[Bug 964331] Re: Ubiquity chooses which drive to install to with no user input

[Jane Atkinson]

This is still happening in Eoan RC.

I was installing side-by-side to a VM. There was a USB stick inserted
with a connection to the VM (from a previous test). Grub installed to
the USB stick (/dev/sda, as distinct from /dev/vda for the main VM
drive). There was no place where I could tell grub where I wanted it
installed.

I think ubiquity should either install grub to the drive where the
system is, or give the user the choice. Otherwise, someone who's
accidentally left an external drive or USB stick connected is going to
be very confused.

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Title:
  Ubiquity chooses which drive to install to with no user input

Status in ubiquity package in Ubuntu:
  Triaged

Bug description:
  I was testing Precise beta 2 live ISO, using the "Install Ubuntu
  alongside" option.

  I have two internals drives, and both of them have other systems on
  them.

  Ubiquity didn't ask me to choose which drive. I got a message to the
  effect that it was installing to /dev/sdb but NO "Are you sure?" It
  just went ahead and started installing. The only way to stop that
  seems to be to reboot.

  I would expect the user to be able to check that everything is OK
  before proceeding.

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