I'm 100% positive that I chose the correct options to install Debian to sdb, but it installed to sda (those are my only two drives). I also chose to install the boot loader to sda (which had an old version of Ubuntu on it); could that have caused the problem? My new Debian installation boots fine, but sdb (which was a previous Debian installation) does not even show up in the boot menu anymore.
I ran system diagnostics and got "self-test unsuccessful" for sdb, yet I can mount it, chroot into it, even update and upgrade packages after chrooting, and fsck comes out clean. I looked up the self-test result and found out that it could be a false alarm. I want to try to install another distribution on sdb, but I'm worried about what will happen.
Does this installation to the wrong drive sound like something I should be concerned about for future installations? Was choosing to re-install the boot loader to the drive that already had a boot loader a bad choice? I don't know what to make of any of this.
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Installed to Wrong Drive
Re: Installed to Wrong Drive
You may do two ways:
1. Super Grub Disk / Grml
2. Edit /etc/grub.d/40_custom to boot the debian on /sdb
1. Super Grub Disk / Grml
2. Edit /etc/grub.d/40_custom to boot the debian on /sdb
It may have occurred that during installation debian installer wuld have seen your sda as sdb and viceversa. I dont know about your drives configuration, but sometimes the bios can even change hd0 to hd1 ... It is a bit tricky to have more drives during installation.I'm 100% positive that I chose the correct options to install Debian to sdb, but it installed to sda
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Re: Installed to Wrong Drive
I got the old Debian to show up in the boot menu just by updating grub.
Yes I used a live usb. If I had installed the boot loader on the usb, wouldn't my new Debian installation not show up at all?Bulkley wrote:What did you use to do the install? An iso on a USB stick? If so, did you accidentally install the boot loader on the USB stick? I did that once.
Re: Installed to Wrong Drive
One would think so but you may actually have two boot loaders. It's best to take a look.bentHnau wrote:If I had installed the boot loader on the usb, wouldn't my new Debian installation not show up at all?