Hi
Recently I faced  problem installing SL6.3 on a machine. I didn't have such 
problem before so your comments are appreciated.

The machine has two physical disks (D0, D1) each has 1TB capacity and I attach 
a USB flash (2 GB) which contains a live image of SL6.3. So the boot priority 
in the BIOS looks like
     JetFlash
     D0
     D1

Using the installation wizard, I see a layout like this
    /dev/sda     2GB
    /dev/sdb     1TB
         /           900GB
        swap      100GB

    /dev/sdc     1TB


The default location for GRUB is then /dev/sda. Problem is, after installation 
I remove the USB flash but it doesn't boot because the grub had been installed 
on /dev/sda (which was JetFlash) and now there is no such device

As another try, in the installation wizard where we can configure the boot 
loader, I selected /dev/sdb (where root and swap is installed). This time when 
I remove/disconnect the flash, the boot stuck again. The reason is that, when I 
disconnect the flash, D0 becomes /dev/sda and D1 becomes /dev/sdb. So again 
there is no grub!!


Overall there is a loop and I haven't figured out how to resolve it


 
Regards,
Mahmood

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