[Debian-eeepc-devel] Squeeze Net-Install Fails

[Ben Armstrong]

On 09/02/2011 01:26 PM, Kent Frazier wrote:
> When I tried to install Squeeze from a USB thumb drive the install
> failed installing GRUB.  The USB drive is seen as sda and my HD is seen
> as sdb during the install. GRUB tries to instal to sda, without giving
> me the option to install to sdb, and fails.
> 
> I've been able to install with a CD-ROM and external Drive, but I was
> hoping to get the USB issue resolved as I plan on reinstalling with a
> different partition scheme this weekend.

Please indicate the URL to the image you used for the install.

GRUB ought to ask you which device to install to, so I don't know what's
going on there. In most cases where GRUB mis-steps, it is possible to
rescue the system afterwards by booting rescue media and reinstalling
GRUB on the main drive.

Ben