Re: Etch won't install to /dev/hdax

["Everett Attebury" <everettattebury@gmail.com>]

On 9/25/06, Rodolfo Medina <rodolfo.medina@gmail.com> wrote:
> Hi.
>
> I've just bought 6 DVD's (sources and binaries) of Debian Etch Official, but
> don't manage to install the GRUB boot loader to /dev/hda8, or to /dev/hda7, as
> I want. It gives me error message. I've done it hundreds of times with Sarge,
> with never problems: why does this happen now? I don't want the installation to
> take place to the master boot record because I want to experiment the new
> Debian version in another partition of my HD, but, as I said, this procedure
> was always perfectly successful the other times.
>
> Any explanation/remedy?

You need to use the expert or expert-gui install method, these will
allow you to select which partition to install GRUB to.  Are you
making sure to set the bootable flag during the partitioning?