This is fixed in Ubuntu now (and hopefully I'll get the same patch into Debian in the not too distant future); we now ask if you really mean it if you don't select any devices.
grub2 (1.98~20100128-1ubuntu1) lucid; urgency=low * Resynchronise with Debian. Remaining changes: [...] * Don't generate /boot/grub/device.map during grub-install by default. * Store grub-pc/install_devices as persistent device names under /dev/disk/by-id/ (LP: #496435). Migrate previous device names to that, with explicit confirmation in non-trivial cases to make sure we got the right ones. If the devices we were told to install to ever go away, ask again. * If the user opts to install GRUB nowhere, make sure they really mean it. * Backport disk read fixes from upstream. -- Colin Watson <cjwat...@ubuntu.com> Wed, 03 Feb 2010 16:53:33 -0800 ** Changed in: grub2 (Ubuntu) Status: Confirmed => Fix Released ** Changed in: grub2 (Ubuntu) Assignee: (unassigned) => Colin Watson (cjwatson) -- upgrade-from-grub-legacy proceeds even without a selected device https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/466462 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs