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diff --git a/src/generator.ml b/src/generator.ml index efc8bfd8..cc34676c 100755 --- a/src/generator.ml +++ b/src/generator.ml @@ -2329,7 +2329,18 @@ See also: C<guestfs_zero_device>, C<guestfs_scrub_device>."); "install GRUB", "\ This command installs GRUB (the Grand Unified Bootloader) on -C<device>, with the root directory being C<root>."); +C<device>, with the root directory being C<root>. + +Note: If grub-install reports the error +\"No suitable drive was found in the generated device map.\" +it may be that you need to create a C</boot/grub/device.map> +file first that contains the mapping between grub device names +and Linux device names. It is usually sufficient to create +a file containing: + + (hd0) /dev/vda + +replacing C</dev/vda> with the name of the installation device."); ("cp", (RErr, [Pathname "src"; Pathname "dest"]), 87, [], [InitBasicFS, Always, TestOutput ( |