On Jo, 03 mar 11, 10:19:21, Thomas H. George wrote: > I downloaded debian-6.0.0-i386-DVD-1.iso and used it to install Debian > on a usb stick. All went perfectly until the final question which was > to the effect > > Other operating systems and hard drives have been found on this system. > Do you want the mbr written to the first hard drive? > > My answer was no, of course. I wanted the mbr written to the usb stick > and I certainly didn't want to alter the system I was using. So the > installation ended without writing the mbr anywhere.
I don't remember the exact sequence, but it is definitely possible to install grub in the MBR of a different drive. Regards, Andrei -- Offtopic discussions among Debian users and developers: http://lists.alioth.debian.org/mailman/listinfo/d-community-offtopic
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