Problem with NON-STANDARD install

From	Richard Owlett <rowlett@cloud85.net>
Newsgroups	linux.debian.user
Subject	Problem with NON-STANDARD install
Date	2016-08-01 17:40 +0200
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*CAVEAT LECTOR*
I _KNOW_ I'm doing an *ATYPICAL* install.
I *REQUIRE* Grub to be its own partition.
The Debian 8.4 installer at least recognizes that some users 
would desire Grub to be in its own partition.

"Debian GNU/Linux Installation Guide" 
[https://www.debian.org/releases/stable/i386/] effectively 
ignores the issue.

6.3.6.2. Install the Grub Boot Loader on a Hard Disk says only:
...By default, grub will be installed into the Master Boot Record 
(MBR), where it will take over complete control of the boot 
process. If you prefer, you can install it elsewhere. See the 
grub manual for complete information. ...

It does not even give a link for "grub manual" [e.g. 
http://www.gnu.org/software/grub/manual/grub.html] which says in 
Section 3.4 "...or the core image can be installed in a file 
system and a list of the blocks that make it up can be stored in 
the first sector of that partition."

I assumed that as the installer explicitly gave the option it 
would handle the details. It apparently did not.

After install, I am dumped into GRUB's rescue mode
"set" responds
prefix=(hd0,msdos1)/boot/grub
root=hd0,msdos1

"ls" responds
(hd0) (hd0,msdos5) (hd0,msdos2) (hd0,msdos1)

The title in readme.txt on the installation DVD reads "Debian 
GNU/Linux 8.4.0 "Jessie" -
     Official i386 DVD Binary-1 20160402-13:26"

I had set aside sda1 [2GB ext2] for grub.
Examining sda1 with a live edition of GPARTED shows ~33 MB has 
been written to it.
Examining it with a live edition of Debian 7 shows no files, 
hidden or not.

Where will I find the missing details?
TIA

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Problem with NON-STANDARD install Richard Owlett <rowlett@cloud85.net> - 2016-08-01 17:40 +0200
  Re: Problem with NON-STANDARD install David Wright <deblis@lionunicorn.co.uk> - 2016-08-01 19:10 +0200
    Re: Problem with NON-STANDARD install Richard Owlett <rowlett@cloud85.net> - 2016-08-01 20:10 +0200
      Re: Problem with NON-STANDARD install David Wright <deblis@lionunicorn.co.uk> - 2016-08-01 21:00 +0200
      Re: Problem with NON-STANDARD install Joe <joe@jretrading.com> - 2016-08-01 21:20 +0200
        Re: Problem with NON-STANDARD install Richard Owlett <rowlett@cloud85.net> - 2016-08-01 22:30 +0200
        Re: Problem with NON-STANDARD install Felix Miata <mrmazda@earthlink.net> - 2016-08-02 03:10 +0200
        Re: Problem with NON-STANDARD install Pascal Hambourg <pascal@plouf.fr.eu.org> - 2016-08-06 12:10 +0200
        Re: Problem with NON-STANDARD install Pascal Hambourg <pascal@plouf.fr.eu.org> - 2016-08-06 12:10 +0200
          Re: Problem with NON-STANDARD install Richard Owlett <rowlett@cloud85.net> - 2016-08-06 15:10 +0200
          Re: Problem with NON-STANDARD install Felix Miata <mrmazda@earthlink.net> - 2016-08-06 16:20 +0200
            Re: Problem with NON-STANDARD install Pascal Hambourg <pascal@plouf.fr.eu.org> - 2016-08-07 00:00 +0200
              Re: Problem with NON-STANDARD install Felix Miata <mrmazda@earthlink.net> - 2016-08-07 00:20 +0200
            Re: Problem with NON-STANDARD install Pascal Hambourg <pascal@plouf.fr.eu.org> - 2016-08-07 11:50 +0200
  Re: Problem with NON-STANDARD install Brian Flaherty <bxf4@yahoo.com> - 2016-08-01 19:30 +0200
    Re: Problem with NON-STANDARD install Richard Owlett <rowlett@cloud85.net> - 2016-08-01 20:30 +0200
  Re: Problem with NON-STANDARD install Richard Owlett <rowlett@cloud85.net> - 2016-08-05 20:50 +0200
    Re: Problem with NON-STANDARD install David Wright <deblis@lionunicorn.co.uk> - 2016-08-05 22:10 +0200
      Re: Problem with NON-STANDARD install Richard Owlett <rowlett@cloud85.net> - 2016-08-05 23:10 +0200
      [PRIVATE REPLY} Re: Problem with NON-STANDARD install Richard Owlett <rowlett@cloud85.net> - 2016-08-05 23:20 +0200
    Re: Problem with NON-STANDARD install Richard Owlett <rowlett@cloud85.net> - 2016-09-02 15:40 +0200
      Re: Problem with NON-STANDARD install Felix Miata <mrmazda@earthlink.net> - 2016-09-03 06:30 +0200
        Re: Problem with NON-STANDARD install Lisi Reisz <lisi.reisz@gmail.com> - 2016-09-03 12:40 +0200
          Re: Problem with NON-STANDARD install Gene Heskett <gheskett@shentel.net> - 2016-09-03 13:00 +0200

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