Bug#647267: debian-installer: grub-install tries to install on the wrong drive
Just to confirm that this bug still exists: I've just done an ordinary (non-expert) installation toa Thinkpad T420 with the wheezy netinst iso written to a USB drive with unetbootin, and grub was told to install to /dev/sda (the USB drive) rather than /dev/sdb (the installation target), which failed. I had selected guided partitioning with encrypted LVM. Doing the update-grub; grub-install /dev/sdb dance on the emergency console left me with a working system. Perhaps that could be added to the error screen the installer presents in case of a grub-install failure? Interestingly, I had to do the installation a second time with firmware files on a *second* USB device, and on that occasion the correct drive was picked for grub. -- Alex -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-bugs-dist-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org
Bug#647267: debian-installer: grub-install tries to install on the wrong drive
Package: debian-installer Severity: important Tags: d-i Dear Maintainer, I used the debian-installer yesterday: daily build for testing, netinst image, hybrid ISO image written directly to a usb key, expert mode. The installer correctly detected that Debian was the only OS installed (on a fresh SSD) but then failed to write the boot sector. The reason is that it tried to write to /dev/sda, which was the USB key containing the netinstall image. It should instead have tried to write to /dev/sdb, which was the SSD. Removing the usb key and retrying solved the issue. This is annoying nonetheless. IMHO, the installer should: - try to install on the device which holds the /boot partition, - or at least, allow to select which drive to install grub on. Best regards, -- Gabriel Kerneis -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-bugs-dist-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org
