Package: grub-pc
Version: 1.97+20091115-1
Severity: normal
May I suggest changing
┌──────────────────────────┤ Configuring grub-pc ├──────────────────────────┐
│ 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. │
│ │
│ It is recommended that you do this in most situations, to prevent the │
│ installed GRUB from getting out of sync with other components such as │
│ grub.cfg or with newer Linux images it will have to load. │
│ │
│ 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. │
│ However, this forces GRUB to use the blocklist mechanism, which makes it │
│ less reliable, and therefore is not recommended. │
│ │
│ GRUB install devices: │
│ │
│ [*] /dev/sda │
│ [*] /dev/sdb │
│ [*] /dev/sdc │
│ <Ok> │
│ │
└───────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┘
to something more explicit:
┌──────────────────────────┤ Configuring grub-pc ├──────────────────────────┐
│ 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. │
│ │
│ It is recommended that you do this in most situations, to prevent the │
│ installed GRUB from getting out of sync with other components such as │
│ grub.cfg or with newer Linux images it will have to load. │
│ │
│ If you're unsure which drive is designated as boot drive by your BIOS, │
│ it can be a good idea to install GRUB to all of them. However, the boot │
│ process will be faster if GRUB is installed on the boot record of the │
│ disk containing the directory /boot/grub and your BIOS is set to boot │
│ from this disk. │
│ │
│ Note: It is possible to install GRUB to partition boot records as well. │
│ However, this forces GRUB to use the blocklist mechanism, which makes it │
│ less reliable, and therefore is not recommended. │
│ │
│ GRUB install devices: │
│ │
│ [*] /dev/sda │
│ [*] /dev/sdb │
│ [*] /dev/sdc │
│ <Ok> │
│ │
└───────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┘
It is good practice to install grub on the MBR of the disk containing
/boot/grub. On a dual-boot machine containing several disks, each one
dedicated to a single operating system, each other disk can maintain its MBR
untouched, as this would be more reliable and flexible. Something to this
effect could be documented.
Alan
-- Package-specific info:
*********************** BEGIN /proc/mounts
/dev/disk/by-uuid/dffacea2-ec10-4b17-bdf7-d71806390ac6 / ext3
rw,relatime,errors=remount-ro,data=ordered 0 0
/dev/hdc1 /home/dell ext3 rw,relatime,errors=continue,data=ordered 0 0
*********************** END /proc/mounts
*********************** BEGIN /boot/grub/device.map
(hd0) /dev/hda
(hd1) /dev/hdb
(hd2) /dev/hdc
*********************** END /boot/grub/device.map
*********************** BEGIN /boot/grub/grub.cfg
#
# DO NOT EDIT THIS FILE
#
# It is automatically generated by /usr/sbin/grub-mkconfig using templates
# from /etc/grub.d and settings from /etc/default/grub
#
### BEGIN /etc/grub.d/00_header ###
set default=2
if terminal_input console ; then true ; else
# For backward compatibility with versions of terminal.mod that don't
# understand terminal_input
terminal console
fi
if terminal_output console ; then true ; else
# For backward compatibility with versions of terminal.mod that don't
# understand terminal_output
terminal console
fi
set timeout=5
### END /etc/grub.d/00_header ###
### BEGIN /etc/grub.d/05_debian_theme ###
set menu_color_normal=cyan/blue
set menu_color_highlight=white/blue
### END /etc/grub.d/05_debian_theme ###
### BEGIN /etc/grub.d/10_linux ###
menuentry "Debian GNU/Linux, with Linux 2.6.31-1-686" {
insmod ext2
set root=(hd1,1)
search --no-floppy --fs-uuid --set dffacea2-ec10-4b17-bdf7-d71806390ac6
linux /boot/vmlinuz-2.6.31-1-686
root=UUID=dffacea2-ec10-4b17-bdf7-d71806390ac6 ro quiet
initrd /boot/initrd.img-2.6.31-1-686
}
menuentry "Debian GNU/Linux, with Linux 2.6.31-1-686 (recovery mode)" {
insmod ext2
set root=(hd1,1)
search --no-floppy --fs-uuid --set dffacea2-ec10-4b17-bdf7-d71806390ac6
linux /boot/vmlinuz-2.6.31-1-686
root=UUID=dffacea2-ec10-4b17-bdf7-d71806390ac6 ro single
initrd /boot/initrd.img-2.6.31-1-686
}
### END /etc/grub.d/10_linux ###
### BEGIN /etc/grub.d/30_os-prober ###
menuentry "Microsoft Windows XP Professional (on /dev/hda1)" {
insmod ntfs
set root=(hd0,1)
search --no-floppy --fs-uuid --set b644ca4644ca08d7
drivemap -s (hd0) ${root}
chainloader +1
}
### END /etc/grub.d/30_os-prober ###
### BEGIN /etc/grub.d/40_custom ###
# This file provides an easy way to add custom menu entries. Simply type the
# menu entries you want to add after this comment. Be careful not to change
# the 'exec tail' line above.
### END /etc/grub.d/40_custom ###
*********************** END /boot/grub/grub.cfg
-- System Information:
Debian Release: squeeze/sid
APT prefers unstable
APT policy: (500, 'unstable')
Architecture: i386 (i686)
Kernel: Linux 2.6.31-1-686 (SMP w/1 CPU core)
Locale: LANG=en_US.UTF-8, LC_CTYPE=en_US.UTF-8 (charmap=UTF-8)
Shell: /bin/sh linked to /bin/dash
Versions of packages grub-pc depends on:
ii debconf [debconf-2.0] 1.5.28 Debian configuration management sy
ii grub-common 1.97+20091115-1 GRand Unified Bootloader, version
ii libc6 2.10.1-7 GNU C Library: Shared libraries
ii ucf 3.0025 Update Configuration File: preserv
grub-pc recommends no packages.
Versions of packages grub-pc suggests:
ii desktop-base 5.0.5 common files for the Debian Deskto
ii genisoimage 9:1.1.9-1 Creates ISO-9660 CD-ROM filesystem
-- debconf information:
grub2/kfreebsd_cmdline:
* grub2/linux_cmdline:
grub-pc/chainload_from_menu.lst: true
grub-pc/kopt_extracted: false
* grub-pc/install_devices: /dev/hda, /dev/hdb, /dev/hdc
grub-pc/postrm_purge_boot_grub: false
grub2/kfreebsd_cmdline_default: quiet
* grub2/linux_cmdline_default: quiet
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