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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