re: #698707 installation-report: Installation Report using USB stick
Hi Paul,
you said
> Grub install failed:
> - proposes to install on first hard drive (as always)
> - but first hard drive was the USB stick
> - install failed, USB stick not damaged (whew)
> - post installation:
> - regenerated device map and reinstalled grub bootloader
>
> Is there a good point during the install to remove the USB stick
> to ensure the real disk is detected as the first hard drive ?
and then closed the bug since the installation was successful overall.
I have a question for the list - why should this be considered a success?
Isn't the correct behaviour for grub-install to
- propose to install on disk drive other than the install medium
(there may be cases where this isn't right)
or else
- propose to install on first hard drive
- but then allow user to select another drive for the install
or else
- list all drives it detects
- ask the user to mark any removable drives (so they will be ignored
when compiling the device map)
- propose to install to the first of the remaining drives
- but then allow user to select another of the remaining drives for the install
Can you clarify a point for me also - when the installer sets up the /
partition in /etc/fstab, does it set it up to mount by UUID, or as
device /dev/sda1?
Perhaps I've misunderstood something here but it seems like there are
still issues with grub-install that would be quite significant for users
less expert than yourself.
Kind regards
Vince
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