[Bug 389194] Re: Poor choice of device for installing GRUB

[Phillip Susi]

Defaulting to the device you are installing to isn't good either since
it will pick the wrong drive for anyone installing to their secondary
internal drive.


** Changed in: ubiquity (Ubuntu)
       Status: New => Won't Fix

-- 
You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu
Foundations Bugs, which is subscribed to ubiquity in Ubuntu.
https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/389194

Title:
  Poor choice of device for installing GRUB

Status in One Hundred Papercuts:
  Invalid
Status in “ubiquity” package in Ubuntu:
  Won't Fix

Bug description:
  My laptop runs Windows. But I booted up a Ubuntu LiveCD and installed to a Flash Drive. Surprisingly, GRUB got put onto my Windows hard drive instead of my Flash Drive. This was absolutely not what I'd expect, because one reason for installing to a USB device is to be
  able to have a portable Ubuntu installation. After Googling for a while I found out that I had to use the "Advanced" button to select a different location for installing GRUB.

  It would be much more new-user-friendly if the step where you choose the device on which to install Ubuntu would
  (1) automatically select the device you're installing to as the place to put GRUB
  AND
  (2) Output a message something like "GRUB will be installed on <your device>. Use the "Advanced" button to specify
  a different location."

To manage notifications about this bug go to:
https://bugs.launchpad.net/hundredpapercuts/+bug/389194/+subscriptions