[Bug 1795229] Re: Xubuntu 18.10 daily image install; grub installed to non-system-boot-drive

[Chris Guiver]

Sorry - some of this info is on QA-tracker, and I hadn't realized I'd
omitted to put it here also

HP DX6120MT (mini-tower, pentium 4 dual core, 1.5gb ram, nvidia 7600gt)
`lshw` output already attached, ~2003-2004 hp

It's a x86 image, and I just tried a randomly chosen (16.04.3 LTS) x86_64 image which gave me
"This kernel requires a x86_64 CPU, but only detected an i686 CPU.
Unable to boot - please use a kernel appropriate for your CPU"

Machine doesn't have UEFI, the bios seems to treat PATA disks as higher
priority than SATA; the bios is awkward.  I have two SATA (80gb) drives
enclosed, plus a single PATA (32gb). All are old spinning-rust.

On booting the Xubuntu image, I get the common (legos in box = guy in
circle bottom centre), then a xubuntu plymouth screen (circling) before
the Xubuntu 18.10 background wallpaper giving me the choice of "try
xubuntu" or "install xubuntu" (with language selection on left).  All
GUI.

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Title:
  Xubuntu 18.10 daily image install; grub installed to non-system-boot-
  drive

Status in grub2 package in Ubuntu:
  Incomplete

Bug description:
  Testing Xubuntu 18.10 (x86 or 32bit) image...

  After install first boot pulls up a non-Ubuntu version of grub that
  was already on system (including an option for an OS that was replaced
  by Xubuntu 18.10 install), so Xubuntu 18.10 on first boot post-install
  didn't complete.

  This system has more than a single hdd; GRUB was installed to a
  different drive to that which the BIOS treats as the first HDD,
  requiring me to change BIOS to boot a different (non-SATA in this
  case) hdd first before Xubuntu grub appeared.

  There was no question asking me on which drive to install GRUB (stage
  0 or MBR), it guessed wrong.

  ProblemType: Bug
  DistroRelease: Ubuntu 18.10
  Package: grub2-common 2.02+dfsg1-5ubuntu4
  ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 4.18.0-7.8-generic 4.18.5
  Uname: Linux 4.18.0-7-generic i686
  ApportVersion: 2.20.10-0ubuntu11
  Architecture: i386
  CurrentDesktop: XFCE
  Date: Sun Sep 30 21:58:52 2018
  InstallationDate: Installed on 2018-09-30 (0 days ago)
  InstallationMedia: Xubuntu 18.10 "Cosmic Cuttlefish" - Beta i386 (20180929)
  SourcePackage: grub2
  UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install)

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