Bug#287327: debian-installer failure
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
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