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But the GRUB package nowadays tries to use /dev/disk/by-id/... for the install_devices setting, as can be observed by reconfiguring the package (which then automatically converts the /dev/sdX device to the proper /dev/disk/by-id/... device):
root@grml:~# dpkg-reconfigure grub-pc
grub-pc: Running grub-install ...
Installing for i386-pc platform.
Installation finished. No error reported.
grub-install success for /dev/sda
Generating grub configuration file ...
Found linux image: /boot/vmlinuz-6.1.0-7-amd64
Found initrd image: /boot/initrd.img-6.1.0-7-amd64
Warning: os-prober will not be executed to detect other bootable partitions.
Systems on them will not be added to the GRUB boot configuration.
Check GRUB_DISABLE_OS_PROBER documentation entry.
done
root@grml:~# debconf-show grub-pc | grep grub-pc/install_devices
grub-pc/install_devices_disks_changed:
* grub-pc/install_devices: /dev/disk/by-id/ata-VBOX_HARDDISK_VBf4f4391c-6316fa69
grub-pc/install_devices_failed: false
grub-pc/install_devices_failed_upgrade: true
* grub-pc/install_devices_empty: true
Usage of /dev/disk/by-id/... is to be preferred, as this is the more stable path.
The text was updated successfully, but these errors were encountered:
We pass the requested
--grub ...
device argument to the GRUB package configuration, like:But the GRUB package nowadays tries to use
/dev/disk/by-id/...
for theinstall_devices
setting, as can be observed by reconfiguring the package (which then automatically converts the/dev/sdX
device to the proper/dev/disk/by-id/...
device):Usage of
/dev/disk/by-id/...
is to be preferred, as this is the more stable path.The text was updated successfully, but these errors were encountered: