[Bug 1382991] Re: ubiquity install alongside points to wrong device letter

[sudodus]

I can't rely on "Install alongside", but it is obvious to me that this
option is very popular, and most of us want to keep it to make things
simple for newcomers.

In order to increase the chances to succeed, I think that at least

*There should be an option to select the target drive*

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Title:
  ubiquity install alongside points to wrong device letter

Status in “ubiquity” package in Ubuntu:
  Opinion

Bug description:
  ISO-testing Lubuntu 32-bit desktop I found a bug that ris at best only
  confusing, at worst installing to the wrong drive.

  Background: Installing from a USB pendrive to another USB drive. The
  live drive is /dev/sdb. The target drive has a system already
  installed (Trusty, which is found and reported).

  Error: Ubiquity reports that it will format partitions 5 and 6 on sdb
  (the live drive) instead of the intended target drive sda (where it
  found Trusty). See the attached screendump.

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  I will continue this testcase and report what will happen when I continue ...

  ProblemType: Bug
  DistroRelease: Ubuntu 14.10
  Package: ubiquity 2.20.0
  ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.16.0-22.29-generic 3.16.4
  Uname: Linux 3.16.0-22-generic i686
  ApportVersion: 2.14.7-0ubuntu7
  Architecture: i386
  CasperVersion: 1.345
  CurrentDesktop: LXDE
  Date: Sun Oct 19 15:44:41 2014
  InstallCmdLine: file=/cdrom/preseed/lubuntu.seed boot=casper initrd=/casper/initrd.lz quiet splash --
  LiveMediaBuild: Lubuntu 14.10 "Utopic Unicorn" - Alpha i386 (20141016)
  ProcEnviron:
   TERM=xterm
   PATH=(custom, no user)
   XDG_RUNTIME_DIR=<set>
   LANG=en_US.UTF-8
   SHELL=/bin/bash
  SourcePackage: ubiquity
  UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install)

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