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[CF <carlos-filho-25@xxxxxxxxxx>]

Stan Goodman wrote:

> When the first reboot happened, I left the DVD in the drive, which I am sure 
> is
> correct. After the reboot, what came up was the installers main screen,
> offering the choice of booting from the Hard Disk, Installation, etc. Choosing
> "Installation" brings me back to the beginning of the upgrade process
> (language, accept the conditions, etc.), which I do not think is where I want
> to be. In other words, I appear to have lost the thread of the upgrade 
> process.
> I hope someone will explain to me why this has happened, and what I can do
> about it.

It seems that you interrupted the installation process. After the first
reboot, at the menu that appears when the DVD is left in the drive you
should have chosen the option "Boot From The Hard Disk"; then the
installation procedure would continue and you would have made the final
configurations.

> Removing the DVD and rebooting causes a black screen to come up, with a prompt
> like "grub >". In other words, the upgrade process has decided on its own
> initiative to install GRUB in the Master Boot Sector. This is dirty pool: When
> I first installed v10..2, I put GRUB into a very small partition all by 
> itself;
> I did this for a very good reason, and I was allowed to do it, and there is 
> something very wrong with the upgrader/installer moving it about in this way
> without asking me. I'll fix this, but it should not have happened.

The installation procedure allows you to customize the Boot Loader
configurations. You may choose where to install it (MBR or HDD) as well
as which one to install (Grub or Lilo).

Hope I could be of any help.

CF
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