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Comment on Workaround the Grub installation issue in Debian Wheezy by andina

andina — Fri, 08 Mar 2013 06:28:18 +0000

thanks topcat, will most certainly try this

Comment on Workaround the Grub installation issue in Debian Wheezy by topcat

topcat — Wed, 06 Mar 2013 22:14:49 +0000

I had the same frustrating GRUB failure problem with a USB installation but was able to fix it using the tip/workaround provided here: http://forums.debian.net/viewtopic.php?f=17&t=80884

In summary, when you get to the failing GRUB bit of the install, switch to the (braindead) ash shell and run:

for d in dev proc sys; do mount –bind /$d /target/$d; done

Then switch back to the GRUB install and this time it will work (although I had to specify the device in the /dev/xxxx format, not as (xxxx))

Comment on Workaround the Grub installation issue in Debian Wheezy by andina

andina — Tue, 05 Mar 2013 12:54:40 +0000

problem is that the “execute a shell” choice allows to execute some commands in root prompt albeit very restricted ones. For instance you cannot use the ping command nor the grub-install command or the apt command. It is pretty much a useless shell unless I am missing something.

Comment on Workaround the Grub installation issue in Debian Wheezy by nidget

nidget — Tue, 05 Mar 2013 12:20:20 +0000

I have tried UNetbootin with the standard netinst CD image that I have retrieved from here “http://cdimage.debian.org/debian-cd/6.0.7/amd64/iso-cd/debian-6.0.7-amd64-netinst.iso” and I have managed to get a root prompt in two different ways, either by launching the normal install from the UNetbootin menu and pressing the ‘escape’ key until I get into the menu with all the installation steps – there there is a menu item to launch a root prompt, either (more direct) by selecting “Expert Install” directly from the UNetbootin menu.

I hope this helps you.

Comment on Workaround the Grub installation issue in Debian Wheezy by andina

andina — Tue, 05 Mar 2013 10:33:32 +0000

thanks nidget
I have used UNetbootin an MS application which automatically creates a USB netinstaller which definitely does not include any options.Is there any way I can create a USB disk (dont have a dvd rom on my proliant server) for the live debian?

Comment on Workaround the Grub installation issue in Debian Wheezy by nidget

nidget — Tue, 05 Mar 2013 10:26:07 +0000

Are you using the mini.iso image file?
If yes, you should see the “Advanced Options” item.
If not, you can probably do it too from a live Debian distro: http://live.debian.net/

Comment on Workaround the Grub installation issue in Debian Wheezy by andina

andina — Mon, 04 Mar 2013 16:59:24 +0000

I have tried 10 different attempts to install debian amd64 via a usb netinstaller and I get this lousy bug every single time. However since I have used the USB and not the CD installation media there is no option of ADVANCED OPTIONS at the start of the booting. I have of course failed to install debian now and am at the stage of finish the installation without the boot loader. Any ideas please?

Comment on Workaround the Grub installation issue in Debian Wheezy by nidget

nidget — Fri, 13 Apr 2012 11:28:39 +0000

The bug is with grub2 only: in Wheezy, like in Squeeze, the Debian installer uses Grub 2. But it’s a newer version (0.97-66) than in Squeeze (0.97-64), hence this bug that is only in Wheezy and not in Squeeze.
Ref:
- http://packages.debian.org/squeeze/grub
- http://packages.debian.org/wheezy/grub

Comment on Workaround the Grub installation issue in Debian Wheezy by zenlord911

zenlord911 — Fri, 13 Apr 2012 10:34:24 +0000

I’m a little confused. On debian lenny, ‘grub’ = ‘grub 2′ and not ‘grub-legacy’. Is this situation the same with debian wheezy, because if it is not, it would suffise to install grub2 in another terminal after the installation has finished but before rebooting.

Anyways, thank you for the work-around.

Comment on How to “OSGIfy” an Oracle jdbc driver with Spring Roo by prahari

prahari — Sat, 10 Mar 2012 01:14:52 +0000

Thank you Matt and rfoskett,
Your explanation saved me lot of time and frustration.
I am having problem at the LAST step: roo database introspect –schema xxx

Here is the error message:

” Unable to get connection from driver: [jcc][t4][10509][13454][4.13.80] Connection to the data server failed. The IBM Data Server for JDBC and SQLJ license was invalid
or was not activated for the DB2 for z/OS subsystem. If you are connecting directly to the data server and using DB2 Connect Unlimited Edition for System z, perform the
activation step by running the activation program in the license activation kit.

If you are using any other edition of DB2 Connect, obtain the license file, db2jcc_license_cisuz.jar, from the license activation kit, and follow the installation
directions to include the license file in the class path. ERRORCODE=-4230, SQLSTATE=42968 ”

I installed DB2 client version 9.7.5 and it does not come with db2jcc_license_cisuz.jar anymore as mentioned in :
http://publib.boulder.ibm.com/infocenter/db2luw/v9r7/index.jsp?topic=%2Fcom.ibm.db2.luw.wn.doc%2Fdoc%2Fc0057378.html

I include the only license file i have: db2jcc_license_cu.jar

and it appears as follows in POM.XML

db2jcc4
9.7.5
${pkgVersion}.0001
IBM

file:///%DB2_HOME%\java\db2jcc_license_cu.jar
com/ibm/db2/roo/jdbc
${project.name}

Did not see any body having this issue on spring forums. Was wondering if you can help

Thanks in advance
prahari