Bug#73654: refuses to install

[Gordon Matzigkeit]

>>>>> Wichert Akkerman writes:

 WA> grub won't install for me:

 grub> root (hd0,3)
  Filesystem type is ext2fs, partition type 0x83

 grub> setup (hd0)
  Running "embed /boot/grub/e2fs_stage1_5 (hd0)"

 Error: Invalid device requested

In all likelihood, the error occured because there is no `/boot'
directory in (hd0,3).  I'm guessing that your Linux /dev/hda4 is
mounted as `/boot'?  That means the `embed' command should be using
`embed /grub/e2fs_stage1_5 (hd0)', or else you should create a symlink
`ln -s . /boot/boot'.

In any event, the next release of GRUB will help diagnose and fix such
problems:

1) It will give you a more detailed explanation as to why the setup
   fails.

2) The `setup' command in grub-install and the GRUB native mode
   provides a `--prefix' option to specify a directory other than
   `/boot/grub' on the root partition.

 WA> Any help is appreciated, the documentation doesn't seem to give
 WA> any explanation what the problem might be..

It's a problem that was really only noticed in the last release.

Good luck,

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