[Bug 589483] Re: debian-installer (booted from usb) installs MBR to usb device instead of cciss device

[Fortyfive]

*** This bug is a duplicate of bug 752694 ***
    https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/752694

Hi,

I got this issue too. I simply  set the installation location /dev/sdb
instead /dev/sda and it works fine. If installer is asking for the
location where the grub have to be installed, say no to the main boot
record then you can type the location of your hard drive /dev/sdb.

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Title:
  debian-installer (booted from usb) installs MBR to usb device instead
  of cciss device

Status in “debian-installer” package in Ubuntu:
  Confirmed
Status in “debian-installer” package in Debian:
  New

Bug description:
  Binary package hint: usb-creator

  Hi,

  I am creating USB installer of ubuntu-10.04-server-amd64.iso to
  install onto HP DL360 G6.

  When the installer reaches the point where it installs grub, it
  installs it into the mbr of sda (which is the USB drive you are
  installing from typically!) It should really be installing into
  /dev/cciss/c0d0. There doesn't seem to be an option to pick the drive
  you want to write the boot sector to.

  This causes two problems - it renders the usb installer unusable since
  its bootloader has been wiped, and the server can't boot without the
  USB drive present, since it doesn't have a bootloader installed
  locally.

  A workaround is to just run grub-install /dev/cciss/c0d0 once the
  server comes up, but you will have to rebuilt the boot-sector on the
  USB drive to use it again.

  I used usb-creator-gtk on a vanilla install of 10.04-desktop-amd64,
  and used the ubuntu-10.04-server-amd64.iso image as the image to
  install to the USB drive.

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