Am I doing this Grub2 upgrade correctly in my old Debian box?
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From: Ant on 18 Jul 2010 08:28 Hello! I just did my daily apt-get update and upgrade today, but I ran into a grub2 upgrade (sorry for the messy menu screen pastes since my old Windows' SecureCRT v3.4.8 SSH2 terminal doesn't seem to handle the fonts and layouts nicely): # apt-get update Hit http://security.debian.org stable/updates Release.gpg Ign http://security.debian.org stable/updates/main Translation-en_US Ign http://security.debian.org stable/updates/contrib Translation-en_US Ign http://security.debian.org stable/updates/non-free Translation-en_US Hit http://security.debian.org testing/updates Release.gpg Ign http://security.debian.org testing/updates/main Translation-en_US Ign http://security.debian.org testing/updates/contrib Translation-en_US Ign http://security.debian.org testing/updates/non-free Translation-en_US Hit http://security.debian.org stable/updates Release Hit http://security.debian.org testing/updates Release Ign http://security.debian.org stable/updates/main Packages/DiffIndex Ign http://security.debian.org stable/updates/contrib Packages/DiffIndex Ign http://security.debian.org stable/updates/non-free Packages/DiffIndex Ign http://security.debian.org testing/updates/main Packages/DiffIndex Ign http://security.debian.org testing/updates/contrib Packages/DiffIndex Ign http://security.debian.org testing/updates/non-free Packages/DiffIndex Hit http://security.debian.org stable/updates/main Packages Hit http://security.debian.org stable/updates/contrib Packages Hit http://security.debian.org stable/updates/non-free Packages Hit http://security.debian.org testing/updates/main Packages Hit http://security.debian.org testing/updates/contrib Packages Hit http://security.debian.org testing/updates/non-free Packages Get:1 http://ftp.debian.org testing Release.gpg [835B] Ign http://ftp.debian.org testing/main Translation-en_US Ign http://ftp.debian.org testing/non-free Translation-en_US Get:2 http://www.debian-multimedia.org stable Release.gpg [198B] Hit http://www.debian-multimedia.org stable/main Translation-en_US Get:3 http://www.debian-multimedia.org testing Release.gpg [198B] Ign http://ftp.debian.org testing/contrib Translation-en_US Get:4 http://ftp.debian.org sid Release.gpg [835B] Ign http://ftp.debian.org sid/main Translation-en_US Ign http://ftp.debian.org sid/non-free Translation-en_US Get:5 http://ftp.debian.org testing-proposed-updates Release.gpg [835B] Ign http://ftp.debian.org testing-proposed-updates/main Translation-en_US Ign http://ftp.debian.org testing-proposed-updates/non-free Translation-en_US Ign http://ftp.debian.org testing-proposed-updates/contrib Translation-en_US Hit http://ftp.debian.org stable Release.gpg Ign http://download.videolan.org sid Release.gpg Hit http://www.debian-multimedia.org testing/main Translation-en_US Get:6 http://www.debian-multimedia.org sid Release.gpg [198B] Get:7 http://www.debian-multimedia.org stable Release [26.5kB] Ign http://ftp.debian.org stable/main Translation-en_US Ign http://ftp.debian.org stable/non-free Translation-en_US Ign http://ftp.debian.org stable/contrib Translation-en_US Get:8 http://ftp.debian.org proposed-updates Release.gpg [835B] Ign http://ftp.debian.org proposed-updates/main Translation-en_US Ign http://download.videolan.org sid/main Translation-en_US Ign http://ftp.debian.org proposed-updates/non-free Translation-en_US Ign http://ftp.debian.org proposed-updates/contrib Translation-en_US Get:9 http://ftp.debian.org testing Release [89.9kB] Ign http://download.videolan.org sid Release Get:10 http://www.debian-multimedia.org testing Release [29.4kB] Ign http://download.videolan.org sid/main Packages/DiffIndex Get:11 http://www.debian-multimedia.org sid Release [29.4kB] Ign http://download.videolan.org sid/main Sources/DiffIndex Hit http://www.debian-multimedia.org stable/main Packages/DiffIndex Ign http://download.videolan.org sid/main Packages Get:12 http://ftp.debian.org sid Release [104kB] Hit http://www.debian-multimedia.org testing/main Packages/DiffIndex Ign http://download.videolan.org sid/main Sources Hit http://www.debian-multimedia.org sid/main Sources/DiffIndex Ign http://download.videolan.org sid/main Packages Hit http://www.debian-multimedia.org sid/main Sources Get:13 http://ftp.debian.org testing-proposed-updates Release [60.0kB] Ign http://download.videolan.org sid/main Sources Hit http://download.videolan.org sid/main Packages Hit http://ftp.debian.org stable Release Get:14 http://ftp.debian.org proposed-updates Release [66.6kB] Hit http://download.videolan.org sid/main Sources Get:15 http://ftp.debian.org testing/main Packages/DiffIndex [2,038B] Get:16 http://ftp.debian.org testing/non-free Packages/DiffIndex [2,023B] Hit http://ftp.debian.org testing/contrib Packages/DiffIndex Get:17 http://ftp.debian.org testing/main Sources/DiffIndex [2,038B] Get:18 http://ftp.debian.org testing/non-free Sources/DiffIndex [2,023B] Hit http://ftp.debian.org testing/contrib Sources/DiffIndex Get:19 http://ftp.debian.org sid/main Packages/DiffIndex [2,038B] Hit http://ftp.debian.org sid/non-free Packages/DiffIndex Get:20 http://ftp.debian.org sid/main Sources/DiffIndex [2,038B] Hit http://ftp.debian.org sid/non-free Sources/DiffIndex Hit http://ftp.debian.org testing-proposed-updates/main Packages/DiffIndex Ign http://ftp.debian.org testing-proposed-updates/non-free Packages/DiffIndex Ign http://ftp.debian.org testing-proposed-updates/contrib Packages/DiffIndex Hit http://ftp.debian.org testing-proposed-updates/main Sources/DiffIndex Ign http://ftp.debian.org testing-proposed-updates/non-free Sources/DiffIndex Ign http://ftp.debian.org testing-proposed-updates/contrib Sources/DiffIndex Ign http://ftp.debian.org stable/main Packages/DiffIndex Ign http://ftp.debian.org stable/non-free Packages/DiffIndex Ign http://ftp.debian.org stable/contrib Packages/DiffIndex Ign http://ftp.debian.org stable/main Sources/DiffIndex Ign http://ftp.debian.org stable/non-free Sources/DiffIndex Ign http://ftp.debian.org stable/contrib Sources/DiffIndex Get:21 http://ftp.debian.org testing/main 2010-07-17-1414.46.pdiff [1,235B] Hit http://ftp.debian.org proposed-updates/main Packages/DiffIndex Hit http://ftp.debian.org proposed-updates/non-free Packages/DiffIndex Hit http://ftp.debian.org proposed-updates/contrib Packages/DiffIndex Hit http://ftp.debian.org proposed-updates/main Sources/DiffIndex Hit http://ftp.debian.org proposed-updates/non-free Sources/DiffIndex Hit http://ftp.debian.org proposed-updates/contrib Sources/DiffIndex Get:22 http://ftp.debian.org testing/main 2010-07-17-1414.46.pdiff [1,235B] Get:23 http://ftp.debian.org testing/main 2010-07-17-1414.46.pdiff [1,235B] Get:24 http://ftp.debian.org testing/non-free 2010-07-18-0216.10.pdiff [1,454B] Get:25 http://ftp.debian.org testing/non-free 2010-07-18-0216.10.pdiff [1,454B] Get:26 http://ftp.debian.org testing/main 2010-07-17-1414.46.pdiff [662B] Get:27 http://ftp.debian.org testing/non-free 2010-07-18-0216.10.pdiff [1,245B] Get:28 http://ftp.debian.org testing/main 2010-07-17-1414.46.pdiff [662B] Get:29 http://ftp.debian.org testing/non-free 2010-07-18-0216.10.pdiff [1,245B] Get:30 http://ftp.debian.org sid/main 2010-07-17-1414.46.pdiff [13.7kB] Get:31 http://ftp.debian.org sid/main 2010-07-17-1414.46.pdiff [10.2kB] Get:32 http://ftp.debian.org sid/main 2010-07-17-1414.46.pdiff [13.7kB] Hit http://ftp.debian.org testing-proposed-updates/non-free Packages Hit http://ftp.debian.org testing-proposed-updates/contrib Packages Hit http://ftp.debian.org testing-proposed-updates/non-free Sources Hit http://ftp.debian.org testing-proposed-updates/contrib Sources Hit http://ftp.debian.org stable/main Packages Get:33 http://ftp.debian.org sid/main 2010-07-17-1414.46.pdiff [10.2kB] Hit http://ftp.debian.org stable/non-free Packages Hit http://ftp.debian.org stable/contrib Packages Hit http://ftp.debian.org stable/main Sources Hit http://ftp.debian.org stable/non-free Sources Hit http://ftp.debian.org stable/contrib Sources Get:34 http://ftp.debian.org testing/non-free 2010-07-18-0216.10.pdiff [1,454B] Get:35 http://ftp.debian.org testing/main 2010-07-17-1414.46.pdiff [662B] Get:36 http://ftp.debian.org testing/main 2010-07-18-0216.10.pdiff [31.0kB] Get:37 http://ftp.debian.org testing/non-free 2010-07-18-0216.10.pdiff [1,245B] Get:38 http://ftp.debian.org sid/main 2010-07-17-1414.46.pdiff [13.7kB] Get:39 http://ftp.debian.org testing/main 2010-07-18-0216.10.pdiff [31.0kB] Get:40 http://ftp.debian.org testing/main 2010-07-18-0216.10.pdiff [18.5kB] Get:41 http://ftp.debian.org testing/main 2010-07-18-0216.10.pdiff [18.5kB] Get:42 http://ftp.debian.org sid/main 2010-07-17-1414.46.pdiff [10.2kB] Get:43 http://ftp.debian.org sid/main 2010-07-17-2024.23.pdiff [14.3kB] Get:44 http://ftp.debian.org testing/main 2010-07-18-0216.10.pdiff [31.0kB] Get:45 http://ftp.debian.org sid/main 2010-07-17-2024.23.pdiff [14.3kB] Get:46 http://ftp.debian.org sid/main 2010-07-17-2024.23.pdiff [4,814B] Get:47 http://ftp.debian.org sid/main 2010-07-17-2024.23.pdiff [4,814B] Get:48 http://ftp.debian.org testing/main 2010-07-18-0216.10.pdiff [18.5kB] Get:49 http://ftp.debian.org sid/main 2010-07-17-2024.23.pdiff [14.3kB] Get:50 http://ftp.debian.org sid/main 2010-07-17-2024.23.pdiff [4,814B] Get:51 http://ftp.debian.org sid/main 2010-07-18-0216.10.pdiff [18.2kB] Get:52 http://ftp.debian.org sid/main 2010-07-18-0216.10.pdiff [18.2kB] Get:53 http://ftp.debian.org sid/main 2010-07-18-0216.10.pdiff [18.2kB] Get:54 http://ftp.debian.org sid/main 2010-07-18-0216.10.pdiff [2,801B] Get:55 http://ftp.debian.org sid/main 2010-07-18-0216.10.pdiff [2,801B] Get:56 http://ftp.debian.org sid/main 2010-07-18-0216.10.pdiff [2,801B] Get:57 http://ftp.debian.org sid/main 2010-07-18-0819.16.pdiff [387B] Get:58 http://ftp.debian.org sid/main 2010-07-18-0819.16.pdiff [387B] Get:59 http://ftp.debian.org sid/main 2010-07-18-0819.16.pdiff [387B] Get:60 http://ftp.debian.org sid/main 2010-07-18-0819.16.pdiff [1,161B] Get:61 http://ftp.debian.org sid/main 2010-07-18-0819.16.pdiff [1,161B] Get:62 http://ftp.debian.org sid/main 2010-07-18-0819.16.pdiff [1,161B] Fetched 542kB in 16s (33.5kB/s) Reading package lists... Done # apt-get upgrade Reading package lists... Done Building dependency tree Reading state information... Done The following packages have been kept back: cron dpkg host k3b k3b-data kamera kcalc kcharselect kdebase-bin kdebase-data kfind kfloppy kget klipper kmix konqueror konqueror-nsplugins konsole kppp kruler ksnapshot ntp The following packages will be upgraded: gnome-panel gnome-panel-data grub-common grub-pc libenca0 libpanel-applet2-0 6 upgraded, 0 newly installed, 0 to remove and 22 not upgraded. Need to get 7,122kB of archives. After this operation, 954kB of additional disk space will be used. Do you want to continue [Y/n]? n Abort. # apt-get upgrade Reading package lists... Done Building dependency tree Reading state information... Done The following packages have been kept back: cron dpkg host k3b k3b-data kamera kcalc kcharselect kdebase-bin kdebase-data kfind kfloppy kget klipper kmix konqueror konqueror-nsplugins konsole kppp kruler ksnapshot ntp The following packages will be upgraded: gnome-panel gnome-panel-data grub-common grub-pc libenca0 libpanel-applet2-0 6 upgraded, 0 newly installed, 0 to remove and 22 not upgraded. Need to get 7,122kB of archives. After this operation, 954kB of additional disk space will be used. Do you want to continue [Y/n]? Get:1 http://ftp.debian.org testing/main libpanel-applet2-0 2.30.2-1 [133kB] Get:2 http://ftp.debian.org testing/main gnome-panel-data 2.30.2-1 [3,789kB] Get:3 http://ftp.debian.org testing/main gnome-panel 2.30.2-1 [521kB] Get:4 http://ftp.debian.org testing/main grub-pc 1.98+20100710-1 [960kB] Get:5 http://ftp.debian.org testing/main grub-common 1.98+20100710-1 [1,651kB] Get:6 http://ftp.debian.org testing/main libenca0 1.13-3 [67.6kB] Fetched 7,122kB in 6s (1,177kB/s) Reading package fields... Done Package configuration ┌─────────────────────────────────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. │ │ [*] /dev/sda (80026 MB, ST380011A) │ │ [*] /dev/sda1 (296 MB, /) │ │ [ ] /dev/sdb (15020 MB, QUANTUM_FIREBALLP_LM15) │ │ │ └─────────────────────────────────────────� < OK > I wasn't sure what to select here. I KNOW it is not sdb because that is my second IDE/ATA HDD as storage. So it leaves off to sda and sda1, but which one is my boot loader? I went ahead and checked both /dev/sda. Is this OK to do? I hope I didn't break my boot. I am kind of scared to reboot! I have more details below to help. Installation finished. No error reported. /usr/sbin/grub-setup: warn: Attempting to install GRUB to a partition instead of the MBR. This is a BAD idea.. /usr/sbin/grub-setup: warn: Embedding is not possible. GRUB can only be installed in this setup by using blocklists. However, blocklists are UNRELIABLE and their use is discouraged.. Installation finished. No error reported. Generating grub.cfg ... Found background image: moreblue-orbit-grub.png Found linux image: /boot/vmlinuz-2.6.32-5-686 Found initrd image: /boot/initrd.img-2.6.32-5-686 Found linux image: /boot/vmlinuz-2.6.32-4-686 Found initrd image: /boot/initrd.img-2.6.32-4-686 done Setting up libenca0 (1.13-3) ... localepurge: Disk space freed in /usr/share/locale: 7976 KiB localepurge: Disk space freed in /usr/share/man: 0 KiB localepurge: Disk space freed in /usr/share/gnome/help: 1120 KiB localepurge: Disk space freed in /usr/share/omf: 176 KiB localepurge: Disk space freed in /usr/share/doc/kde/HTML: 0 KiB Total disk space freed by localepurge: 9272 KiB "/usr/sbin/grub-setup: warn: Attempting to install GRUB to a partition instead of the MBR. This is a BAD idea.." error sounds bad!! :( Did I mess up? :( -- # df Filesystem 1K-blocks Used Available Use% Mounted on /dev/sda1 280003 223113 42434 85% / tmpfs 1297464 0 1297464 0% /lib/init/rw udev 1293412 204 1293208 1% /dev tmpfs 1297464 0 1297464 0% /dev/shm /dev/sda5 14421344 2898304 10790480 22% /home /dev/sda6 4807056 2884568 1678304 64% /usr /dev/sda7 964500 518464 397040 57% /var /dev/sda8 964500 17644 897860 2% /tmp /dev/sda9 4807056 206068 4356804 5% /usr/local /dev/sda11 47383396 32688556 12287904 73% /extra /dev/sda12 918322 16452 852874 2% /others /dev/sdb1 14436960 3807116 9896480 28% /storage Is it OK to put both sda and sda1? If not, then how can I undo this and which options do I select? I don't even know where sda is mounting to. :( -- FYI after the grub upgrade and have not rebooted yet: # cat /boot/grub/grub.cfg # # DO NOT EDIT THIS FILE # # It is automatically generated by grub-mkconfig using templates # from /etc/grub.d and settings from /etc/default/grub # ### BEGIN /etc/grub.d/00_header ### if [ -s $prefix/grubenv ]; then load_env fi set default="0" if [ "${prev_saved_entry}" ]; then set saved_entry="${prev_saved_entry}" save_env saved_entry set prev_saved_entry= save_env prev_saved_entry set boot_once=true fi function savedefault { if [ -z "${boot_once}" ]; then saved_entry="${chosen}" save_env saved_entry fi } function load_video { insmod vbe insmod vga insmod video_bochs insmod video_cirrus } insmod part_msdos insmod ext2 set root='(hd0,msdos6)' search --no-floppy --fs-uuid --set 8d0bf8c2-1358-4b2f-aa9a-d13ea676c647 if loadfont /share/grub/unicode.pf2 ; then set gfxmode=640x480 load_video insmod gfxterm fi if terminal_output gfxterm ; then true ; else # For backward compatibility with versions of terminal.mod that don't # understand terminal_output terminal gfxterm fi insmod part_msdos insmod ext2 set root='(hd0,msdos1)' search --no-floppy --fs-uuid --set fe4a1af1-1979-49fb-9668-314a24b12890 set locale_dir=($root)/boot/grub/locale set lang=en insmod gettext set timeout=5 ### END /etc/grub.d/00_header ### ### BEGIN /etc/grub.d/05_debian_theme ### insmod part_msdos insmod ext2 set root='(hd0,msdos1)' search --no-floppy --fs-uuid --set fe4a1af1-1979-49fb-9668-314a24b12890 insmod png if background_image /boot/grub/moreblue-orbit-grub.png ; then set color_normal=black/black set color_highlight=magenta/black else set menu_color_normal=cyan/blue set menu_color_highlight=white/blue fi ### END /etc/grub.d/05_debian_theme ### ### BEGIN /etc/grub.d/10_linux ### menuentry 'Debian GNU/Linux, with Linux 2.6.32-5-686' --class debian --class gnu-linux --class gnu --class os { insmod part_msdos insmod ext2 set root='(hd0,msdos1)' search --no-floppy --fs-uuid --set fe4a1af1-1979-49fb-9668-314a24b12890 echo 'Loading Linux 2.6.32-5-686 ...' linux /boot/vmlinuz-2.6.32-5-686 root=UUID=fe4a1af1-1979-49fb-9668-314a24b12890 ro quiet nouveau.modeset=0 echo 'Loading initial ramdisk ...' initrd /boot/initrd.img-2.6.32-5-686 } menuentry 'Debian GNU/Linux, with Linux 2.6.32-5-686 (recovery mode)' --class debian --class gnu-linux --class gnu --class os { insmod part_msdos insmod ext2 set root='(hd0,msdos1)' search --no-floppy --fs-uuid --set fe4a1af1-1979-49fb-9668-314a24b12890 echo 'Loading Linux 2.6.32-5-686 ...' linux /boot/vmlinuz-2.6.32-5-686 root=UUID=fe4a1af1-1979-49fb-9668-314a24b12890 ro single echo 'Loading initial ramdisk ...' initrd /boot/initrd.img-2.6.32-5-686 } menuentry 'Debian GNU/Linux, with Linux 2.6.32-4-686' --class debian --class gnu-linux --class gnu --class os { insmod part_msdos insmod ext2 set root='(hd0,msdos1)' search --no-floppy --fs-uuid --set fe4a1af1-1979-49fb-9668-314a24b12890 echo 'Loading Linux 2.6.32-4-686 ...' linux /boot/vmlinuz-2.6.32-4-686 root=UUID=fe4a1af1-1979-49fb-9668-314a24b12890 ro quiet nouveau.modeset=0 echo 'Loading initial ramdisk ...' initrd /boot/initrd.img-2.6.32-4-686 } menuentry 'Debian GNU/Linux, with Linux 2.6.32-4-686 (recovery mode)' --class debian --class gnu-linux --class gnu --class os { insmod part_msdos insmod ext2 set root='(hd0,msdos1)' search --no-floppy --fs-uuid --set fe4a1af1-1979-49fb-9668-314a24b12890 echo 'Loading Linux 2.6.32-4-686 ...' linux /boot/vmlinuz-2.6.32-4-686 root=UUID=fe4a1af1-1979-49fb-9668-314a24b12890 ro single echo 'Loading initial ramdisk ...' initrd /boot/initrd.img-2.6.32-4-686 } ### END /etc/grub.d/10_linux ### ### BEGIN /etc/grub.d/20_linux_xen ### ### END /etc/grub.d/20_linux_xen ### ### BEGIN /etc/grub.d/30_os-prober ### ### 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 ### ### BEGIN /etc/grub.d/41_custom ### if [ -f $prefix/custom.cfg ]; then source $prefix/custom.cfg; fi ### END /etc/grub.d/41_custom ### Thank you in advance. :) -- "I do not believe that the Great Society is the ordered, changeless and sterile battalion of the ants. It is the excitement of becoming--always becoming, trying, probing, falling, resting and trying again--but always trying and always gaining. In each generation--with toil and tears--we have had to earn our heritage again." --Lyndon B. Johnson /\___/\ Phil./Ant @ http://antfarm.ma.cx (Personal Web Site) / /\ /\ \ Ant's Quality Foraged Links: http://aqfl.net | |o o| | \ _ / If crediting, then use Ant nickname and AQFL URL/link. ( ) If e-mailing, then axe ANT from its address if needed. Ant is currently not listening to any songs on this computer.
From: J G Miller on 18 Jul 2010 11:34 On Sun, 18 Jul 2010 05:28:11 -0700, Ant wrote: > I just did my daily apt-get update and upgrade today, but I ran into a > grub2 upgrade (sorry for the messy menu screen pastes since my old > Windows' SecureCRT v3.4.8 SSH2 terminal doesn't seem to handle the fonts > and layouts nicely) Windoze Terminal? Is something preventing you from reading and posting News from your Debian system? > Thank you in advance. Your question was buried somewhere. Perhaps you could try posting just the question from your Debian system?
From: Ant on 18 Jul 2010 11:37 On 7/18/2010 8:34 AM PT, J G Miller typed: >> I just did my daily apt-get update and upgrade today, but I ran into a >> grub2 upgrade (sorry for the messy menu screen pastes since my old >> Windows' SecureCRT v3.4.8 SSH2 terminal doesn't seem to handle the fonts >> and layouts nicely) > > Windoze Terminal? > > Is something preventing you from reading and posting News from your > Debian system? > >> Thank you in advance. > > Your question was buried somewhere. > > Perhaps you could try posting just the question from your Debian system? What's wrong with SSHing to my Debian box from Windows boxes? I don't always have to use Linux. -- "Are you slower than an ant?" --Sai Yuk from The Legend of Fong Sai Yuk movie (English subtitles) /\___/\ Phil./Ant @ http://antfarm.ma.cx (Personal Web Site) / /\ /\ \ Ant's Quality Foraged Links: http://aqfl.net | |o o| | \ _ / If crediting, then use Ant nickname and AQFL URL/link. ( ) If e-mailing, then axe ANT from its address if needed. Ant is currently not listening to any songs on this computer.
From: Aragorn on 18 Jul 2010 12:37 On Sunday 18 July 2010 14:28 in comp.os.linux.hardware, somebody identifying as Ant wrote... > Hello! > > I just did my daily apt-get update and upgrade today, but I ran into a > grub2 upgrade (sorry for the messy menu screen pastes since my old > Windows' SecureCRT v3.4.8 SSH2 terminal doesn't seem to handle the > fonts and layouts nicely): [snip unnecessary neurological overload] > │ 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. > │ > │ [*] /dev/sda (80026 MB, ST380011A) > │ > │ [*] /dev/sda1 (296 MB, /) "/dev/sda1" is not a disk drive; it's a partition > │ > │ [ ] /dev/sdb (15020 MB, QUANTUM_FIREBALLP_LM15) > │ │ > │ > > I wasn't sure what to select here. I KNOW it is not sdb because that > is my second IDE/ATA HDD as storage. So it leaves off to sda and sda1, > but which one is my boot loader? Neither is your bootloader. One is the hard disk, the other is a partition. > I went ahead and checked both /dev/sda. Is this OK to do? Technically, yes. But it's not necessary. > I hope I didn't break my boot. I am kind of scared to reboot! I have > more details below to help. It won't break your boot. > Installation finished. No error reported. > /usr/sbin/grub-setup: warn: Attempting to install GRUB to a partition > instead of the MBR. This is a BAD idea.. It is generally advised to install GRUB in the master boot record (MBR) of the hard disk which is approached by the BIOS as being the first bootable device. > /usr/sbin/grub-setup: warn: Embedding is not possible. GRUB can only > be installed in this setup by using blocklists. However, blocklists > are UNRELIABLE and their use is discouraged.. That's an error message you get because you've tried to install GRUB twice, i.e. in the MBR and in the first primary partition's boot sector. This kind of set-up is only needed if you're planning on chainloading. Read the GRUB documentation on that if you're interested. > "/usr/sbin/grub-setup: warn: Attempting to install GRUB to a partition > instead of the MBR. This is a BAD idea.." error sounds bad!! :( Did I > mess up? :( No, but you are attempting to do something that is totally unnecessary and will make no difference in the end. > # df > Filesystem 1K-blocks Used Available Use% Mounted on > /dev/sda1 280003 223113 42434 85% / > tmpfs 1297464 0 1297464 0% /lib/init/rw > udev 1293412 204 1293208 1% /dev > tmpfs 1297464 0 1297464 0% /dev/shm > /dev/sda5 14421344 2898304 10790480 22% /home > /dev/sda6 4807056 2884568 1678304 64% /usr > /dev/sda7 964500 518464 397040 57% /var > /dev/sda8 964500 17644 897860 2% /tmp > /dev/sda9 4807056 206068 4356804 5% /usr/local > /dev/sda11 47383396 32688556 12287904 73% /extra > /dev/sda12 918322 16452 852874 2% /others > /dev/sdb1 14436960 3807116 9896480 28% /storage The latter three directories/mountpoints are not FHS-compliant. In other words, you've created unnecessary top-level directories for things which should normally go under other directories in the hierarchy. > Is it OK to put both sda and sda1? It is advised not to do that unless you know what you're doing, and the installer told you so but you wouldn't listen. :p > If not, then how can I undo this and which options do I select? I > don't even know where sda is mounting to. :( "/dev/sda" is not mounting to anything. It is a hard disk. Putting GRUB there means that you are writing the first stage of GRUB - which only takes a few hundred bytes - to the beginning of the device special file "/dev/sda", which represents your hard disk. In other words, you are writing to the MBR of that hard disk. Please read the documentation before you're attempting to mess with something you don't understand. That may sound harsh, but it's exactly what you've been trying to do. -- *Aragorn* (registered GNU/Linux user #223157)
From: Ant on 18 Jul 2010 12:45
On 7/18/2010 9:37 AM PT, Aragorn typed: >> I wasn't sure what to select here. I KNOW it is not sdb because that >> is my second IDE/ATA HDD as storage. So it leaves off to sda and sda1, >> but which one is my boot loader? > > Neither is your bootloader. One is the hard disk, the other is a > partition. I assume sda is the physical HDD and sda1 is the partition. I am not fimiliar with these disk terms. >> I went ahead and checked both /dev/sda. Is this OK to do? > > Technically, yes. But it's not necessary. I was just following the recommendation from the instructions, but I wanted to double check with people in case this was not right. >> I hope I didn't break my boot. I am kind of scared to reboot! I have >> more details below to help. > > It won't break your boot. Whew!!! Thanks God! :) >> Installation finished. No error reported. >> /usr/sbin/grub-setup: warn: Attempting to install GRUB to a partition >> instead of the MBR. This is a BAD idea.. > > It is generally advised to install GRUB in the master boot record (MBR) > of the hard disk which is approached by the BIOS as being the first > bootable device. > >> /usr/sbin/grub-setup: warn: Embedding is not possible. GRUB can only >> be installed in this setup by using blocklists. However, blocklists >> are UNRELIABLE and their use is discouraged.. > > That's an error message you get because you've tried to install GRUB > twice, i.e. in the MBR and in the first primary partition's boot > sector. This kind of set-up is only needed if you're planning on > chainloading. Read the GRUB documentation on that if you're > interested. Interesting, and sort of confusing. :( >> "/usr/sbin/grub-setup: warn: Attempting to install GRUB to a partition >> instead of the MBR. This is a BAD idea.." error sounds bad!! :( Did I >> mess up? :( > > No, but you are attempting to do something that is totally unnecessary > and will make no difference in the end. > >> # df >> Filesystem 1K-blocks Used Available Use% Mounted on >> /dev/sda1 280003 223113 42434 85% / >> tmpfs 1297464 0 1297464 0% /lib/init/rw >> udev 1293412 204 1293208 1% /dev >> tmpfs 1297464 0 1297464 0% /dev/shm >> /dev/sda5 14421344 2898304 10790480 22% /home >> /dev/sda6 4807056 2884568 1678304 64% /usr >> /dev/sda7 964500 518464 397040 57% /var >> /dev/sda8 964500 17644 897860 2% /tmp >> /dev/sda9 4807056 206068 4356804 5% /usr/local >> /dev/sda11 47383396 32688556 12287904 73% /extra >> /dev/sda12 918322 16452 852874 2% /others >> /dev/sdb1 14436960 3807116 9896480 28% /storage > > The latter three directories/mountpoints are not FHS-compliant. In > other words, you've created unnecessary top-level directories for > things which should normally go under other directories in the > hierarchy. Oh well, I was a newbie and still learning. One day, I will wipe my HDDs clean and start from scratch. I have had this Debian since 2005 so things accumulates. ;) >> Is it OK to put both sda and sda1? > > It is advised not to do that unless you know what you're doing, and the > installer told you so but you wouldn't listen. :p Uh, where did it say I had to listen? >> If not, then how can I undo this and which options do I select? I >> don't even know where sda is mounting to. :( > > "/dev/sda" is not mounting to anything. It is a hard disk. Putting > GRUB there means that you are writing the first stage of GRUB - which > only takes a few hundred bytes - to the beginning of the device special > file "/dev/sda", which represents your hard disk. In other words, you > are writing to the MBR of that hard disk. > > Please read the documentation before you're attempting to mess with > something you don't understand. That may sound harsh, but it's exactly > what you've been trying to do. I did read it briefly, but it was still confusing. :( Thanks though! :) -- "May 10,000 ants never invade your underwear drawer." --unknown /\___/\ Phil./Ant @ http://antfarm.ma.cx (Personal Web Site) / /\ /\ \ Ant's Quality Foraged Links: http://aqfl.net | |o o| | \ _ / If crediting, then use Ant nickname and AQFL URL/link. ( ) If e-mailing, then axe ANT from its address if needed. Ant is currently not listening to any songs on this computer. |