Dick - just this morning I went to update packages on an AWS instance and it failed because the disk was not /dev/sda. I had to logon to the box, issue apt update -y, then a dialog popped up asking me for the drive to install grub-pc on.
On Mon, Oct 23, 2023 at 7:31 AM Kathy Lyons <[email protected]> wrote: > That's great - thank you! > > Now, does anyone know how I can do an "update grub-pc" with that > particular hard drive so it doesn't prompt me for the disk drive? > > On Mon, Oct 23, 2023 at 7:15 AM Dick Visser <[email protected]> wrote: > >> What exactly do you mean by 'update packages'? >> We're using Debian EC2 instances and never had to bother with manually >> selecting disks/devices... >> >> >> >> On Mon, 23 Oct 2023 at 12:14, Kathy L <[email protected]> wrote: >> >>> We are trying to update packages on several AWS servers via ansible. In >>> the beginning of our playbook we have the environment to noninteractive >>> like this: >>> environment: >>> DEBIAN_FRONTEND: noninteractive >>> >>> When I run an update (or try to install anything, I get the error >>> stating "/dev/sda does not exist". That is because for example, when >>> provisioning AWS nodes, the disk type is not /dev/sda but something else. >>> >>> My question is how do i run update grub-pc with a specific disk? I'm >>> assuming I would get the disk "name" from ansible_facts (devices), grab the >>> first disk, then run something similar to "apt install grub-pc /dev/nvme01" >>> >>> Is there a way to do this? I tried the line above and it failed and I'm >>> out of ideas. >>> >>> -- >>> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google >>> Groups "Ansible Project" group. >>> To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send >>> an email to [email protected]. >>> To view this discussion on the web visit >>> https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/ansible-project/2d19e75c-e914-48ce-af23-7d5ec79c2872n%40googlegroups.com >>> <https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/ansible-project/2d19e75c-e914-48ce-af23-7d5ec79c2872n%40googlegroups.com?utm_medium=email&utm_source=footer> >>> . >>> >> -- >> You received this message because you are subscribed to a topic in the >> Google Groups "Ansible Project" group. >> To unsubscribe from this topic, visit >> https://groups.google.com/d/topic/ansible-project/7EUtcfIe23E/unsubscribe >> . >> To unsubscribe from this group and all its topics, send an email to >> [email protected]. >> To view this discussion on the web visit >> https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/ansible-project/CAF8BbLaxPOjwSUUMLshJyZ4k9mv05TEMjV5Ud-T2dHv-6jifZg%40mail.gmail.com >> <https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/ansible-project/CAF8BbLaxPOjwSUUMLshJyZ4k9mv05TEMjV5Ud-T2dHv-6jifZg%40mail.gmail.com?utm_medium=email&utm_source=footer> >> . >> > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Ansible Project" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/ansible-project/CAK9%2BsMepmP9hAV9BaL5BKp2veFry_%3DMEvKyMiqrDMfZ3LKAeew%40mail.gmail.com.
