Public bug reported:

Binary package hint: debian-installer

Description: Ubuntu 9.10
Release: 9.10

There is a wrong information given to the user in the text version
installer on the server cd and alternate cd (and I guess also on
mini.iso netboot image).

At the end of installation, installer asks if I want to install GRUB on
the MBR. I chose no (I want it on volume boot record). Then it writes
something like this (I do not want to perform 3rd installation again to
see what the exact words were used):

type "(hd0)" or "/dev/hda" if you want GRUB on the MBR of the first hard drive
type "(hd0,1)" or "/dev/hda2" if you want GRUB on the second partition of the 
first drive
... etc ...

Because I wanted to install GRUB on the the third partition I typed
"(hd0,2)", and the installer overwrote boot sector of the SECOND(!)
partition. Because, as I later found out, GRUB2 counts partitions from 1
(not from 0).

Not only installer forgot to emphasize that it will install GRUB2, and
that the partitions in GRUB2 are counted from 1, but it also gave the
wrong information: that the "(hd0,1)" is second partition (in GRUB1 it's
true, but not in GRUB2).

** Affects: debian-installer (Ubuntu)
     Importance: Undecided
         Status: New

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Wrong information is given to the user about GRUB installation
https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/484525
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