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
