Changeset 93957 in vbox

Timestamp:

Feb 25, 2022 5:51:36 PM (3 years ago)

Author:

vboxsync

Message:

Main/Unattended: ​bugref:9781. Pointing grub-install to /dev/sda instead of /dev/default for Ubuntus [14.04, 15.04]

File:

• trunk/src/VBox/Main/UnattendedTemplates/ubuntu_preseed.cfg (modified) (2 diffs)

trunk/src/VBox/Main/UnattendedTemplates/ubuntu_preseed.cfg

@@ -66 +66 @@
 d-i grub-installer/only_debian boolean true
 
+@@VBOX_COND[${GUEST_OS_VERSION} vge 14.04 && ${GUEST_OS_VERSION} vle 15.04]@@
 # Due notably to potential USB sticks, the location of the MBR can not be
 # determined safely in general, so this needs to be specified:
-#d-i grub-installer/bootdev  string /dev/sda
+# grub-install fails on [14.04.0, 15.04] by complaining "not being able to find default".
+# pointing it to /dev/sda gets around that problem.
+d-i grub-installer/bootdev  string /dev/sda
+@@VBOX_COND_ELSE@@
 # To install to the first device (assuming it is not a USB stick):
 d-i grub-installer/bootdev  string default
+@@VBOX_COND_END@@
 
 d-i finish-install/reboot_in_progress note
@@ -91 +96 @@
 # Seems this doesn't make any difference, so why bother.
 #ubiquity ubiquity/download_updates boolean false
-