On 8/1/2016 10:37 AM, Richard Owlett wrote:
*CAVEAT LECTOR* I _KNOW_ I'm doing an *ATYPICAL* install. I *REQUIRE* Grub to be its own partition. The Debian 8.4 installer at least recognizes that some users would desire Grub to be in its own partition. [massive SNIP]
I've been thinking ;/My original introduction started with a "solution" rather than a "problem report".
I'm having problems writing a readable and comprehensible problem description.
In the meantime here a links which cover some faces of the problem. Note that some links are dated, but show others have seen similar problems/environments.
http://www.gnu.org/software/grub/manual/grub.html http://www.gnu.org/software/grub/manual/multiboot/multiboot.html http://fm.no-ip.com/PC/install-doz-after.html https://old-en.opensuse.org/Bugs/grub#How_does_a_PC_boot_.2F_How_can_I_set_up_a_working_GRUB.3F http://web.archive.org/web/20150122211446/http://members.iinet.net.au/~herman546/p20/GRUB2%20Bash%20Commands.html#Dedicated_GRUB_Partition http://web.archive.org/web/20100819160337/http://grub.enbug.org/grub.cfg https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Multiboot_USB_drive http://www.stevesdebianstuff.org/lilo.htm http://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/help-grub/2011-01/msg00017.html https://help.ubuntu.com/community/Grub2"; https://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/grub-devel/2013-02/msg00032.html https://lists.debian.org/debian-user/2014/04/msg00194.html http://dedoimedo.com/computers/grub-2.html http://fm.no-ip.com/PC/partitioningindex.html