On Tue, Apr 03, 2012 at 11:24:25AM +1000, Vincent McIntyre wrote: > When I specify in my preseeding file: > d-i partman-auto/disk string /dev/sdb > d-i grub-installer/bootdev string /dev/sdb > > grub-installer ignores me and installs to /dev/sda. > partman-auto does the right thing. > > In some cases this can result in an unbootable system.
Indeed, I've experienced this and can confirm the bug. It can also lead in errors in the installation process: I had a preseeding configuration in which sda should stay empty and the operating system should be installed in an entirely different disk; grub-installer tried to install grub on sda, but sda had no partioning table or MBR whatsoever, which made it fail with an error. I've read grub-installer's source though and realized I can work around it if I set grub-installer/only_debian to false, as this skips directly to step 2 which then obeys the preseeded bootdev properly. Regards, Faidon -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [email protected] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [email protected] Archive: http://lists.debian.org/[email protected]
