[Pkg-virtualbox-devel] Bug#787481: virtualbox: can't install jessie on jessie

[Jasen Betts]

Package: virtualbox
Version: 4.3.18-dfsg-3
Severity: normal

Dear Maintainer,

I was unable to install jesie x86-64 on a jesie host I tried three
times.  (debian-8.0.0-amd64-netinst.iso)

symptom: install seems to succeed (but seems slow). after completion it fails to boot.
seems thst GRUB is not found. I was installing base system only, or base system and ssh 
server.  default settings.

a jessie image I created last year when running squeeze boots fine
and after upgrading continues to boot fine.

-- System Information:
Debian Release: 8.0
  APT prefers stable-updates
  APT policy: (500, 'stable-updates'), (500, 'stable')
Architecture: amd64 (x86_64)

Kernel: Linux 3.16.0-4-amd64 (SMP w/4 CPU cores)
Locale: LANG=en_NZ.utf8, LC_CTYPE=en_NZ.utf8 (charmap=UTF-8)
Shell: /bin/sh linked to /bin/dash
Init: systemd (via /run/systemd/system)

Versions of packages virtualbox depends on:
ii  adduser          3.113+nmu3
ii  dpkg             1.17.25
ii  libc6            2.19-18
ii  libcurl3         7.38.0-4+deb8u2
ii  libgcc1          1:4.9.2-10
ii  libgsoap5        2.8.17-1
ii  libpng12-0       1.2.50-2+b2
ii  libpython2.7     2.7.9-2
ii  libsdl1.2debian  1.2.15-10+b1
ii  libssl1.0.0      1.0.1k-3
ii  libstdc++6       4.9.2-10
ii  libvncserver0    0.9.9+dfsg-6.1
ii  libvpx1          1.3.0-3
ii  libx11-6         2:1.6.2-3
ii  libxcursor1      1:1.1.14-1+b1
ii  libxext6         2:1.3.3-1
ii  libxml2          2.9.1+dfsg1-5
ii  libxmu6          2:1.1.2-1
ii  libxt6           1:1.1.4-1+b1
ii  python           2.7.9-1
ii  python2.7        2.7.9-2
ii  zlib1g           1:1.2.8.dfsg-2+b1

Versions of packages virtualbox recommends:
ii  libgl1-mesa-glx [libgl1]  10.3.2-1
ii  libqt4-opengl             4:4.8.6+git64-g5dc8b2b+dfsg-3
ii  libqtcore4                4:4.8.6+git64-g5dc8b2b+dfsg-3
ii  libqtgui4                 4:4.8.6+git64-g5dc8b2b+dfsg-3
ii  virtualbox-dkms           4.3.18-dfsg-3
ii  virtualbox-qt             4.3.18-dfsg-3

Versions of packages virtualbox suggests:
pn  vde2                            <none>
pn  virtualbox-guest-additions-iso  <none>

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