Quoting Karsten Loeft (karstenloeft@yahoo.de):
> I noticed that, as of installer beta2, this bug is still not fixed.
> I am not an expert, but yet I would like to draw your attention to the fact that from lenny to squeeze Debian switched from using GRUB to using GRUB2. GRUB2 now uses a different device numbering scheme than GRUB used. It seems to me that the explanation in the installer was written for GRUB and was forgotten to be rewritten in order to reflect the different device numbering scheme of GRUB2.
>
The template is:
Template: grub-installer/bootdev
Type: string
# :sl2:
_Description: Device for boot loader installation:
You need to make the newly installed system bootable, by installing
the GRUB boot loader on a bootable device. The usual way to do this is to
install GRUB on the master boot record of your first hard drive. If you
prefer, you can install GRUB elsewhere on the drive, or to another drive,
or even to a floppy.
.
The device can be specified using GRUB's "(hdn,m)" notation, or as a device
in /dev. Below are some examples:
- "(hd0)" or "/dev/hda" will install GRUB to the master boot record
of your first hard drive (IDE);
- "(hd0,1)" or "/dev/hda2" will use the second partition of your
first IDE drive;
- "(hd2,4)" or "/dev/sdc5" will use the first extended partition of
your third drive (SCSI here);
- "(fd0)" or "/dev/fd0" will install GRUB to a floppy.
I'm not 100% sure of what should be changed....preferrably in a way
that doesn't affect translations. My understanding is that we should
replace (hd0,1) by (hd0,2) and (hd2,4) by (hd2,5) as only partitions
numbering changed. Am I right?
If so, this is feasible without breaking translations.
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