[Bug 1795229] Re: Xubuntu 18.10 daily image install; grub installed to non-system-boot-drive

[Mathieu Trudel-Lapierre]

Thanks for taking the time to file a bug and helping to make Ubuntu
better! Could you please answer the following questions to help us
better understand the problem?

What system model are you installing on? Is this the i386 or the amd64
image (your bug says it's a i386 image, but have you tested both?)

What kind of disks are installed in this system?

Is this system booting in UEFI mode at install? (do you see a text box
with entries, or an Ubuntu logo and a pretty menu when you boot the CD
to install?)


** Changed in: grub2 (Ubuntu)
       Status: New => Incomplete

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Title:
  Xubuntu 18.10 daily image install; grub installed to non-system-boot-
  drive

Status in grub2 package in Ubuntu:
  Incomplete

Bug description:
  Testing Xubuntu 18.10 (x86 or 32bit) image...

  After install first boot pulls up a non-Ubuntu version of grub that
  was already on system (including an option for an OS that was replaced
  by Xubuntu 18.10 install), so Xubuntu 18.10 on first boot post-install
  didn't complete.

  This system has more than a single hdd; GRUB was installed to a
  different drive to that which the BIOS treats as the first HDD,
  requiring me to change BIOS to boot a different (non-SATA in this
  case) hdd first before Xubuntu grub appeared.

  There was no question asking me on which drive to install GRUB (stage
  0 or MBR), it guessed wrong.

  ProblemType: Bug
  DistroRelease: Ubuntu 18.10
  Package: grub2-common 2.02+dfsg1-5ubuntu4
  ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 4.18.0-7.8-generic 4.18.5
  Uname: Linux 4.18.0-7-generic i686
  ApportVersion: 2.20.10-0ubuntu11
  Architecture: i386
  CurrentDesktop: XFCE
  Date: Sun Sep 30 21:58:52 2018
  InstallationDate: Installed on 2018-09-30 (0 days ago)
  InstallationMedia: Xubuntu 18.10 "Cosmic Cuttlefish" - Beta i386 (20180929)
  SourcePackage: grub2
  UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install)

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