Apparently the installation of Peppermint 12 (Debian) is failing if you try to install it offline, because it needs to grab the GRUB package from an online source rather than installing it locally (output attached).
Is this is the intended behaviour by default? Or just a bug?
M.Hanny Sabbagh - You are correct our iso builder bubbles.. At the moment does not take into account the offline install. Yeah it would be a bug that I will note our ticketing system to resolve.
Thanks!
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I don't know if it's related, but.....
I installed grub customizer. It only detects it's own install, not the other 3 what were aleady on hard disk.
Note: info only - no assistance needed
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Anonymous
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2023-07-09
Debian have altered the OS probe, so it does not discover other installed OS'es.
You will have to edit your /etc/default/grub file and add this text body for it to work at the bottom of this file. If you or anyone wise wants to see what else is installed.
# Uncomment this to run os-prober so search for and add other OS installations to the grub boot menu
GRUB_DISABLE_OS_PROBER=false
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Thanks to Cavy for his solution which worked for me too. I couldn't understand why OS prober could see the other os but it didn't come up in the grub menu.
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To cavy and others
You could provide an application called < Redo Bootloader >
I use it already for years
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Anonymous
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2023-08-23
Hi Old Ton,
Redo Bootloader is not in the Debian repos, it is unlikely we will include it in our own repos.
There are several backup and recovery tools in the current repos. Some better than other. Take Timeshift, for example it can recover a non booting system, the entire system with all your data still intact, even amend a mistake that corrupts or taints the OS. Depending how you have configured it.
This can be achieved either from your desktop, but will need to boot into your LiveCD media to rescue a non booting UEFI /boot/efi, a Legacy /boot or you just have a single /partition. Note while in the LiveCD you will have to install Timeshift.
Please have a look at the attached screenshot configurations I have for both my Dell 3050 micro form factor machines in a KVM set up, I use for to conduct all Peppermint business with access to both Bullseye and Bookworm versions at a switch of a button.
Now the Bookworm machine in the early days circa March became corrupted from an experimental code and I was able to go back two hours and salvage it without any loss of any data bar the new code, which was corrected at a later date. That is an example of the flexibility of the tool.
@cavy
Apologies! I should have mentioned that I use Redo Bootloader in another rpm based distro. My bad !
As for Timeshift....I am ( theoretical ) well aware of what Timeshift is and does, but I never have used it ( except a 10 minutes trial ) , because I always used MyLivecd to make backups.--->click1-click2-click3-----> iso ready in 10 minutes.
However, since you seem to be a fanatic for Timeshift, I have done some < more > research and < reviews .> and have decided to give it a very-very-serious trial in next Peppermint Devuan release.
Congratulations ! You have managed , -where others failed-, to convince me !
Thanks for the reply. I really appreciate it .
Have a nice day
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@cavy
I have used timeshift for some time now, and although it functions well, it's not for me.
I stick with < backup to ISO > , which can be used for anything any time any place anyone.
But thanks anyway to lure me into trying it. I learned !
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Hello.
Apparently the installation of Peppermint 12 (Debian) is failing if you try to install it offline, because it needs to grab the GRUB package from an online source rather than installing it locally (output attached).
Is this is the intended behaviour by default? Or just a bug?
Thanks.
M.Hanny Sabbagh - You are correct our iso builder bubbles.. At the moment does not take into account the offline install. Yeah it would be a bug that I will note our ticketing system to resolve.
Thanks!
I don't know if it's related, but.....
I installed grub customizer. It only detects it's own install, not the other 3 what were aleady on hard disk.
Note: info only - no assistance needed
Debian have altered the OS probe, so it does not discover other installed OS'es.
You will have to edit your
/etc/default/grubfile and add this text body for it to work at the bottom of this file. If you or anyone wise wants to see what else is installed.Thanks cavy , this worked
Just to be clear, you are attempting a Legacy install, correct?
Thanks to Cavy for his solution which worked for me too. I couldn't understand why OS prober could see the other os but it didn't come up in the grub menu.
To cavy and others
You could provide an application called < Redo Bootloader >
I use it already for years
Hi Old Ton,
Redo Bootloader is not in the Debian repos, it is unlikely we will include it in our own repos.
There are several backup and recovery tools in the current repos. Some better than other. Take
Timeshift, for example it can recover a non booting system, the entire system with all your data still intact, even amend a mistake that corrupts or taints the OS. Depending how you have configured it.This can be achieved either from your desktop, but will need to boot into your LiveCD media to rescue a non booting UEFI
/boot/efi, a Legacy/bootor you just have a single/partition. Note while in the LiveCD you will have to install Timeshift.Please have a look at the attached screenshot configurations I have for both my Dell 3050 micro form factor machines in a KVM set up, I use for to conduct all Peppermint business with access to both Bullseye and Bookworm versions at a switch of a button.
Now the Bookworm machine in the early days circa March became corrupted from an experimental code and I was able to go back two hours and salvage it without any loss of any data bar the new code, which was corrected at a later date. That is an example of the flexibility of the tool.
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@cavy
Apologies! I should have mentioned that I use Redo Bootloader in another rpm based distro. My bad !
As for Timeshift....I am ( theoretical ) well aware of what Timeshift is and does, but I never have used it ( except a 10 minutes trial ) , because I always used MyLivecd to make backups.--->click1-click2-click3-----> iso ready in 10 minutes.
However, since you seem to be a fanatic for Timeshift, I have done some < more > research and < reviews .> and have decided to give it a very-very-serious trial in next Peppermint Devuan release.
Congratulations ! You have managed , -where others failed-, to convince me !
Thanks for the reply. I really appreciate it .
Have a nice day
@cavy
I have used timeshift for some time now, and although it functions well, it's not for me.
I stick with < backup to ISO > , which can be used for anything any time any place anyone.
But thanks anyway to lure me into trying it. I learned !