I created an Ubuntu 20.04 droplet and followed the How To Install and Configure Laravel with Nginx on Ubuntu 20.04 and when I logged in I saw:
96 updates can be installed immediately.
34 of these updates are security updates.
So first thing I did was run
apt-get update
apt-get upgrade
I get a package configuration for Configuring grub-pc,
GRUB failed to install to the following devices:
/dev/sda
Do you want to continue anyway? If you do, your computer may not start up properly.
Writing GRUB to boot device failed - continue?
If I choose yes, complete the upgrade, then reboot it doesn’t come back. When I look in the console from the droplet menu I have a grub error.
error: symbol 'grub_calloc' not found.
Entering Rescue mode...
grub rescue>
How am I supposed to update my droplet from a base image without triggering this landmine?
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Hi there @tysonvanover,
I just created a brand new Ubuntu 20.04 Droplet and ran apt update and apt upgrade and it all went through as normal:
Processing triggers for linux-image-5.4.0-42-generic (5.4.0-42.46) ...
/etc/kernel/postinst.d/initramfs-tools:
update-initramfs: Generating /boot/initrd.img-5.4.0-42-generic
/etc/kernel/postinst.d/zz-update-grub:
Sourcing file `/etc/default/grub'
Sourcing file `/etc/default/grub.d/50-cloudimg-settings.cfg'
Sourcing file `/etc/default/grub.d/init-select.cfg'
Generating grub configuration file ...
Found linux image: /boot/vmlinuz-5.4.0-42-generic
Found initrd image: /boot/initrd.img-5.4.0-42-generic
Found linux image: /boot/vmlinuz-5.4.0-29-generic
Found initrd image: /boot/initrd.img-5.4.0-29-generic
done
Did you have any other packages that you installed before running the upgrades?
On another note, I could suggest trying out this Laravel image from the marketplace:
https://marketplace.digitalocean.com/apps/laravel
It comes with LEMP and Laravel installed and preconfigured.
Regards, Bobby
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