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Source: grub2
Severity: critical

Hello,

after upgrade a fresh Debian 12 to Debian 13 I get the error:


[quote]
Setting up grub-cloud-amd64 (0.1.1) ...
Installing for i386-pc platform.
grub-install: warning: Couldn't find physical volume `(null)'. Some modules may 
be missing from core image..
mdadm: cannot open /dev/md: No such file or directory
grub-install: error: cannot open `/dev/md': No such file or directory.
dpkg: error processing package grub-cloud-amd64 (--configure):
 installed grub-cloud-amd64 package post-installation script subprocess 
returned error exit status 1
Errors were encountered while processing:
 grub-cloud-amd64
Error: Sub-process /usr/bin/dpkg returned an error code (1)
[/quote]

update-grub:

[quote]
> update-grub
Generating grub configuration file ...
/usr/sbin/grub-probe: warning: Couldn't find physical volume `(null)'. Some 
modules may be missing from core image..
Found linux image: /boot/vmlinuz-6.12.38+deb13-amd64
Found initrd image: /boot/initrd.img-6.12.38+deb13-amd64
/usr/sbin/grub-probe: warning: Couldn't find physical volume `(null)'. Some 
modules may be missing from core image..
Found linux image: /boot/vmlinuz-6.1.0-37-amd64
Found initrd image: /boot/initrd.img-6.1.0-37-amd64
Adding boot menu entry for UEFI Firmware Settings ...
done
[/quote]


And grub-install

[quote]
> grub-install
Installing for x86_64-efi platform.
grub-install: warning: efivarfs_get_variable: 
open(/sys/firmware/efi/efivars/blk0-47c7b225-c42a-11d2-8e57-00a0c969723b): No 
such file or directory.
grub-install: warning: efi_get_variable: ops->get_variable failed: No such file 
or directory.
grub-install: warning: efi_va_generate_file_device_path_from_esp: could not 
open device for ESP: Bad address.
grub-install: warning: efi_generate_file_device_path_from_esp: could not 
generate File DP from ESP: Bad address.
grub-install: error: failed to register the EFI boot entry: Bad address.
[/quote]


/etc/default/grub:

[quote]
> cat grub
# If you change this file or any /etc/default/grub.d/*.cfg file,
# run 'update-grub' afterwards to update /boot/grub/grub.cfg.
# For full documentation of the options in these files, see:
#   info -f grub -n 'Simple configuration'

GRUB_DEFAULT=0
GRUB_TIMEOUT=5
GRUB_DISTRIBUTOR=`( . /etc/os-release && echo ${NAME} )`
GRUB_CMDLINE_LINUX_DEFAULT=""
GRUB_CMDLINE_LINUX="rd.driver=raid1,ahci,dm_mod,part_gpt domdadm dolvm 
rd.lvm.vg=vg00 rd.lvm.lv=vg00/usr net.ifnames=0 biosdevname=0 intel_iommu=off 
console=ttyS1,115200 console=tty0"

# If your computer has multiple operating systems installed, then you
# probably want to run os-prober. However, if your computer is a host
# for guest OSes installed via LVM or raw disk devices, running
# os-prober can cause damage to those guest OSes as it mounts
# filesystems to look for things.
#GRUB_DISABLE_OS_PROBER=false

# Uncomment to enable BadRAM filtering, modify to suit your needs
# This works with Linux (no patch required) and with any kernel that obtains
# the memory map information from GRUB (GNU Mach, kernel of FreeBSD ...)
#GRUB_BADRAM="0x01234567,0xfefefefe,0x89abcdef,0xefefefef"

# Uncomment to disable graphical terminal
#GRUB_TERMINAL=console

# The resolution used on graphical terminal
# note that you can use only modes which your graphic card supports via 
VBE/GOP/UGA
# you can see them in real GRUB with the command `videoinfo'
#GRUB_GFXMODE=640x480

# Uncomment if you don't want GRUB to pass "root=UUID=xxx" parameter to Linux
#GRUB_DISABLE_LINUX_UUID=true

# Uncomment to disable generation of recovery mode menu entries
#GRUB_DISABLE_RECOVERY="true"

# Uncomment to get a beep at grub start
#GRUB_INIT_TUNE="480 440 1"
[/quote]


If you need more infos please ask

CU
Jörg

-- System Information:
Debian Release: 13.0
  APT prefers testing-security
  APT policy: (500, 'testing-security'), (500, 'testing'), (300, 'unstable')
Architecture: amd64 (x86_64)

Kernel: Linux 6.12.38+deb13-amd64 (SMP w/20 CPU threads; PREEMPT)
Kernel taint flags: TAINT_OOT_MODULE, TAINT_UNSIGNED_MODULE
Locale: LANG=de_DE.UTF-8, LC_CTYPE=de_DE.UTF-8 (charmap=UTF-8), LANGUAGE not set
Shell: /bin/sh linked to /usr/bin/dash
Init: systemd (via /run/systemd/system)

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Hello,

thanks for your hint.


Am Mittwoch, dem 30.07.2025 um 22:23 +0200 schrieb Chris Hofstaedtler:
> On Wed, Jul 30, 2025 at 07:20:50PM +0200, Jörg Frings-Fürst wrote:
> > Hello Felix,
> > 
> > thanks for you quick answer.
> > 
> > 
> > Am Mittwoch, dem 30.07.2025 um 18:56 +0200 schrieb Felix Zielcke:
> > > Am Mittwoch, dem 30.07.2025 um 18:35 +0200 schrieb Jörg Frings-
> > > Fürst:
> > > > Source: grub2
> > > > Severity: critical
> > > > 
> > > > Hello,
> > > > 
> > > > after upgrade a fresh Debian 12 to Debian 13 I get the error:
> > > > 
> > > > 
> > > > [quote]
> > > > Setting up grub-cloud-amd64 (0.1.1) ...
>                       ^^^^^
> 
> > A good question: I don't know. Its an dedicated Server from Ionos.
>                                         ^^^^^^^^^
> 
> How did you end up with the grub-cloud-amd64 installed? Please check 
> your logs how it got installed.
> 
> As far as I understand the grub-cloud-* limitations, you are 
> probably outside of its design usecase.
> 

Here ar the installed grub packges after new install of Debian 12 with
the IONOS image.

[quote]
#  dpkg -l grub* | grep ii
ii  grub-cloud-amd64      0.0.5             amd64        GRand Unified 
Bootloader (cloud setup)
ii  grub-common           2.06-13+deb12u1   amd64        GRand Unified 
Bootloader (common files)
ii  grub-efi              2.06-13+deb12u1   amd64        GRand Unified 
Bootloader, version 2 (dummy package)
ii  grub-efi-amd64        2.06-13+deb12u1   amd64        GRand Unified 
Bootloader, version 2 (EFI-AMD64 version)
ii  grub-efi-amd64-bin    2.06-13+deb12u1   amd64        GRand Unified 
Bootloader, version 2 (EFI-AMD64 modules)
ii  grub-efi-amd64-signed 1+2.06+13+deb12u1 amd64        GRand Unified 
Bootloader, version 2 (amd64 UEFI signed by Debian)
ii  grub-pc-bin           2.06-13+deb12u1   amd64        GRand Unified 
Bootloader, version 2 (PC/BIOS modules)
ii  grub2-common          2.06-13+deb12u1   amd64        GRand Unified 
Bootloader (common files for version 2)
[/quote]


The grub-cloud-amd64 was not installed by the other 4 Systems. So I have remove 
them.

And the upgrade to Debian 13 runs now without any grub error. 

So I close this bug.


> Chris


Many thanks. 

CU
Jörg

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