[Bug 987418] Re: manual partitioner: /dev/sdb (installation media) select by default as device for boot loader installation

[Jean-Baptiste Lallement]

** Summary changed:

- precise amd64+mac side by side install: grub tries to install on /dev/sdb (installation media)
+ manual partitioner: /dev/sdb (installation media) select by default as device for boot loader installation

** Description changed:

- Precise Desktop 20120423 amd64+mac
+ Precise Desktop 20120423
  
- During a side by side installation with an existing Ubuntu Precise on
- the system, grub tries to install on /dev/sdb (installation media) and
- fail.
- 
- On a side note the installation media is also detected and listed by the
- partitioner (bug 971425)
+ 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.
  
  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)

** Summary changed:

- manual partitioner: /dev/sdb (installation media) select by default as device for boot loader installation
+ manual partitioner: /dev/sdb (installation media) selected by default as device for boot loader installation

** Package changed: grub-installer (Ubuntu) => ubiquity (Ubuntu)

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Title:
  manual partitioner: /dev/sdb (installation media) selected by default
  as device for boot loader installation

Status in “ubiquity” package in Ubuntu:
  New

Bug description:
  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.

  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)

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