[Bug 987418] Re: manual partitioner: /dev/sdb (installation media) selected by default as device for boot loader installation

[Adam Conrad]

Hello Jean-Baptiste, or anyone else affected,

Accepted ubiquity into precise-proposed. The package will build now and
be available at http://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/ubiquity/2.10.21 in
a few hours, and then in the -proposed repository.

Please help us by testing this new package.  See
https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Testing/EnableProposed for documentation how to
enable and use -proposed.  Your feedback will aid us getting this update
out to other Ubuntu users.

If this package fixes the bug for you, please change the bug tag from
verification-needed to verification-done.  If it does not, change the
tag to verification-failed.  In either case, details of your testing
will help us make a better decision.

Further information regarding the verification process can be found at
https://wiki.ubuntu.com/QATeam/PerformingSRUVerification .  Thank you in
advance!

** Changed in: ubiquity (Ubuntu Precise)
       Status: In Progress => Fix Committed

** Tags added: verification-needed

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Title:
  manual partitioner: /dev/sdb (installation media) selected by default
  as device for boot loader installation

Status in “ubiquity” package in Ubuntu:
  Fix Released
Status in “ubiquity” source package in Precise:
  Fix Committed
Status in “ubiquity” source package in Quantal:
  Fix Released

Bug description:
  [Impact] The selected boot device in ubiquity's manual partitioner is sometimes wrong.
  [Test Case] See comment #11 for a VM setup that reproduces this bug.
  [Regression Potential] This is hairy code that has failed a number of times in the past, so it's worth checking that a few other setups still behave reasonably.  It probably still won't be right in all cases (see e.g. bug 1066173 which I think precise may suffer from); this specifically addresses the case when installing from removable USB media onto a fixed disk, and ensuring that the boot loader defaults to the fixed disk.

  == If you are affected by this bug ==

  You can use Quantal beta or later images.
  You can use Precise post 12.04.1 daily images.

  Both are available from cdimages.ubuntu.com

  =====================================

  Precise Desktop 20120423

  During a side by side installation with an existing Ubuntu Precise on the system, with the manual partitioner from a usb stick, the selected device for boot loader installation was set to /dev/sdb by default (installation media)
  If the user doesn't pay attention to the selected value, the end of the installation will fail.

  When grub fails to install on /dev/sdb, it shows a dialog to select
  another device. I choose /dev/sda, it installs without a failure but
  I'm dropped to a grub prompt on reboot.

  ProblemType: Bug
  DistroRelease: Ubuntu 12.04
  Package: ubiquity 2.10.16
  ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.2.0-23.36-generic 3.2.14
  Uname: Linux 3.2.0-23-generic x86_64
  ApportVersion: 2.0.1-0ubuntu5
  Architecture: amd64
  CasperVersion: 1.315
  Date: Mon Apr 23 19:01:48 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 amd64+mac (20120423)
  ProcEnviron:
   LANGUAGE=fr_FR.UTF-8
   TERM=unknown
   PATH=(custom, no user)
   LANG=fr_FR.UTF-8
   SHELL=/bin/bash
  SourcePackage: grub-installer
  UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install)

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