[Bug 876220] [NEW] 11.10 Alternate Install to 2nd HDD installs Grub on 1st HDD

[Curt Sampson]

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

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Title:
  11.10 Alternate Install to 2nd HDD installs Grub on 1st HDD

Status in “debian-installer” package in Ubuntu:
  New

Bug description:
  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

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