Bug#611045: debian-installer: GRUB always installs in /dev/sda
Tobias Bußmann at Tue, 25 Jan 2011 03:23:46 +0100 wrote: TB serverity 611045 wishlist TB retitle 611045 debian-installer: find a better way of detecting default GRUB TB bootloader install location TB thanks TB I just realized that if you answer 'no' on the question if grub shall be TB installed in the MBR, you can not only specify a partition as an alternative TB location but also the MBR of a different device. I must have misunderstood TB that question. If you specify the location for installation, grub installs TB just fine. TB So the remaining part bug / feature request is to have a better algorithm to TB find the default location for intalling the bootloader to instead of using TB always the MBR of the first disk. I was unable to find out the way Tobias found. I think that the question needs to be reworded. Bye Stefano -- Stefano Canepa aka sc: s...@linux.it - http://www.stefanocanepa.it Three great virtues of a programmer: laziness, impatience and hubris. Le tre grandi virtù di un programmatore: pigrizia, impazienza e arroganza. (Larry Wall) -- 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/87hbcizhpt@lepre.stefanocanepa.home
Bug#611045: debian-installer: GRUB always installs in /dev/sda
Package: debian-installer Version: squeeze RC2 Severity: serious Tags: d-i despite the Release Notes of Squeeze RC2 state that the Grub install problem is solved (#568529), I still see a (major in some cases) problem: Using Expert Mode GRUB is always installed on /dev/sda when you allow it to install in the bootloader. This is a problem in some situations like haveing the BIOS configured to boot from a different HDD or when using GPT partitioning scheme where you need to prepare a special GRUB BIOS boot partition. If Grub fails on /dev/sda the installer gives the error and aborts. I think (esp. in expert mode) the user should be asked where to install the bootloader. Default should be the device where /boot is located or where it finds a BIOS boot partition on GPT drives. I've seen this problem on a big server system with additional hardware SAS RAID controller for booting and I was able to reproduce it easily with msdos and GPT partition tables in VMware (you have to edit the .vmx file to choose a boot order of 'bios-hddOrder = ide0:1' and assign 2 IDE drives) Installs on the server were done by the rc2 amd64 netinst iso dd'ed to a usb- stick, in VMware I mounted the iso directly into the virtual CD drive. Setting the servity to serious because in analogy with similar bug #568529 -- System Information: Debian Release: 6.0 APT prefers testing APT policy: (500, 'testing') Architecture: amd64 (x86_64) Kernel: Linux 2.6.32-5-amd64 (SMP w/2 CPU cores) Locale: LANG=en_GB.UTF-8, LC_CTYPE=en_GB.UTF-8 (charmap=UTF-8) Shell: /bin/sh linked to /bin/dash -- 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/20110115135742.5220.97936.report...@debian6.ikt.local
Bug#611045: debian-installer: GRUB always installs in /dev/sda
serverity 611045 wishlist retitle 611045 debian-installer: find a better way of detecting default GRUB bootloader install location thanks I just realized that if you answer 'no' on the question if grub shall be installed in the MBR, you can not only specify a partition as an alternative location but also the MBR of a different device. I must have misunderstood that question. If you specify the location for installation, grub installs just fine. So the remaining part bug / feature request is to have a better algorithm to find the default location for intalling the bootloader to instead of using always the MBR of the first disk. -- 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/005201cbbc36$e6f76560$0164a8c0@LaptopTB
Bug#611045: debian-installer: GRUB always installs in /dev/sda
severity 611045 wishlist retitle 611045 debian-installer: find a better way of detecting default GRUB bootloader install location thanks Hi, On Tue, 2011-01-25 at 03:23 +0100, Tobias Bußmann wrote: serverity 611045 wishlist retitle 611045 debian-installer: find a better way of detecting default GRUB bootloader install location thanks You need to (B)CC control@bugs.d.o in order for the commands to take effect (BCC generally preferred as it means that the address doesn't end up being CCed on replies to subsequent mails); I've done so with this mail, thanks. Regards, Adam -- 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/1295938099.2202.2923.ca...@hathi.jungle.funky-badger.org
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Processing commands for cont...@bugs.debian.org: severity 611045 wishlist Bug #611045 [debian-installer] debian-installer: GRUB always installs in /dev/sda Severity set to 'wishlist' from 'serious' retitle 611045 debian-installer: find a better way of detecting default GRUB bootloader install location Bug #611045 [debian-installer] debian-installer: GRUB always installs in /dev/sda Changed Bug title to 'debian-installer: find a better way of detecting default GRUB bootloader install location' from 'debian-installer: GRUB always installs in /dev/sda' thanks Stopping processing here. Please contact me if you need assistance. -- 611045: http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=611045 Debian Bug Tracking System Contact ow...@bugs.debian.org with problems -- 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/handler.s.c.129593811330983.transcr...@bugs.debian.org
