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

[Rodolfo Medina <rodolfo.medina@gmail.com>]

On Mon, Sep 25, 2006 at 06:29:15PM +0200, Rodolfo Medina wrote:

>> 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?



"Roberto C. Sanchez" <roberto@connexer.com> writes:

>
> An explanation would be much easier if you told us exactly what error
> message you see.



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         Unable to install GRUB in /dev/hda8

    Executing 'grub-install /dev/hda8' failed.

    This is a fatal error.

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Thanks,
Rodolfo