Re: Grub update?

["Henry W. Peters" <hwpeters@jamadots.com>]

On 07/18/2010 01:42 PM, Colin Watson wrote:
> On Sun, Jul 18, 2010 at 12:04:55PM -0400, Henry W. Peters wrote:
>    
>> Running Debian Squeeze. Just got an update,&  now my terminal is hung up
>> with the following message:
>>
>>
>> Configuring grub-pc ├──────────────────────────┐
>>   │                                                                           │
>>   │ which devices you'd like grub-install to be automatically run for, if
>>   │ any.
>>   │
>>   │ It is recommended that you do this in most situations, to prevent the
>>   │ installed GRUB from getting out of sync with other components such as
>>   │ grub.cfg or with newer Linux images it will have to load.
>>   │
>>   │ If you're unsure which drive is designated as boot drive by your BIOS,
>>   │ it is often a good idea to install GRUB to all of them.
>>   │
>>   │ Note: It is possible to install GRUB to partition boot records as well,
>>   │ and some appropriate partitions are offered here.  However, this forces
>>   │ GRUB to use the blocklist mechanism, which makes it less reliable, and
>>   │ therefore is not recommended.
>>   │
>>   │<Ok>
>>   │
>>
>> No options are given, the "<Ok>  " is not a real return button. I tried
>> restarting (had to give password to do so)...&  then re updating, it
>> goes back to this same message&  hangs up. It's been about 20 minutes
>> now... I only have two HD's. What to do?
>>      
> The next screen after that should have a set of drives to select; this
> has worked perfectly in my testing.  If it doesn't then that's a problem
> at some other layer ...
>
> (You may have to use Tab to get to the OK button before pressing Return,
> or something.)
>
> In any case, this isn't really a GRUB problem, but more a problem with
> Debian; you should ask about it in some Debian context, perhaps
> debian-user.
>    

Thanks for reply Colin.

I needed to hit the tab button to highlight "<OK>" but now I get the 
list, & it has a red cursor, that when I hit return in the appropriate 
item, it goes to "<OK>" & I hit return, & get this:

─────────────────────────┤ Configuring grub-pc ├──────────────────────────┐
  │                                                                           │
  │ You chose not to install GRUB to any devices.  If you continue, the 
boot  │
  │ loader may not be properly configured, and when your computer 
next        │
  │ starts up it will use whatever was previously in the boot sector.  
If     │
  │ there is an earlier version of GRUB 2 in the boot sector, it may 
be       │
  │ unable to load modules or handle the current configuration 
file.          │
  │                                                                           │
  │ If you are already running a different boot loader and want to carry 
on   │
  │ doing so, or if this is a special environment where you do not need 
a     │
  │ boot loader, then you should continue anyway.  Otherwise, you 
should      │
  │ install GRUB 
somewhere.                                                   │
  │                                                                           │
  │ Continue without installing 
GRUB?                                         │
  │                                                                           │
  │ <Yes> <No>

Of course, I select <No> & it brings me back to the option lists, etc. 
again.How do I select an option?

I think this is a grub problem (insufficient (& rather non standard (?) 
instructions to select options!).

Thanks again.
Henry