Comment 3 for bug 153615

(Came here via bug #230603.)

Ditto to David's comment.

I tried installing to USB key using direct install rather than usb-creator based on someone's recommendation.

I don't think the installer made it clear that Grub would be installed to the first primary hard disk. My Windows installation was rendered unbootable. This kind of thing should not happen.

Obviously installing Grub to the first hard drive would be the right thing to do if there were two internal drives, but if any of the drives are removable, the installer needs to ask the user what to do. Either that or maybe there is a way to enumerate the BIOS boot order: if the install target is a valid BIOS boot device, then Grub should be installed to the install target and not the first hard drive.

Also, the installer should display the name of the drive it is installing Grub to, and it should do so on the main page, not hidden under advanced. Any label would be beneficial, something like "Seagate STxxxxx - SATA" versus "SanDisk Cruiser - USB" would be enough to differentiate from external, but /dev/xxx would be better than nothing. If you're trying to make the screen as simple as possible, the information could possibly be hidden if there is only one drive.