Package: grub-pc
Version: 1.97+20091115-1
Severity: normal
May I suggest changing
┌──┤ 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. │
│ │
│ Note: It is possible to install GRUB to partition boot records as well. │
│ However, this forces GRUB to use the blocklist mechanism, which makes it │
│ less reliable, and therefore is not recommended. │
│ │
│ GRUB install devices: │
│ │
│[*] /dev/sda │
│[*] /dev/sdb │
│[*] /dev/sdc │
│ │
│ │
└───┘
to something more explicit:
┌──┤ 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 can be a good idea to install GRUB to all of them. However, the boot │
│ process will be faster if GRUB is installed on the boot record of the │
│ disk containing the directory /boot/grub and your BIOS is set to boot │
│ from this disk. │
│ │
│ Note: It is possible to install GRUB to partition boot records as well. │
│ However, this forces GRUB to use the blocklist mechanism, which makes it │
│ less reliable, and therefore is not recommended. │
│ │
│ GRUB install devices: │
│ │
│[*] /dev/sda │
│[*] /dev/sdb │
│[*] /dev/sdc │
│ │
│ │
└───┘
It is good practice to install grub on the MBR of the disk containing
/boot/grub. On a dual-boot machine containing several disks, each one
dedicated to a single operating system, each other disk can maintain its MBR
untouched, as this would be more reliable and flexible. Something to this
effect could be documented.
Alan
-- Package-specific info:
*** BEGIN /proc/mounts
/dev/disk/by-uuid/dffacea2-ec10-4b17-bdf7-d71806390ac6 / ext3
rw,relatime,errors=remount-ro,data=ordered 0 0
/dev/hdc1 /home/dell ext3 rw,relatime,errors=continue,data=ordered 0 0
*** END /proc/mounts
*** BEGIN /boot/grub/device.map
(hd0) /dev/hda
(hd1) /dev/hdb
(hd2) /dev/hdc
*** END /boot/grub/device.map
*** BEGIN /boot/grub/grub.cfg
#
# DO NOT EDIT THIS FILE
#
# It is au
