Issue install 20.04 with autoinstall

[Little Girl]

Hey there,

Jerry Geis wrote:

>However - what I was trying to do is "remotely" update  an OLD linux
>install and replace with 20.04.
>so to do that I was trying  edit the /etc/grub.d/40_custom and the
>menu item
>  autoinstall ds=nocloud-net;s=https://XXX/pathToAutoinstall  ip=dhcp
>url=pathToLiveServer
>set the /etc/default/grub to the id of my 40_custom and run the grub
>- update for the old system.
>This boots and starts - but I get that silly grub_device message.

If the old Linux installation is older than Ubuntu 9.10 Karmic Koala,
then you might be running into a Grub compatibility issue. Ubuntu
switched from Grub to Grub2 in Karmic Koala.

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Little Girl

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