[Bug 1017172] Re: Grub installs to wrong drive

[Brian Murray]

The logs indicate it was installed to sdc:

Jun 24 15:00:06 xubuntu grub-installer: info: Installing grub on '/dev/sdc'
Jun 24 15:00:06 xubuntu grub-installer: info: grub-install supports --no-floppy
Jun 24 15:00:06 xubuntu grub-installer: info: Running chroot /target grub-install  --no-floppy --force "/dev/sdc"
Jun 24 15:00:12 xubuntu grub-installer: Installation finished. No error reported.
Jun 24 15:00:12 xubuntu grub-installer: info: grub-install ran successfully

** Package changed: ubiquity (Ubuntu) => grub-installer (Ubuntu)

** Changed in: grub-installer (Ubuntu)
   Importance: Undecided => Medium

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Title:
  Grub installs to wrong drive

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

Bug description:
  Installing 12.10 Xubuntu daily.

  Choose install to whole drive, picked sdc.

  Grub installed into sdb - on reboot newly installed system not
  booting. Grub from previous 12.04 in sda used.

  (if of any help a bootscript attached )

  ProblemType: Bug
  DistroRelease: Ubuntu 12.10
  Package: ubiquity 2.11.6
  ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.5.0-1.1-generic 3.5.0-rc3
  Uname: Linux 3.5.0-1-generic i686
  ApportVersion: 2.2.5-0ubuntu1
  Architecture: i386
  CasperVersion: 1.318
  Date: Sun Jun 24 16:05:34 2012
  InstallCmdLine: initrd=/ubninit file=/cdrom/preseed/xubuntu.seed boot=casper quiet splash -- BOOT_IMAGE=/ubnkern
  LiveMediaBuild: Xubuntu 12.10 "Quantal Quetzal" - Alpha i386 (20120624)
  ProcEnviron:
   TERM=xterm
   PATH=(custom, no user)
   LANG=en_US.UTF-8
   SHELL=/bin/bash
  SourcePackage: ubiquity
  UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install)

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