xubuntu 19.10 fails to install with /boot on different drive - grub-install error

[Liam Proven]

On Sat, 23 Nov 2019 at 18:36, Chris Green <cl at isbd.net> wrote:
>
> On Fri, Nov 22, 2019 at 06:22:01PM +0100, Liam Proven wrote:

> > If you want it to be the default boot loader, then put it in the MBR
> > of /dev/sda.
> >
> Thanks Liam, this is the vital bit I had missed (though the installer
> should have let me correct it later).
>
> I now have a working installation of xubuntu 19.10 with the boot
> loader on /dev/sda and /boot on /dev/sda1 but all the rest is on my
> new wizzy NVME disk.
>
> I've managed to add my 19.04 installation to the boot menu so now I
> have what I need! :-)
>
> Excellent, thanks again.

Oh, great news! Glad that was of assistance.

It's not the most obvious option, but it is there and it works.

Fedora has no such option, which was one of several deal-breakers on
my old test machine. A number of other distros I've tried don't have
it, either.

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