[Bug 987927] [NEW] grub failed to install to /dev/sda on retry

[Jean-Baptiste Lallement]

Public bug reported:

Precise Desktop i386 20120423

TEST CASE:
1. Start a live session from a usb stick
2. Start ubiquity
3. Select the manual partitioner
4. '/dev/sdb' (installation media) is selected by default (bug 987418) if it is not, select it (grub will fail to install at the end of the installation, this is expected and the objective of this test)
5. Continue with the installation 
6. At the end of the installation grub fails to install to /dev/sdb and a prompt is displayed to select another device
7. Select '/dev/sda' and validate

EXPECTED RESULT
grubs installs to /dev/sda

ACTUAL RESULT:
This crash. On reboot the user is dropped to a grub shell

ProblemType: Bug
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 12.04
Package: ubiquity 2.10.16
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.2.0-23.36-generic-pae 3.2.14
Uname: Linux 3.2.0-23-generic-pae i686
ApportVersion: 2.0.1-0ubuntu5
Architecture: i386
CasperVersion: 1.315
Date: Tue Apr 24 18:22:14 2012
InstallCmdLine: file=/cdrom/preseed/ubuntu.seed boot=casper initrd=/casper/initrd.lz quiet splash -- maybe-ubiquity
LiveMediaBuild: Ubuntu 12.04 LTS "Precise Pangolin" - Release i386 (20120423)
ProcEnviron:
 TERM=xterm
 PATH=(custom, no user)
 LANG=en_US.UTF-8
 SHELL=/bin/bash
SourcePackage: grub-installer
UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install)

** Affects: grub-installer (Ubuntu)
     Importance: Medium
         Status: New


** Tags: apport-bug i386 precise qa-manual-testing rls-mgr-p-tracking ubiquity-2.10.16

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Title:
  grub failed to install to /dev/sda on retry

Status in “grub-installer” package in Ubuntu:
  New

Bug description:
  Precise Desktop i386 20120423

  TEST CASE:
  1. Start a live session from a usb stick
  2. Start ubiquity
  3. Select the manual partitioner
  4. '/dev/sdb' (installation media) is selected by default (bug 987418) if it is not, select it (grub will fail to install at the end of the installation, this is expected and the objective of this test)
  5. Continue with the installation 
  6. At the end of the installation grub fails to install to /dev/sdb and a prompt is displayed to select another device
  7. Select '/dev/sda' and validate

  EXPECTED RESULT
  grubs installs to /dev/sda

  ACTUAL RESULT:
  This crash. On reboot the user is dropped to a grub shell

  ProblemType: Bug
  DistroRelease: Ubuntu 12.04
  Package: ubiquity 2.10.16
  ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.2.0-23.36-generic-pae 3.2.14
  Uname: Linux 3.2.0-23-generic-pae i686
  ApportVersion: 2.0.1-0ubuntu5
  Architecture: i386
  CasperVersion: 1.315
  Date: Tue Apr 24 18:22:14 2012
  InstallCmdLine: file=/cdrom/preseed/ubuntu.seed boot=casper initrd=/casper/initrd.lz quiet splash -- maybe-ubiquity
  LiveMediaBuild: Ubuntu 12.04 LTS "Precise Pangolin" - Release i386 (20120423)
  ProcEnviron:
   TERM=xterm
   PATH=(custom, no user)
   LANG=en_US.UTF-8
   SHELL=/bin/bash
  SourcePackage: grub-installer
  UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install)

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