Re: GRUB location on Dual-Boot with TWO hard drives
Wally Lepore <wallylepore@gmail.com> writes:
> I just realized something important. When I set my Debian drive (sdb)
> for partitioning, I used the 'Manual' setup and chose Logical Volume
> Manager (LVM) non-encryption method.
Do you really need LVM?
> Is this 'Review Partition Layout' screen (displayed for review before
> writing to disks) the actual order of partitions on the Debian drive
> (sdb)? or is it just a review window?
How did you set up LVM, and what does fdisk -l say?
> In my case, if I tell the Debian installer to place the GRUB
> boot-loader into (hdd1,1) or /dev/sdb, will it place the GRUB
> boot-loader in the '/' (root partition) due to the fact that its
> listed FIRST in the 'Review Partition Layout' screen?
Did you install grub in a partition or into the MBR? If you installed
it in a partition, how can you boot from that? The BIOS isn't aware of
partitions, or is it?
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