fsmithred wrote:Is the mint installer a shell script? If so, you could try removing the '--force' from the grub-install command. Maybe the '/bin/sh -c' needs to go, too. We removed that from refractainstaller, but I don't remember the reason.
Hi all,
I don't know enough about "scripts" to say if it's a shell script or not. Sorry. I did see something in the file that referred to schell. A possible misspelling?
Just a quick update. I started from the ground up again. Made a really stripped down and bare-bones LXDE system this time just to save time. Plus, it's just for testing all of this out. I've built 4 snapshots this evening and tested each one.
Ran a snapshot before editing the file, and ended up with the same situation as before. Same failure message about the bootloader and no username/password copy over. Still, like before, it installed fine.
I'm not sure if I was in the right configuration file or not. I then edited /usr/lib/live-installer/installer.py
Stupid me didn't make a copy of it before I edited it.
I found --force in a line having to do with grub, and removed it. Saved the file. Ran a snapshot, burned it to a USB, and tried to install it on a partition.
It stayed hung up when the installer first started trying to format the partition, and it never went any further.
Went back, put --allow where (I thought) --force was. To save time, I'll keep this short. It did the exact same thing when I tried to install it.
Went back, put --force back. Removed "/bin/sh -c" from two lines. Same thing happened when I tried to install it.
Like I said, I don't even know if that was the correct file to edit. I'm just experimenting anyway. HOWEVER, I'm going to take a day or two away from this. After this evening's turmoil, I've had enough for now...