Public bug reported: Using the alternate install disk for Ubuntu 11.10 (I tested both Ubuntu and Lubuntu), if you install to a second hard drive in your system (putting a /boot and an encrypted LVM containing root and swap on /dev/sdb), the grub install at the end will install grub on /dev/sda, the first hard drive, instead. (The BIOS in this case was set to boot from the second hard drive.) Thus, the second drive won't boot unless it already had boot blocks on it from something else, and the first drive, when booted will give Linux kernel boot options (regular and recovery) only for the second drive.
ProblemType: Bug DistroRelease: Ubuntu 11.10 Package: debian-installer (not installed) ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.0.0-12.20-generic 3.0.4 Uname: Linux 3.0.0-12-generic i686 ApportVersion: 1.23-0ubuntu3 Architecture: i386 Date: Mon Oct 17 15:06:37 2011 InstallationMedia: Lubuntu 11.10 "Oneiric Ocelot" - Release i386 (20111011) Lsusb: Bus 001 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0002 Linux Foundation 2.0 root hub Bus 002 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0001 Linux Foundation 1.1 root hub Bus 003 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0001 Linux Foundation 1.1 root hub Bus 004 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0001 Linux Foundation 1.1 root hub Bus 004 Device 002: ID 0483:2016 SGS Thomson Microelectronics Fingerprint Reader MachineType: IBM 2373KQJ MemoryUsage: total used free shared buffers cached Mem: 1025504 704848 320656 0 70884 469624 -/+ buffers/cache: 164340 861164 Swap: 2047996 0 2047996 PccardctlIdent: Socket 0: no product info available Socket 1: no product info available PccardctlStatus: Socket 0: no card Socket 1: no card ProcEnviron: LANGUAGE=en LC_COLLATE=C PATH=(custom, user) LANG=en_US.UTF-8 SHELL=/bin/bash ProcKernelCmdLine: BOOT_IMAGE=/vmlinuz-3.0.0-12-generic root=/dev/mapper/telephonic-root ro quiet splash vt.handoff=7 SourcePackage: debian-installer UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install) dmi.bios.date: 06/02/2006 dmi.bios.vendor: IBM dmi.bios.version: 1RETDPWW (3.21 ) dmi.board.name: 2373KQJ dmi.board.vendor: IBM dmi.board.version: Not Available dmi.chassis.asset.tag: No Asset Information dmi.chassis.type: 10 dmi.chassis.vendor: IBM dmi.chassis.version: Not Available dmi.modalias: dmi:bvnIBM:bvr1RETDPWW(3.21):bd06/02/2006:svnIBM:pn2373KQJ:pvrThinkPadT42:rvnIBM:rn2373KQJ:rvrNotAvailable:cvnIBM:ct10:cvrNotAvailable: dmi.product.name: 2373KQJ dmi.product.version: ThinkPad T42 dmi.sys.vendor: IBM ** Affects: debian-installer (Ubuntu) Importance: Undecided Status: New ** Tags: apport-bug i386 oneiric -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/876220 Title: 11.10 Alternate Install to 2nd HDD installs Grub on 1st HDD To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/debian-installer/+bug/876220/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs