Bug#702731: /usr/lib/grub/i386-pc/grub-install: grub-install always tries to write to sda

[Colin Watson]

On Sun, Mar 10, 2013 at 09:33:03PM +0100, Rolf Heinrichs wrote:
> Installing Wheezy RC1 x86 on ASUS DR-TLS/Dual PIII with SCSI disks, an USB 
> stick and a SATA HD: the installer detected the USB key as sda, the SATA HD 
> as sdb and the first SCSI disk as system disk as sdc. / and /boot and the 
> basic system were installed ok on sdc. 
> 
> install-grub tried to write to the USB stick and left the PC without usable 
> system. Did not ask for the disk to write to. 
> 
> Repeated installation with USB key and SATA HD, the expert install did not 
> allow for a shortcut. That fixed the problem. 
> 
> install-grub should ask for the disk where to install.

There is no such command as install-grub; and grub-install requires the
disk to install to as a parameter.  Perhaps you could be more clear?
Perhaps you mean grub-installer, the installer component (not part of
GRUB itself) which deals with deciding how to configure GRUB during
installation?

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Colin Watson                                       [cjwatson at debian.org]