Bug#516280: This bug needs to stay open until it is resolved
Quoting Rob Fulton (rob@cow-frenzy.co.uk):
> Package: debian-installer
> Version: 20090123
>
> When installing Lenny on a HP DL360 / DL380 server Grub is installed on
> the wrong device.
>
> The server is booted from CD, during network detection, the bnx2 firmware
> is required. A USB key is inserted to provide the firmware. The disks are
> then partitioned and the install proceeds, grub is installed on the
> master boot record. On reboot with the USB stick still connected, GRUB
> loads and the os is booted from the internal disks. Without the USB
> drive, the OS refuses to boot.
>
> The internal disks are presented as /dev/cciss/c0d0 devices, the USB
> drive is presented as /dev/sda.
>
> Running grub-install to the /dev/cciss/c0d0 device after install resolves
> the problem but the installer appears to be picking the wrong device when
> grub is installed
"Such issues are documented in the errata file."
Where? Which errata file? Please be more specific, the software
in question (debian-installer, GRUB) certainly demands specificity.
"This issue indeed pertains to the general goal of having fixed mount
names instead of relying on the devices names...."
Whose goal? The Debian Installation manual makes no such mission
statement.
"As this issue is documented and well known, I propose closing it."
Again, the issue is _not_ well documented. After googling 'GRUB Error
2' and receiving hits for numerous distributions, hardware setups and
configurations, here I am at the Debian Bug database.
This bug needs to stay open until it is resolved either by inserting a
clear and concise warning or requirements sections in the relevant
Debian documentation or making more the installer and/or GRUB more
robust, and include step by step workarounds to get the newly installed
system to boot. The old system is gone, need to get the new one up
ASAP. This is a definite showstopper for installation of a 'stable'
release from USB key/memory stick, et.al.
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