今天在Debian VPS上更新内核时碰到了问题，报错为
Setting up linux-image-2.6.32-5-686-bigmem (2.6.32-31) ... Running depmod. Running update-initramfs. update-initramfs: Generating /boot/initrd.img-2.6.32-5-686-bigmem Examining /etc/kernel/postinst.d. run-parts: executing /etc/kernel/postinst.d/initramfs-tools 2.6.32-5-686-bigmem /boot/vmlinuz-2.6.32-5-686-bigmem run-parts: executing /etc/kernel/postinst.d/zz-update-grub 2.6.32-5-686-bigmem /boot/vmlinuz-2.6.32-5-686-bigmem Searching for GRUB installation directory ... found: /boot/grub warning: grub-probe can't find drive for /dev/xvda1. grub-probe: error: cannot find a GRUB drive for /dev/xvda1. Check your device.map. run-parts: /etc/kernel/postinst.d/zz-update-grub exited with return code 1 Failed to process /etc/kernel/postinst.d at /var/lib/dpkg/info/linux-image-2.6.32-5-686-bigmem.postinst line 799,line 2. dpkg: error processing linux-image-2.6.32-5-686-bigmem (--configure): subprocess installed post-installation script returned error exit status 2
之前在给公司的VPS作配置的时候也遇到了一样的问题，都是Xen的VPS，装的是Debian的系统，当时就只是把kernel的更新给keep了。今天自己碰到了一样的问题就细细琢磨了一下。看报错的情况是在更新Kernel的时候，没有找到装有GRUB的设备。下面是我解决的步骤：
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