/(chroot) Gentoo-2012 / # usr/sbin/grub2-probe --device /dev/sda3 --target=hints_string /usr/sbin/grub2-probe: error: failed to get canonical path of /sys/block/sda. this is called by /usr/share/grub/grub-mkconfig_lib /etc/grub.d/00_header cause problem with # grub2-mkconfig -o /boot/grub2/grub.cfg Generating grub.cfg ... but config is not generated - script broke on calling prepare_grub_to_access_device `${grub_probe} --target=device "${GRUB_FONT}"` after commented this line, generating config file reached end. to order to install boo I must to #parted /dev/sda set 1 bios_grub on my config # gdisk /dev/sda GPT fdisk (gdisk) version 0.8.4 Partition table scan: MBR: protective BSD: not present APM: not present GPT: present Found valid GPT with protective MBR; using GPT. Command (? for help): p Disk /dev/sda: 234441648 sectors, 111.8 GiB Logical sector size: 512 bytes Disk identifier (GUID): D42FA805-995D-41C7-AB90-B42A95F4B41C Partition table holds up to 128 entries First usable sector is 34, last usable sector is 234441614 Partitions will be aligned on 2048-sector boundaries Total free space is 2925 sectors (1.4 MiB) Number Start (sector) End (sector) Size Code Name 1 2048 206847 100.0 MiB EF02 2 206848 21178367 10.0 GiB 8200 3 21178368 234440703 101.7 GiB 8300 first partition has Code 8300 but [parted /dev/sda set 1 bios_grub on] has changed this fs sda1 is ext2 fs sda3 is btrfs
under install procedure http://www.gentoo.org/doc/en/handbook/handbook-amd64.xml?full=1#book_part1_chap5 chroot do not doing mount --rbind /sys /mnt/gentoo/sys After adding this line to chroot procedure everythings ok (chroot) Gentoo-2012 sys # grub2-mkconfig -o /boot/grub2/grub.cfg Generating grub.cfg ... Found linux image: /boot/vmlinuz-3.4.0-gentoo-m1k0 Found linux image: /boot/vmlinuz-3.4.0-gentoo done (chroot) Gentoo-2012 sys # /usr/sbin/grub2-probe --device /dev/sda3 --target=hints_string --hint-bios=hd0,gpt3 --hint-efi=hd0,gpt3 --hint-baremetal=ahci0,gpt3 (chroot) Gentoo-2012 sys # grub2-install /dev/sda Installation finished. No error reported. (chroot) Gentoo-2012 sys #
Hand book is fixed, so marking this resolved as well.
