Control: reopen -1 On Sun, Jun 17, 2018 at 03:46:25PM +0200, Cyril Brulebois wrote: > Control: severity -1 important > Control: tag -1 - d-i > Control: tag -1 + moreinfo > > Hi, > > tom <mantroshei...@yahoo.com> (2018-06-17): > > Package: debian-installer > > Severity: critical > > Tags: d-i > > Justification: breaks the whole system > > > > I installed '/' on /dev/sdc. The installer defaulted to also install > > grub there. I accepted. The system was not bootable. > > Which Debian version and d-i version did you use? d-i defaults to ???Enter > manually??? to make sure we no longer present a default choice that could > be wrong and would be accepted without second thought. It's been the > case for two Debian releases if memory serves (Debian 8 & 9). >
} > The bios setup for boot device priority choice for } > 'hard drive' is limited to simply 'hard drive', which I } > assume is the first hard drive. } } the bios is being harmfull by simplification IMNSHO the actual problem } > I expected the default would create a bootable system. } > } > I booted the install media and installed grub to /dev/sda. } > The system then booted. } > } > Perhaps there is some scenario where it would be desirable } > to put grub on the drive with '/' even if it isn't the first drive, } > but that certainly isn't the most common scenario. } > } > I wish the installed would default to install grub to /dev/sda, regardless } > of where '/' is. } } That wouldn't happen. So I closed it. Now it should be reopened. Cheers Geert Stappers
