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

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This bug was fixed in the package ubiquity - 2.10.23

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ubiquity (2.10.23) precise-proposed; urgency=low

  * Honour base-installer/kernel/altmeta when deciding which kernels to
    install or keep installed.

ubiquity (2.10.22) precise-proposed; urgency=low

  [ Dmitrijs Ledkovs ]
  * Make user-setup-encrypted-swap wait until partitioning has finished
    before attempting to adjust /target/etc/fstab. (LP: #1024343)
    (LP: #1068178)

  [ Colin Watson ]
  * Don't remove kernel headers just because we're removing signed kernel
    images of the same flavour (LP: #1070427).

ubiquity (2.10.21) precise-proposed; urgency=low

  [ Colin Watson ]
  * Fix missing parentheses that caused removable installation media
    sometimes to be selected as the default GRUB device (LP: #987418).
  * Support UEFI Secure Boot (LP: #1075181):
    - Try to install a signed kernel if base-installer asks for one, and
      don't leave signed kernels installed if it doesn't.
    - If the SecureBoot EFI variable is set, then ensure that
      grub-efi-amd64-signed and shim-signed remain installed.
    - Copy the signed kernel from /cdrom if it is not in the squashfs.  If
      there is a signed kernel there but no unsigned one, then use sbattach
      to remove the signature and construct the unsigned kernel on the fly.
  * Automatic update of included source packages: base-installer
    1.122ubuntu7.2, grub-installer 1.68ubuntu5.1.

  [ Mario Limonciello ]
  * Don't let oem-config crash from an invalid server return on the timezone
    page. (LP: #887879)

  [ Dmitrijs Ledkovs ]
  * Do not preseed grub-install, if we are not proceeding to install. This
    should fix ValueError, I/O operation on closed file (LP: #1027648)
    (LP: #792652)
  * Prevent progress label to expand & shrink the window (LP: #1046241)

  [ Jonathan Riddell ]
  * Change from a KApplication to a QApplication to avoid using DBus, DBus
    as needed by KApplication no longer works with our multiple user changes
    LP: #1055967
 -- Colin Watson <cjwatson at ubuntu.com>   Thu, 06 Dec 2012 17:20:32 +0000

** Changed in: ubiquity (Ubuntu Precise)
       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:
  Fix Released
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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