On Thu, 16 Dec 2010 05:58:05 +0100, Christian PERRIER wrote: > Quoting Karsten Loeft (karstenlo...@yahoo.de): > > I noticed that, as of installer beta2, this bug is still not fixed. > > I am not an expert, but yet I would like to draw your attention to > > the fact that from lenny to squeeze Debian switched from using GRUB > > to using GRUB2. GRUB2 now uses a different device numbering scheme > > than GRUB used. It seems to me that the explanation in the > > installer was written for GRUB and was forgotten to be rewritten in > > order to reflect the different device numbering scheme of GRUB2.
Grub2 uses a different numbering scheme for partitions, not devices. See: http://grub.enbug.org/Manual#head-db861a16884db1252847a6ce554b625974134d7e > The template is: > > Template: grub-installer/bootdev > Type: string > # :sl2: > _Description: Device for boot loader installation: > You need to make the newly installed system bootable, by installing > the GRUB boot loader on a bootable device. The usual way to do this > is to install GRUB on the master boot record of your first hard > drive. If you prefer, you can install GRUB elsewhere on the drive, or > to another drive, or even to a floppy. > . > The device can be specified using GRUB's "(hdn,m)" notation, or as a > device in /dev. Below are some examples: > - "(hd0)" or "/dev/hda" will install GRUB to the master boot record > of your first hard drive (IDE); > - "(hd0,1)" or "/dev/hda2" will use the second partition of your > first IDE drive; > - "(hd2,4)" or "/dev/sdc5" will use the first extended partition of > your third drive (SCSI here); > - "(fd0)" or "/dev/fd0" will install GRUB to a floppy. > > > I'm not 100% sure of what should be changed....preferrably in a way > that doesn't affect translations. My understanding is that we should > replace (hd0,1) by (hd0,2) and (hd2,4) by (hd2,5) as only partitions > numbering changed. Am I right? So, I would say yes, you're right. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-bugs-dist-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org
