Bug#612806: grub-pc: Doesn't boot and no menu. Error from memory grub_env not loaded(maybe set). Only applies v1.99

[Vladimir 'φ-coder/phcoder' Serbinenko]

> Not sure I understand, during installation selected  SSD as / (was
> /dev/sdc) and selected that device to install grub. There was not an
> error
> and installation reported success but on reboot no bootable media/disk
> found. Tried again using BIOS facility to choose correct disk but no
> joy. Loaded live cd and chrooted into debian installation and ran
> grub-install to SSD again. Grub-install reported  success but on
> reboot no bootable disk again. So repeated live cd, chroot and ran
> grub-install /dev/sda (/dev/sda was western digital standard
> harddisk). This was 9 months ago so whether still an issue I do not
> know.  I assumed  at that time grub maybe had an issue with SSDs.
>
This looks more like BIOS not considering booting from SSD at all. Some 
BIOSes ignore the disks unless at least one partition is active. You may 
need to use fdisk to mark a partition active.
> SSD info:
>
> Disk /dev/sda: 64.0 GB, 64023257088 bytes
> 255 heads, 63 sectors/track, 7783 cylinders
> Units = cylinders of 16065 * 512 = 8225280 bytes
> Sector size (logical/physical): 512 bytes / 512 bytes
> I/O size (minimum/optimal): 512 bytes / 512 bytes
> Disk identifier: 0x000d1984
>
> If you want I can try to install grub to the SSD again. Be a couple of
> days time.


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Regards
Vladimir 'φ-coder/phcoder' Serbinenko