[Bug 1012629] Re: grub-installer ignores "bootdev" setting in preseed file
Chris J Arges
1012629 at bugs.launchpad.net
Mon Apr 7 13:39:01 UTC 2014
So two things, please (1) verify that the trusty version does indeed fix
this issue _and_ (2) if this is backported to any other version we'll
need to ensure Colin's fix for the regression this patch introduced is
also incorporated and tested. Please update, verify and then subscribe
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Title:
grub-installer ignores "bootdev" setting in preseed file
Status in “grub-installer” package in Ubuntu:
Fix Released
Status in “grub-installer” source package in Precise:
Confirmed
Status in “grub-installer” source package in Trusty:
Fix Released
Status in “grub-installer” package in Debian:
Fix Released
Bug description:
I am installing an Ubuntu system with two disks attached; I want the
OS to be installed on the second disk /dev/sdb; the first disk
/dev/sda is currently completely empty (not even partitioned). The
install process works fine, but then GRUB ignores the line:
d-i grub-installer/bootdev string /dev/sdb
and complains that it cannot write to /dev/sda (because it does not
even have a partition table).
Same happens if I use GRUB's own notation "(hd1)" instead of /dev/sdb
in the preseed file.
If I omit the "grub-installer/bootdev" line in the preseed, then D-I
stops to ask me if I want to install GRUB on sda or sdb.
The issue can be replicated with virtual machines: add two disks (one
of the empty / zeroed out), and instruct the preseed to install on the
second one.
I think this is the same as Debian bug #666974, but I'm filing it
separately as I'm not sure what/how much is changed in Ubuntu's
version of D-I. See: http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=666974
Preseed options used for partitioning / target selection:
### Partitioning
d-i partman-auto/method string lvm
d-i partman-auto/choose_recipe select atomic
# do not ask for confirmation, ever
d-i partman-basicfilesystem/no_swap boolean false
d-i partman-lvm/confirm boolean true
d-i partman-lvm/confirm_nooverwrite boolean true
d-i partman-lvm/device_remove_lvm boolean true
d-i partman-md/confirm boolean true
d-i partman-md/device_remove_md boolean true
d-i partman-partitioning/confirm_write_new_label boolean true
d-i partman/choose_partition select finish
d-i partman/confirm boolean true
d-i partman/confirm_nooverwrite boolean true
d-i partman/exception_handler select Retry
GRUB-related preseed options:
### Boot loader installation
d-i grub-installer/only_debian boolean true
d-i grub-installer/with_other_os boolean true
d-i grub-installer/bootdev string /dev/sdb
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