grub installs on wrong disk (or wants to)

Felix Miata mrmazda at ij.net
Sun May 31 04:22:23 UTC 2009


On 2009/05/30 20:04 (GMT-0500) Allen Kistler composed:

> On a multi-disk system, start with at least the first disk (sda) 
> uninitialized and at least one of the others initialized (e.g., sdb, 
> partitioned or not).  Install with any partitioning you desire.  When 
> you get to the "install boot loader" screen, anaconda wants to install 
> grub on the first previously initialized disk (sdb in this example), not 
> on the actual first disk (sda).

> There are two workarounds.
> 1. Click "Change Device" and tell anaconda to recognize a different
>     (i.e., the correct) BIOS order
> 2. After installation, boot into the DVD rescue mode to reinstall grub
>     and (very important!) to edit grub.conf for the correct hd numbers

> Big deal or not?  My take is it's a bug worth fixing at some point.  For 
> F11 GA, it's probably enough to include it in the Release Notes as a 
> known issue (but still fix it for real later).

> I've filed https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=503299 but I thought I'd point it out for consideration 
> in the Release Notes if somebody thinks it's worth it.

Since I never ever install Grub on any MBR, I might not be able to reproduce.
What happens if you leave generic code on the MBR and try to have Anaconda
put Grub on /boot or /, particularly by using partition labels? These would
amount to additional, and possibly easier, workarounds.
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