[Bug 1955157] Re: Ubuntu installer overwrote the wrong hard drive bootloader

[Paul White]

** Package changed: ubuntu => ubiquity (Ubuntu)

** Tags removed: ubiquity
** Tags added: focal

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Title:
  Ubuntu installer overwrote the wrong hard drive bootloader

Status in ubiquity package in Ubuntu:
  New

Bug description:
  I had ubuntu installed on my main hard drive, sda, and wanted to make
  an external hard drive have its own ubuntu installation that was
  bootable.

  I plugged it in, and used the live USB to install to it. (20.04.4 LTS
  ubuntu desktop)

  In ubiquity 20.04.15.17, on the partition manager, I selected
  something else, and made the / partition on the external hard drive
  sdb (different make and capacity so it was definitely the right hard
  drive). I also added a swap partition to it too.

  I changed the 'device for boot loader installation' to sdb also and
  finished installation.

  After installing, the external hard drive was not bootable. I
  unplugged it, and tried to boot to my normal ubuntu desktop, which was
  also now broken.

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