Devuan bug report logs - #795
issue on EFI 32bit on 64bit hardware live-cd Chimeara installer

Package: grub-efi-ia32; Reported by: Guido Maria Serra <[email protected]>; dated Sun, 17 Sep 2023 15:00:01 UTC; Maintainer for grub-efi-ia32 is (unknown).

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From: Guido Maria Serra <[email protected]>
To: "=?utf-8?Q?submit=40bugs.devuan.org?=" <[email protected]>
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Subject: issue on EFI 32bit on 64bit hardware live-cd Chimeara installer
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Package: grub-efi-ia32

Hi, as you are fully aware by the note that I see here:
https://devuan.rosset.eu.org/devuan-files/devuan_chimaera/desktop-live/README_desktop-live.txt (https://link.getmailspring.com/link/[email protected]/0?redirect=https%3A%2F%2Fdevuan.rosset.eu.org%2Fdevuan-files%2Fdevuan_chimaera%2Fdesktop-live%2FREADME_desktop-live.txt&recipient=c3VibWl0QGJ1Z3MuZGV2dWFuLm9yZw%3D%3D)
and here (which was my entry point... i went to look for the chimaera one for being sure it didn't change)

https://files.devuan.org/devuan_beowulf/desktop-live/README.desktop-live.txt (https://link.getmailspring.com/link/[email protected]/1?redirect=https%3A%2F%2Ffiles.devuan.org%2Fdevuan_beowulf%2Fdesktop-live%2FREADME.desktop-live.txt&recipient=c3VibWl0QGJ1Z3MuZGV2dWFuLm9yZw%3D%3D)

- If your hardware needs a 32-bit uefi bootloader with a 64-bit operating

system, install the grub-efi-ia32 package before running the installer.
This is true for both graphical and cli installers.

dpkg -i /grub-efi-ia32
issue is... the package provided in the iso, fails miserably on the post-install script
> grub-probe: error: failed to get canonical path of 'overlay'

tbh this is expected as / is mounted as an overlay given the usb live-cd mechanism you did put in place
happy to test workarounds, as I'm already fiddling with /var/lib/dpkg/info and the postinst script of the package to move forward and I'm not getting to a resolution... please just let me know how can I help
the installer is a dd of a Chimeara image a week before you announce its official release as stable
...the hardware is a Lenovo 100s that had a working setup of an old Kali Linux (I remember i tried several distros before landing there) ... now, I wanted to get Devuan on it

best,
GMS

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<div>Package:&nbsp; grub-efi-ia32</div><br><div><font style=3D=22font-siz=
e:14.5px=22><font style=3D=22font-family:Nylas-Pro, Helvetica, &quot;Luci=
dia Grande&quot;, sans-serif=22>Hi, as you are fully aware by the note th=
at I see here:</font></font></div><div><div><font style=3D=22font-size:14=
.5px=22><font style=3D=22font-family:Nylas-Pro, Helvetica, &quot;Lucidia =
Grande&quot;, sans-serif=22><span style=3D=22color:rgb(65, 155, 249)=22><=
a href=3D=22https://link.getmailspring.com/link/BB8B1DCE-4E74-4EB7-83CE-C=
C9CEE051=469C=40getmailspring.com/0=3Fredirect=3Dhttps%3A%2=46%2=46devuan=
.rosset.eu.org%2=46devuan-files%2=46devuan=5Fchimaera%2=46desktop-live%2=46=
README=5Fdesktop-live.txt&amp;recipient=3Dc3VibWl0QGJ1Z3MuZGV2dW=46uLm9yZ=
w%3D%3D=22 title=3D=22https://devuan.rosset.eu.org/devuan-files/devuan=5F=
chimaera/desktop-live/README=5Fdesktop-live.txt=22>https://devuan.rosset.=
eu.org/devuan-files/devuan=5Fchimaera/desktop-live/README=5Fdesktop-live.=
txt</a></span></font></font></div><div><font style=3D=22font-size:14.5px=22=
><font style=3D=22font-family:Nylas-Pro, Helvetica, &quot;Lucidia Grande&=
quot;, sans-serif=22>and here (which was my entry point... i went to look=
 for the chimaera one for being sure it didn't change)</font></font></div=
></div><div><div><font style=3D=22font-size:14.5px=22><font style=3D=22fo=
nt-family:Nylas-Pro, Helvetica, &quot;Lucidia Grande&quot;, sans-serif=22=
><span style=3D=22color:rgb(65, 155, 249)=22><a href=3D=22https://link.ge=
tmailspring.com/link/BB8B1DCE-4E74-4EB7-83CE-CC9CEE051=469C=40getmailspri=
ng.com/1=3Fredirect=3Dhttps%3A%2=46%2=46files.devuan.org%2=46devuan=5Fbeo=
wulf%2=46desktop-live%2=46README.desktop-live.txt&amp;recipient=3Dc3VibWl=
0QGJ1Z3MuZGV2dW=46uLm9yZw%3D%3D=22 title=3D=22https://files.devuan.org/de=
vuan=5Fbeowulf/desktop-live/README.desktop-live.txt=22>https://files.devu=
an.org/devuan=5Fbeowulf/desktop-live/README.desktop-live.txt</a></span></=
font></font></div></div><code><pre style=3D=22background-color:rgba(0,0,0=
,0.05);padding:0.2em 1em=22><div><code>&nbsp;- If your hardware needs a 3=
2-bit uefi bootloader with a 64-bit operating </code></div><div><code>sys=
tem, install the grub-efi-ia32 package before running the installer. </co=
de></div><div><code>This is true for both graphical and cli installers.</=
code></div><br><div><code>	dpkg -i /grub-efi-ia32</code></div></pre></cod=
e><div><font style=3D=22font-size:14.5px=22><font style=3D=22font-family:=
Nylas-Pro, Helvetica, &quot;Lucidia Grande&quot;, sans-serif=22>issue is.=
.. the package provided in the iso, fails miserably on the post-install s=
cript</font></font></div><div><font style=3D=22font-size:14.5px=22><font =
style=3D=22font-family:Nylas-Pro, Helvetica, &quot;Lucidia Grande&quot;, =
sans-serif=22>&gt;&nbsp;&nbsp; grub-probe:&nbsp;error: failed to get cano=
nical path of 'overlay'</font></font></div><br><div><font style=3D=22font=
-size:14.5px=22><font style=3D=22font-family:Nylas-Pro, Helvetica, &quot;=
Lucidia Grande&quot;, sans-serif=22>tbh this is expected as / is mounted =
as an overlay given the usb live-cd mechanism you did put in place</font>=
</font></div><br><div><font style=3D=22font-size:14.5px=22><font style=3D=
=22font-family:Nylas-Pro, Helvetica, &quot;Lucidia Grande&quot;, sans-ser=
if=22>happy to test workarounds, as I'm already fiddling with /var/lib/dp=
kg/info and the postinst script of the package to move forward and I'm no=
t getting to a resolution... please just let me know how can I help</font=
></font></div><br><div><font style=3D=22font-size:14.5px=22><font style=3D=
=22font-family:Nylas-Pro, Helvetica, &quot;Lucidia Grande&quot;, sans-ser=
if=22>the installer is a dd of a Chimeara image a week before you announc=
e its official release as stable</font></font></div><div><font style=3D=22=
font-size:14.5px=22><font style=3D=22font-family:Nylas-Pro, Helvetica, &q=
uot;Lucidia Grande&quot;, sans-serif=22>...the hardware is a Lenovo 100s =
that had a working setup of an old Kali Linux (I remember i tried several=
 distros before landing there) ... now, I wanted to get Devuan on it</fon=
t></font></div><br><div><font style=3D=22font-size:14.5px=22><font style=3D=
=22font-family:Nylas-Pro, Helvetica, &quot;Lucidia Grande&quot;, sans-ser=
if=22>best,</font></font></div><div><font style=3D=22font-size:14.5px=22>=
<font style=3D=22font-family:Nylas-Pro, Helvetica, &quot;Lucidia Grande&q=
uot;, sans-serif=22>GMS</font></font></div><img class=3D=22mailspring-ope=
n=22 alt=3D=22Sent from Mailspring=22 width=3D=220=22 height=3D=220=22 st=
yle=3D=22border:0; width:0; height:0;=22 src=3D=22https://link.getmailspr=
ing.com/open/BB8B1DCE-4E74-4EB7-83CE-CC9CEE051=469C=40getmailspring.com=3F=
me=3De50101ae&amp;recipient=3Dc3VibWl0QGJ1Z3MuZGV2dW=46uLm9yZw%3D%3D=22>
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Acknowledgement sent to Guido Maria Serra <[email protected]>:
New bug report received and forwarded. Copy sent to [email protected]. Full text available.
Report forwarded to [email protected], [email protected]:
bug#795; Package grub-efi-ia32. Full text available.

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