Robert Millan wrote, on 27/08/08 04:38:
On Tue, Aug 26, 2008 at 10:48:37AM +0930, Arthur Marsh wrote:
Setting up grub-pc (1.96+20080724-8) ...
error: cannot open `(null)'
It seems there are 3 places in which the same message could be issued.
Please try the attached patch (in addition to the last one). It should make
them distinguishable so we can find which one you hit.
Thank you
The following error makes sense for a floppy drive with no disk in it,
but maybe the error message could be improved (removable disk not in
drive, identify the drive)?
Arthur.
dpkg -i grub-common*.deb grub-pc*.deb grub-rescue-pc*.deb
(Reading database ... 259214 files and directories currently installed.)
Preparing to replace grub-common 1.96+20080724-8 (using
grub-common_1.96+20080724-8_i386.deb) ...
Unpacking replacement grub-common ...
Preparing to replace grub-pc 1.96+20080724-8 (using
grub-pc_1.96+20080724-8_i386.deb) ...
Unpacking replacement grub-pc ...
Preparing to replace grub-rescue-pc 1.96+20080724-8 (using
grub-rescue-pc_1.96+20080724-8_i386.deb) ...
Unpacking replacement grub-rescue-pc ...
Setting up grub-common (1.96+20080724-8) ...
Setting up grub-pc (1.96+20080724-8) ...
error: cannot open `(null)' while attempting to get disk size
error: cannot open `(null)' while attempting to get disk size
Updating /boot/grub/grub.cfg ...
error: cannot open `(null)' while attempting to get disk size
error: cannot open `(null)' while attempting to get disk size
error: cannot open `(null)' while attempting to get disk size
error: cannot open `(null)' while attempting to get disk size
error: cannot open `(null)' while attempting to get disk size
error: cannot open `(null)' while attempting to get disk size
Found linux image: /boot/vmlinuz-2.6.27-rc4-686
Found initrd image: /boot/initrd.img-2.6.27-rc4-686
Found linux image: /boot/vmlinuz-2.6.27-rc3
Found initrd image: /boot/initrd.img-2.6.27-rc3
Found linux image: /boot/vmlinuz-2.6.26-1-686
Found initrd image: /boot/initrd.img-2.6.26-1-686
Found linux image: /boot/vmlinuz-2.6.26
Found initrd image: /boot/initrd.img-2.6.26
Found memtest86+ image: /boot/memtest86+.bin
Found Windows 95/98/Me on /dev/hda1
Found Windows 95/98/Me on /dev/hda7
done
Setting up grub-rescue-pc (1.96+20080724-8) ...
Processing triggers for man-db ...
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