reassign 625974 grub-installer thanks Miguel Figueiredo, le Mon 09 May 2011 21:15:42 +0100, a écrit : > On Saturday 07 May 2011 14:30:46 Samuel Thibault wrote: > > When the question > > about where grub should be installed, he took the default "sda" while > > he actually wanted to install it on the 2nd hdd >[...] > > I don't remember which package provides the debconf question and didn't > > find with a quick search, thus submitting to installation-report for > > triaging. > > IIUC it's this one: > > 70 Template: grub-installer/bootdev
Indeed. > 71 Type: string > 72 # :sl2: > 73 _Description: Device for boot loader installation: > 74 You need to make the newly installed system bootable, by installing > 75 the GRUB boot loader on a bootable device. The usual way to do this is > to > 76 install GRUB on the master boot record of your first hard drive. If you > 77 prefer, you can install GRUB elsewhere on the drive, or to another > drive, > 78 or even to a floppy. > 79 . > 80 The device can be specified using GRUB's "(hdn,m)" notation, or as a > device > 81 in /dev. Below are some examples: > 82 - "(hd0)" or "/dev/hda" will install GRUB to the master boot record > 83 of your first hard drive (IDE); Mmm, actually that may be a bit misleading, because in SATA cases, the first hard drive is actually /dev/sda. Depending on the machine, you may even have both /dev/hda and /dev/sda... > 84 - "(hd0,2)" or "/dev/hda2" will use the second partition of your > 85 first IDE drive; > 86 - "(hd2,5)" or "/dev/sdc5" will use the first extended partition of > 87 your third drive (SCSI here); > 88 - "(fd0)" or "/dev/fd0" will install GRUB to a floppy. Thanks, Samuel -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-boot-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/20110509202821.ga17...@const.famille.thibault.fr