Re: Help configuring grub-pc
On Monday 14 February 2011 09:06:51 am Erin Brinkley wrote:
> Ok, I lied!
>
> As part of the Lenny to Squeeze upgrade, I guess
> there's a whole new grub boot process!
>
> It tells you that when your system settles down,
> you should run "upgrade-from-grub-legacy" ... ok,
> I just did that now and I am STUCK!
>
> I guess I have to pick out what device that
> grub-install will be automatically run for, but
> I don't understand what that means!
>
> I have two hard drives, /dev/sda and /dev/sdb.
>
> My / (root) partition is /dev/sda1. The /dev/sda
> has other partitions too. I use /dev/sdb
> exclusively for my /home partition, /dev/sdb1.
>
> So what do I pick for this, /dev/sda or /dev/sda1?
>
> Here is what's on the screen:
>
> -----------------------------------------------------
> The grub-pc package is being upgraded. This
> menu allows you to select which devices
> you'd like grub-install to be automatically
> run for, if any.
>
> Running grub-install automatically is
> recommended in most situations, to prevent
> the installed GRUB core image from getting
> out of sync with GRUB modules or grub.cfg.
>
> If you're unsure which drive is designated
> as boot drive by your BIOS, it is often a
> good idea to install GRUB to all of them.
>
> Note: it is possible to install GRUB to
> partition boot records as well, and some
> appropriate partitions are offered here.
> However, this forces GRUB to use the
> blocklist mechanism, which makes it less
> reliable, and therefore is not recommended.
>
> GRUB install devices:
>
> [*] /dev/sda (250059 MB; WDC_WD2500JS-64ABC2)
> [ ] - /dev/sda1 (1998 MB; /)
> [ ] /dev/sdb (1000204 MB; WDC_WD1001FBFF-40D402)
>
> ------------------------------------------------------
>
>
> Please help ... this is kinda scary because it seems
> like I could break something if I pick the wrong one!
>
> Thanks!
>
> Erin
The default suggestion , sda, works for most people , If you don't know you want
grub installed in another place. sda is the same as the older 'mbr' question.
Don't worry, you can always boot the install media and use the rescue mode to
install grub else where.
--
Peace,
Greg
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