On Sat 13 Oct 2012 at 14:28:42 -0400, Wally Lepore wrote: > In my case, if I tell the Debian installer to place the GRUB > boot-loader into (hdd1,1) or /dev/sdb, will it place the GRUB > boot-loader in the '/' (root partition) due to the fact that its > listed FIRST in the 'Review Partition Layout' screen?
(hd1,1) is not the same as /dev/sdb. Part of GRUB will go in the first partition, not in the embedding area of the disk, You will likely get a warning message but can go ahead and do it. Many people have and they report no ill effects. I would go for /dev/sdb. GRUB always, always, always puts its image files under /boot, unless it is told otherwise. You have a directory /boot. It has its own partition. That partition could be anywhere on the disk. First, last or in the middle. GRUB couldn't care less. It will look for /boot. You did not need /boot on its own partition to begin with and are needlessly complicating things by focussing on it. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/20121013193107.GT30872@desktop