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Re: [trinity-users] sid 64bit live cd looses grub

From: Lisi Reisz <lisi.reisz@...>
Date: Thu, 25 Jun 2015 13:04:03 +0100
On Thursday 25 June 2015 12:49:20 David Hare wrote:
> On 25/06/15 09:58, Dr. Nikolaus Klepp wrote:
> >> Looks like there's a bug :-) I just tried exegnu64_devuan_20150624.iso
> >> in virtualbox, grub does not get installed.
> >
> > Sorry, forgot the offending line from installer_errors.log:
> >
> > /usr/sbin/grub-install: /usr/sbin/grub-install: cannot execute binary
> > file
> >
> >
> >   Nik
>
> Thanks Nik! The log info is exactly what was needed. Thanks also Robert
> and kanenas.
>
> "/bin/bash" is used in the installer's grub-install lines 1068, 1075,
> 1119 .. but this seems to have stopped working in recent grub versions.
>
> Removing "/bin/bash" from those lines of /usr/bin/exegnu-installer
> should fix the problem. You could copy it to userspace then edit and run
> it from there.
>
> It will take till tomorrow morning to test this and post a fixed ISO
> (upload restrictions). Till then you could either edit exegnu-installer
> or try the alternative "refracta-installer" in the system menu.
>
> > for a spoiled non geek it is a bit of "work in
> > progress"...
> > good luck,
>
> As is TDE itself and Devuan, both still awaiting an official release for
> Jessie.
>
> I won't speculate on the systemd-related bug count in current mainstream
> Debian "Stable" because I no longer use it. They never supported TDE
> anyway.

Does Devuan?

Lisi