[Bug 1638126] [NEW] It tried to install grub on my memory card rather than over the windows bootloader

[Aaron Murphy]

Public bug reported:

Installing ubuntu alongside windows 10 and I had an SD card in my PC. It
wouldn't boot into ubuntu on restart because it tried to install grub on
mmcblk0 instead of the windows boot partition

ProblemType: Bug
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 14.04
Package: ubiquity 2.18.8.13
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 4.4.0-31.50~14.04.1-generic 4.4.13
Uname: Linux 4.4.0-31-generic x86_64
ApportVersion: 2.14.1-0ubuntu3.21
Architecture: amd64
CasperVersion: 1.340.2
Date: Mon Oct 31 20:53:15 2016
InstallCmdLine: file=/cdrom/preseed/ubuntu.seed boot=casper initrd=/casper/initrd.lz quiet splash --- maybe-ubiquity
LiveMediaBuild: Ubuntu 14.04.5 LTS "Trusty Tahr" - Release amd64 (20160803)
ProcEnviron:
 LANGUAGE=en_GB.UTF-8
 TERM=linux
 PATH=(custom, no user)
 XDG_RUNTIME_DIR=<set>
 LANG=en_GB.UTF-8
SourcePackage: grub-installer
UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install)

** Affects: grub-installer (Ubuntu)
     Importance: Undecided
         Status: New


** Tags: amd64 apport-bug trusty ubiquity-2.18.8.13 ubuntu

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Title:
  It tried to install grub on my memory card rather than over the
  windows bootloader

Status in grub-installer package in Ubuntu:
  New

Bug description:
  Installing ubuntu alongside windows 10 and I had an SD card in my PC.
  It wouldn't boot into ubuntu on restart because it tried to install
  grub on mmcblk0 instead of the windows boot partition

  ProblemType: Bug
  DistroRelease: Ubuntu 14.04
  Package: ubiquity 2.18.8.13
  ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 4.4.0-31.50~14.04.1-generic 4.4.13
  Uname: Linux 4.4.0-31-generic x86_64
  ApportVersion: 2.14.1-0ubuntu3.21
  Architecture: amd64
  CasperVersion: 1.340.2
  Date: Mon Oct 31 20:53:15 2016
  InstallCmdLine: file=/cdrom/preseed/ubuntu.seed boot=casper initrd=/casper/initrd.lz quiet splash --- maybe-ubiquity
  LiveMediaBuild: Ubuntu 14.04.5 LTS "Trusty Tahr" - Release amd64 (20160803)
  ProcEnviron:
   LANGUAGE=en_GB.UTF-8
   TERM=linux
   PATH=(custom, no user)
   XDG_RUNTIME_DIR=<set>
   LANG=en_GB.UTF-8
  SourcePackage: grub-installer
  UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install)

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