Bug#1144078: debian-installer: forky installer fails to install grub on disk with 20 partitions

Pascal Hambourg <[email protected]>
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On 10/08/2026 at 21:42, Chris Ward wrote:
> I have a disk with about 20 partitions and about 10 varieties of Linux
> installed.
> I attempted to install from the debian-testing netinst ISO (forky) on
> one of the partitions.
> Installation proceeded normally until the installer tried to install
> grub; this failed and so left my system unbootable.
Did the installer boot in EFI or legacy mode ?
If legacy, which location did you select for GRUB ?
Did you check the detailed error messages in the installer logs (tty4 or 
/var/log/syslog) ?
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