I've been trying to install Debian Squeeze on a Helios single board computer with 512MB of flash disk space and 256MB RAM. I've been using the daily build of the Squeeze boot.img.gz and netinst ISO to do a USB boot and install.
Mostly it goes okay, but the grub2 installation is a real pain. The installer detects the USB install media (FAT16) as the first hard drive (/dev/sda) and the target (the flash disk) as the second (/dev/sdb). I tell it *not* to install to the MBR of the first hard drive, but to install to the MBR of /dev/sdb. It then configures grub2 with the following lines for booting: insmod part_msdos insmod ext2 set root='(hd1,msdos1)' [ and then some kernel lines] These are completely wrong - upon booting up without the USB stick in, I get dropped to a busybox prompt (because there is no hd1). I need to restart and edit the grub2 entries to be: insmod ext2 set root='(hd0,0)' ...and then Debian starts up nice and happy. So my first question is: I want to avoid this for future installations. How do I tell the installer what to do next time around? My second question is: where do I change these lines for my current installation? Cheers, Jason -- 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/aanlktiknt_mnhhuo5vn6dxayso5d6agggtno2n-wa...@mail.gmail.com
