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how it works: Anybody can ask a question Anybody can answer The best answers are voted up and rise to the top grub2: update-grub failed to get canonical path of `none' up vote 4 down vote favorite 3 $ sudo update-grub /usr/sbin/grub-probe: error: failed to get canonical path of `none'. This is the situation I'm in after an interrupted upgrade grub-install failed to get canonical path of overlay from vivid to wily [edit] Further delving into grub source code, the second command is probably the failing one: $ grub-probe --target=device / /dev/md2 $ grub-probe --target=device /boot grub-probe: error: failed to get canonical path of `none'. The following also gives the error: $ sudo grub-probe -t device /boot/grub grub-probe: error: failed to get canonical path of `none'. $ sudo grub-probe -t fs_uuid /boot/grub grub-probe: error: failed to get canonical path of `none'. [/edit] I don't have /boot/grub/grub.cfg present (or older /boot/grub/menu.lst) It was impossible to install a boot loader during grub configuration: http://imgur.com/a/LqPa8 Grub failed to install on the available options (/dev/sda /dev/sdb or /dev/md2) md1 wasn't given as an option, even though it is currently mounted at /boot : $ cat /etc/fstab proc /proc proc defaults 0 0 /dev/md/0 none swap sw 0 0 /dev/md/1 /boot ext3 defaults 0 0 /dev/md/2 / ext4 defaults 0 0 I've got a raid setup with /dev/sda and /dev/sdb anyhow: $ sudo fdisk -l Disk /dev/sda: 447.1 GiB, 480103981056 bytes, 937703088 sectors Units: sectors of 1 * 512 = 512
communities company blog Stack Exchange Inbox Reputation and Badges sign up log in tour help Tour Start here for a quick overview of the site Help Center Detailed answers to any questions you might have Meta Discuss the workings and policies of this site About Us Learn more about Stack Overflow the company Business Learn more about hiring developers or posting failed to get canonical path of /boot/grub ads with us Ask Ubuntu Questions Tags Users Badges Unanswered Ask Question _ Ask Ubuntu is grub-install error failed to get canonical path of airootfs a question and answer site for Ubuntu users and developers. Join them; it only takes a minute: Sign up Here's how it works: Anybody can grub-probe: error: failed to get canonical path of zfs ask a question Anybody can answer The best answers are voted up and rise to the top Failed to get canonical path of /cow up vote 28 down vote favorite 6 I am trying to install Ubuntu 12.10 for quite some time, http://askubuntu.com/questions/775103/grub2-update-grub-failed-to-get-canonical-path-of-none and passing hurdles one by one. Now I am in a situation as follows. I have got a PC and 10 GB HDD which will be totally dedicated to Ubuntu so no option of Wubi and dual boot. I was trying to install from DVD, but it is getting stuck at "Out of frequency" error. So I had to adapt for USB boot option. But my PC is USB non bootable, so workaround is "Plop Boot Manager". So I am doing the installation procedure http://askubuntu.com/questions/254491/failed-to-get-canonical-path-of-cow as follows: starting from a CD drive which is having plop installed. opting for for USB boot in plop options. booting begins from USB. monitor eventually gives "out of frequency" error press Shift+Alt+F1 to get the terminal. open the grub with sudo nano /etc/default/grub. do necessary changes. sudo update-grub. Now here I am getting error as follows: /usr/sbin/grub-probe:error:failed to get canonical path of /cow. My system is P4 3.06 GHz, 1 GB ram , 10 GB HDD without an OS, monitor CRT lg StudioWorks (7 years old). Mobo Mercury P4 266a NDMx (865 equivalent). The whole system is perfectly in working condition under XP, but it is USB non bootable, and all other devices working perfectly. What should I do next? grub2 usb live-usb usb-creator share|improve this question edited Feb 18 '14 at 16:53 Olli 5,08812439 asked Feb 13 '13 at 4:18 ulkaNCST 156127 Does your computer have the Recommended Minimum System Requirements to run Ubuntu? I have had problems installing 12.04 to machines with less than 1GB RAM. –C.S.Cameron Feb 14 '13 at 5:49 Yes ,Now I have added my system specification to question. –ulkaNCST Feb 14 '13 at 7:56 askubuntu.com/questions/207663/… might be worth a try. –Rinzwind Feb 14 '13 at 7:59 4 First mount your hard drive to some folder, say /mnt and then chroot to /mnt. –green Feb 18 '13 at 3:44 2 possible duplicate of How can I repair grub? (How to get Ubuntu back after installing
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