Bug#486541: grub problem with debian-installer
On Sunday 29 June 2008, Dummy wrote:
> On the other hand, just one idea: If I understand correctly one can
> inform grub about changing harddisk assignment by file device.map. If
> so, an according option in the debian-installer would be nice which
> offers to create such a file if MBR things are installed not on the
> first but another harddisk.
Yes, that is correct. And asking "which controller/disk does the BIOS
consider to be the boot device" is an option I'd like to see added to
grub-installer because it would solve some other use cases that currently
cause problems. However, so far nobody has done the work needed for that
and I'm not sure your use-case would end up being supported in that
solution.
I still feel that in your case there are better options to change between
different OSes than having to change your BIOS setup. Making GRUB your
primary (default) boot loader and "chainloading" other boot loaders from
that would IMO be a lot better and more flexible solution.
Cheers,
FJP
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