Cannot find GRUB drive

If you are booting your Linode using the "GRUB 2" setting in your Configuration, Linode provides the GRUB bootloader behind the scenes which uses a grub.cfg file on /dev/sda.

• https://www.linode.com/docs/guides/managing-the-kernel-on-a-linode/

• https://www.linode.com/docs/guides/linode-configuration-profiles/

It is also important to note that by default /dev/sda on Linode is typically the equivalent of the /dev/sda1 that would be present on a physical system. It does not contain a master boot record or any partitioning.

It is possible to install a custom distribution where /dev/sda is partitioned by following this guide:

• https://www.linode.com/docs/guides/install-a-custom-distribution-on-a-linode/

If the above solution doesn't work, remember that the x64_86 flavor of DietPi is in development, and may still have a few issues.