Hello Jim, On Monday 27 December 2004 01:32, Frans Pop wrote: > On Monday 27 December 2004 00:58, Jim Cromie wrote: > > boot-loader install broke the box. > > it installed grub into /dev/hda, not the USB drive > > which is where the rest of the installation went. > > > > I looked at the various VTs prior to hitting yes, to try to see which > > drive it would hit, couldnt tell, and took it on faith that grub > > setup would go to the right place. > > Well, grub-installers main dialog does tell you that it will install > grub to 'the MBR of the first harddisk' or something like that. > > > unfortunately, MBRs borrowed from other machines hasnt fixed it. > > Try using the Debian package ms-sys [1] to write the proper boot > record.
Were you able to resolve this problem? Is it OK with you if we close this installation report? Cheers, FJP -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

