Thank you Sayth
On Saturday, December 1, 2012, Erick Brunzell wrote: > I changed that to verification-done based on testing Ubuntu 12.04.2 LTS > "Precise Pangolin" - Release i386 (20121130) which I grabbed from the QA > tracker. If other flavors or architectures require testing please change > that back to verification-needed with a list of flavors and/or > architectures that require testing. > > That image does now default to selecting /dev/sda which is certainly > more appropriate and less likely to place grub on an external device. > > -- > You received this bug notification because you are subscribed to a > duplicate bug report (1065969). > https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/987418 > > Title: > manual partitioner: /dev/sdb (installation media) selected by default > as device for boot loader installation > > Status in “ubiquity” package in Ubuntu: > Fix Released > Status in “ubiquity” source package in Precise: > Fix Committed > Status in “ubiquity” source package in Quantal: > Fix Released > > Bug description: > [Impact] The selected boot device in ubiquity's manual partitioner is > sometimes wrong. > [Test Case] See comment #11 for a VM setup that reproduces this bug. > [Regression Potential] This is hairy code that has failed a number of > times in the past, so it's worth checking that a few other setups still > behave reasonably. It probably still won't be right in all cases (see e.g. > bug 1066173 which I think precise may suffer from); this specifically > addresses the case when installing from removable USB media onto a fixed > disk, and ensuring that the boot loader defaults to the fixed disk. > > == If you are affected by this bug == > > You can use Quantal beta or later images. > You can use Precise post 12.04.1 daily images. > > Both are available from cdimages.ubuntu.com > > ===================================== > > Precise Desktop 20120423 > > During a side by side installation with an existing Ubuntu Precise on > the system, with the manual partitioner from a usb stick, the selected > device for boot loader installation was set to /dev/sdb by default > (installation media) > If the user doesn't pay attention to the selected value, the end of the > installation will fail. > > When grub fails to install on /dev/sdb, it shows a dialog to select > another device. I choose /dev/sda, it installs without a failure but > I'm dropped to a grub prompt on reboot. > > ProblemType: Bug > DistroRelease: Ubuntu 12.04 > Package: ubiquity 2.10.16 > ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.2.0-23.36-generic 3.2.14 > Uname: Linux 3.2.0-23-generic x86_64 > ApportVersion: 2.0.1-0ubuntu5 > Architecture: amd64 > CasperVersion: 1.315 > Date: Mon Apr 23 19:01:48 2012 > InstallCmdLine: file=/cdrom/preseed/ubuntu.seed boot=casper > initrd=/casper/initrd.lz quiet splash -- maybe-ubiquity > LiveMediaBuild: Ubuntu 12.04 LTS "Precise Pangolin" - Release amd64+mac > (20120423) > ProcEnviron: > LANGUAGE=fr_FR.UTF-8 > TERM=unknown > PATH=(custom, no user) > LANG=fr_FR.UTF-8 > SHELL=/bin/bash > SourcePackage: grub-installer > UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install) > > To manage notifications about this bug go to: > > https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/ubiquity/+bug/987418/+subscriptions > -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/987418 Title: manual partitioner: /dev/sdb (installation media) selected by default as device for boot loader installation To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/ubiquity/+bug/987418/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
