update-grub
> /usr/sbin/grub-probe: error: cannot find a device for / (is /dev
> mounted?).”

Looks like you're suffering from #550704.  Could you please try the
version in unstable?

> PS: Is there a way to get grub2 running or should i return back to good
> old grub “legacy” which never hurted me and is easily configurable?

There is a way to get it running.

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Colin Watson                                       [cjwatson at debian.org]