* Rearrange postinst install_devices logic so that preparatory code is run
only once and the while loop only encloses actual asking of questions,
and so that the question being asked is always marked for redisplay when
going round the while loop again (LP: #580408).
* Only offer partitions containing /, /boot, or /boot/grub for
grub-install; installing to other partitions may have harmful effects
such as making Windows unbootable, and installing GRUB to every single
partition is likely to result in confusion anyway (LP: #576724).
-- Colin Watson <email address hidden> Thu, 01 Jul 2010 18:26:37 +0100
Here's the bug I was referring to: bug 576724
This is a comment from that bug:
This bug was fixed in the package grub2 - 1.98+20100614- 2ubuntu4
--------------- 2ubuntu4) maverick; urgency=low
grub2 (1.98+20100614-
* Rearrange postinst install_devices logic so that preparatory code is run
only once and the while loop only encloses actual asking of questions,
and so that the question being asked is always marked for redisplay when
going round the while loop again (LP: #580408).
* Only offer partitions containing /, /boot, or /boot/grub for
grub-install; installing to other partitions may have harmful effects
such as making Windows unbootable, and installing GRUB to every single
partition is likely to result in confusion anyway (LP: #576724).
-- Colin Watson <email address hidden> Thu, 01 Jul 2010 18:26:37 +0100