[Bug 984989] Re: grub install fails. installing from /dev/sda to /dev/sdb

[Dan Whitehouse]

It would also be nice if the alternate (txt) installer would allow the user to select which drive to install grub to.
Its frustrating that it always assumes sda.
I've got a single ide drive which "oscillates" between sde and sda.
I've also got a 4 drive raid 5 array.

Ubuntu seems to love to install grub to sda when its part of my raid
array potentially screwing up the array and leaving my system
unbootable. On a fresh install...

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Title:
  grub install fails. installing from /dev/sda to /dev/sdb

Status in “ubiquity” package in Ubuntu:
  Fix Released

Bug description:
  Using today's amd64 daily-live iso. I am booting from a usb drive
  which is showing up as /dev/sda. I am attempting to install to
  /dev/sdb. The install goes fine until the installer tries to install
  grub to /dev/sda which it shouldn't. I then tell it to install to
  /dev/sdb and that fails as well.

  ProblemType: Bug
  DistroRelease: Ubuntu 12.04
  Package: ubiquity 2.10.13
  ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.2.0-23.36-generic 3.2.14
  Uname: Linux 3.2.0-23-generic x86_64
  ApportVersion: 2.0.1-0ubuntu4
  Architecture: amd64
  CasperVersion: 1.314
  Date: Wed Apr 18 08:12:57 2012
  InstallCmdLine: file=/cdrom/preseed/ubuntu.seed boot=casper initrd=/casper/initrd.lz quiet splash -- maybe-ubiquity
  LiveMediaBuild: Ubuntu 12.04 LTS "Precise Pangolin" - Beta amd64 (20120418.1)
  ProcEnviron:
   LANGUAGE=en_US.UTF-8
   TERM=linux
   PATH=(custom, no user)
   LANG=en_US.UTF-8
  SourcePackage: grub-installer
  UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install)

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