On Tue, 2011-07-19 at 23:41 +0200, John Smith wrote: > Hi, > > > Im running the netinst installer of Debian Gnu/Hurd > (debian-6.0-hurd-i386-NETINST-1.iso), and get the following message > when the installer tries to install grub2 in the mbr : > > " executing grub-install /dev/hd2 failed " > > It appears that the installer is attempting to install GRUB on the > boot CD/drive (/dev/hd2), instead of on the install/partitioned disk > (/dev/sd0) ? > > I had to choose for the option: ' do not install on the mbr ', and > manually select the right (installation) disk: /dev/sd0. > Someone may want to look into this. > Thanks, > Regards, > John Smith.
Yes I think it is a bug to allow grub to be installed on the CD drive, as well as partitioning it is. But if you select the correct options, I think things will be OK. Agreed? -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [email protected] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [email protected] Archive: http://lists.debian.org/1311112086.2740.47.camel@x60
