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

[Rolf Heinrichs]

Hi Colin,

	I mean the program/menu item in the Wheezy installer that is calling
the grub component that writes grub to the disk. There is NO choice.
This component always seems to write to sda, re. configures grub-install
in a way that sda is used as parameter. All automatically, no
menu/choice. The only question is if grub shall be installed in the MBR
or not. I selected MBR. 

Another comment: the Wheezy installer started with a 486 kernel
automatically. Afterwards, I got the 686-pae kernel on the disk.

Maybe thats part of the problem. 

I hope this is much clearer now.

Best regards, rh 


Am Sonntag, den 10.03.2013, 21:33 +0000 schrieb 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?
>