[Bug 1382991] Re: ubiquity install alongside points to wrong device letter

[Erick Brunzell]

Should the bug report name be changed? Maybe we could "wishlist" the
return of the Use largest continuous free space option? After all when
we axed the d-i for all but Lubuntu we said that ubiquity would offer
all options provided by d-i. Just thinking out loud and if it can't be
done then it can't be done.

Totally off topic, but since I'm wishing, I also wish the option to
install grub in a location other than /dev/sda was presented for all
installation options as it was prior to the Maverick cycle redesign ;^)

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Title:
  ubiquity install alongside points to wrong device letter

Status in “ubiquity” package in Ubuntu:
  Opinion

Bug description:
  ISO-testing Lubuntu 32-bit desktop I found a bug that ris at best only
  confusing, at worst installing to the wrong drive.

  Background: Installing from a USB pendrive to another USB drive. The
  live drive is /dev/sdb. The target drive has a system already
  installed (Trusty, which is found and reported).

  Error: Ubiquity reports that it will format partitions 5 and 6 on sdb
  (the live drive) instead of the intended target drive sda (where it
  found Trusty). See the attached screendump.

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  I will continue this testcase and report what will happen when I continue ...

  ProblemType: Bug
  DistroRelease: Ubuntu 14.10
  Package: ubiquity 2.20.0
  ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.16.0-22.29-generic 3.16.4
  Uname: Linux 3.16.0-22-generic i686
  ApportVersion: 2.14.7-0ubuntu7
  Architecture: i386
  CasperVersion: 1.345
  CurrentDesktop: LXDE
  Date: Sun Oct 19 15:44:41 2014
  InstallCmdLine: file=/cdrom/preseed/lubuntu.seed boot=casper initrd=/casper/initrd.lz quiet splash --
  LiveMediaBuild: Lubuntu 14.10 "Utopic Unicorn" - Alpha i386 (20141016)
  ProcEnviron:
   TERM=xterm
   PATH=(custom, no user)
   XDG_RUNTIME_DIR=<set>
   LANG=en_US.UTF-8
   SHELL=/bin/bash
  SourcePackage: ubiquity
  UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install)

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