After further reading, this is a well know issue (by Grub and
DebianInstaller teams).
Let call it "Persistent device naming for disks".
The aimed solution will be to use UUID by default.
It is currently considered as a "Major issue" for D-I :
http://wiki.debian.org/DebianInstaller/SqueezeGoals
http://wiki.debian.org/DebianInstaller/LennyGoals
Related bugs :
http://bugs.debian.org/389881 [partman-target] "SCSI device renaming
breaks install"
Merged with 225802, 295134, 308565, 509378
http://bugs.debian.org/420376 [grub-installer] "Incorrect devices naming
in a mixed SATA-II/IDE environment"
http://bugs.debian.org/265228 [grub-installer] "grub-installer: should
be smart enough to guess that /dev/hdb is hd0 at boot time"
http://bugs.debian.org/353299 [installation-reports] "daily usb stick
install causes grub to try to boot from /dev/sdb"
I suggest 420376 & 265228 & 353299 (this one) to be merged in 389881.
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