Re: grub-install fails due to wrong target disk

["Thomas H." <thomas@alternize.com>]

> > i selected /dev/da6s1 as the zfs root partition. unfortunately, during grub2
> > installation, the installer tries to setup grub in /dev/da0 instead of
> > /dev/da6, which fails. instead of
> >
> >   grub-install --no-floppy --force "/dev/da0"
> >
> > it should use
> >
> >   grub-install --no-floppy --force "/dev/da6"
>
> There's a debconf template in grub-pc package to ask user which
> disk(s) should GRUB be installed to.  I think grub-installer should
> either offer the same functionality, or just rely on this template
> externally (if possible).
>
> Please could you file a bug on grub-installer?

i think there are already bugs for different architecture with exactly 
the same problem, f.e.
http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=610641

in the end i think it was my missunderstanding of d-i's message that it 
has found no other OS and would recommend installing grub in the MBR - 
which i always confirmed with [yes]. selecting [no] indeed gives me the 
option to manually specify the target drive (which ultimately also 
failed, but for different reasons).

regards,
thomas