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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