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

[Launchpad Bug Tracker]

This bug was fixed in the package ubiquity - 2.11.29

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ubiquity (2.11.29) quantal; urgency=low

  [ Colin Watson ]
  * Fix missing parentheses that caused removable installation media
    sometimes to be selected as the default GRUB device (LP: #987418).
  * Update translations from Launchpad (LP: #1045695).

  [ Dmitrijs Ledkovs ]
  * Automatic update of included source packages: partman-auto-lvm
    45ubuntu2. (LP: #1045812)
 -- Dmitrijs Ledkovs <dmitrij.ledkov at ubuntu.com>   Tue, 04 Sep 2012 18:48:04 +0100

** Changed in: ubiquity (Ubuntu Quantal)
       Status: Fix Committed => Fix Released

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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:
  Triaged
Status in “ubiquity” source package in Quantal:
  Fix Released

Bug description:
  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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