@ew that confirms at least part of my install experience. When selecting Install (without swap) the installer would go through the steps of installing (although it would never boot). When selecting Install with Swap, nothing would happen.
So, what I wound up doing was use a tool from the Ubuntu peoples, which worked. I have a philosophical issue using Ubuntu tools though because 1) their CLA and licensing is contradictory to many FOSS principles and good old Debian, the community driven distro, 2) some of their corporate practices. (Interesting topic which is apparently being hammered out over on the systemd/upstart thread: my vote.... systemd ... I agree with all the upstart-detractors. For the record though, I am not a Canonical hater: they contribute a good deal, just, also tend to hijack and brainwash ...)
Are you are saying I could accomplish the install without using Boot-Repair, the Ubuntu tool? I can tell part of Boot-Repair is actually just bootinfoscript, but I just don't know the rest of the magic to get the install to work without using their tool. What's the remaining part?
So, what I wound up doing was use a tool from the Ubuntu peoples, which worked. I have a philosophical issue using Ubuntu tools though because 1) their CLA and licensing is contradictory to many FOSS principles and good old Debian, the community driven distro, 2) some of their corporate practices. (Interesting topic which is apparently being hammered out over on the systemd/upstart thread: my vote.... systemd ... I agree with all the upstart-detractors. For the record though, I am not a Canonical hater: they contribute a good deal, just, also tend to hijack and brainwash ...)
Are you are saying I could accomplish the install without using Boot-Repair, the Ubuntu tool? I can tell part of Boot-Repair is actually just bootinfoscript, but I just don't know the rest of the magic to get the install to work without using their tool. What's the remaining part?