Thanks Paul, On 24/01/13 12:22, Paul Bryan Roberts wrote: > # mount | grep cdrom
Ah of course, this is netboot... > # list-devices cd > /dev/sr0 > # list-devices maybe-usb-floppy > # list-devices usb-partition > /dev/sda4 What exactly is sda4; is that where the mini.iso files are? Is it formatted as vfat? > After the original installation, /boot/grub/device.map read: > (hd0) /dev/disk/by-id /usb-BUFFALO_ClipDrive_A3200510210000751-0:0 As a result, default_bootdev gets set to this. GRUB will install there unless either: * the device is mounted on /cdrom * the device is mounted on /hd-media * the install media was detected as hybrid iso9660 on USB * the device has no partition, and yet it isn't a whole-drive filesystem recognised by grub-probe We need some novel way to detect that the installer is running from the USB stick, but this isn't obvious from /proc/mounts or /proc/cmdline. I suspect that if /dev/sda4 contained a directory ".disk/" containing an empty file named "info", that might result in it being mounted on /cdrom; then grub-installer would decide know not to install there. Regards, -- Steven Chamberlain ste...@pyro.eu.org -- 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/51012f8c.9000...@pyro.eu.org
