Bug#984488: grub-install: error: embedding is not possible w/ grub-pc_2.02-deb10u4

[Gerd Aschemann]

The parted output is

Model: ATA HGST HTS541010A9 (scsi)
Disk /dev/sda: 1953525168s
Sector size (logical/physical): 512B/4096B
Partition Table: msdos
Disk Flags:

Number  Start       End          Size         Type     File system     Flags
 1      63s         979964s      979902s      primary  ext4            boot, raid
 2      980992s     15632383s    14651392s    primary  ext4
 3      15632384s   140632063s   124999680s   primary  linux-swap(v1)
 4      140633010s  1953487934s  1812854925s  primary                  raid

Model: ATA HGST HTS541010A9 (scsi)
Disk /dev/sdb: 1953525168s
Sector size (logical/physical): 512B/4096B
Partition Table: msdos
Disk Flags:

Number  Start       End          Size         Type     File system     Flags
 1      63s         979964s      979902s      primary  ext4            boot, raid
 2      980992s     15632383s    14651392s    primary  ext4
 3      15632384s   140632063s   124999680s   primary  linux-swap(v1)
 4      140633010s  1953487934s  1812854925s  primary                  raid

The install logs are attached.

Will fall back to deb10u3 again

Regards
--
Gerd Aschemann --- Veröffentlichen heißt Verändern (Carmen Thomas)
+49/173/3264070 -- gerd at aschemann.net -- http://www.aschemann.net
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> On 4. Mar 2021, at 12:02, Colin Watson <cjwatson at debian.org> wrote:
> 
> On Thu, Mar 04, 2021 at 07:36:15AM +0100, Gerd Aschemann wrote:
>>   * What led up to the situation?
>> 
>>     (Automatic) update to grub-pc_2.02-deb10u4
>> 
>>   * What exactly did you do (or not do) that was effective (or
>>     ineffective)?
>> 
>>     apt update && apt dist-upgrade
>> 
>>   * What was the outcome of this action?
>> 
>>     grub-install: error: embedding is not possible, but this is required for RAID and LVM install.
> 
> Could you provide the full output of this command (it will be very long,
> so I arranged for the output to be redirected to a file called
> "grub-install.out"):
> 
>  for device in /dev/sda /dev/sdb; do sudo grub-install --debug --target=i386-pc --force --no-floppy "$device"; done >grub-install.out 2>&1
> 
> I'd also like to see the output of "sudo parted -s /dev/sda unit s
> print" and "sudo parted -s /dev/sdb unit s print".
> 
> Thanks,
> 
> -- 
> Colin Watson (he/him)                              [cjwatson at debian.org]