Public bug reported: I did a USB command line install using the Trusty Tahr 14.04 LTS (AMD64) netboot image located here:
http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/dists/trusty/main/installer- amd64/current/images/netboot/mini.iso 15-Apr-2014 21:53 37M I have 6 hard drives in this machine, I'm detail the first two device blocks: /dev/sda (usb installation media with mini.iso image - used unetbootin) /dev/sdb - my main hard drive with 4 partitions /dev/sdb1 - /boot /dev/sdb2 - / /dev/sdb3 - /swap /dev/sdb4 - /home Towards the end of the install, the installer asks whether or not install GRUB on MBR, identifying only one operating system present. I chose YES, and it installed GRUB on /dev/sda which is my usb installation media. Afterwards, it completed the install, but when the system rebooted, it of course was missing the boot loader from the real boot partition. So it would drop into grub rescue. It showed error message - "error: symbol 'grub_term_highlight_color' not found." I rebooted off the same usb installation media, but choosing recovery mode. I dropped into a shell and attempted to run grub-install, but i got an error message about ext2 and requiring block lists and grub refused to install. So to get around this, I re-installed again off the usb media. But this time I pulled my media out when it got to the step where it asks if I want to install grub. I chose yes, let it fail when it tried to put it on /dev/sda again. Then when it bumped me back to the menu where it lists your options. I chose to install grub on a hard drive. This time it correctly found my boot partition on /dev/sdb. And the install completed without issue. ** Affects: debian-installer (Ubuntu) Importance: Undecided Status: New ** Tags: netboot trusty usb ** Description changed: I did a USB command line install using the Trusty Tahr 14.04 LTS (AMD64) netboot image located here: http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/dists/trusty/main/installer- amd64/current/images/netboot/mini.iso 15-Apr-2014 21:53 37M I have 6 hard drives in this machine, I'm detail the first two device blocks: /dev/sda (usb installation media with mini.iso image - used unetbootin) /dev/sdb - my main hard drive with 4 partitions /dev/sdb1 - /boot /dev/sdb2 - / /dev/sdb3 - /swap /dev/sdb4 - /home Towards the end of the install, the installer asks whether or not - install GRUB, identifying only one operating system present. I chose - YES, and it installed GRUB on /dev/sda which is my usb installation - media. Afterwards, it completed the install, but when the system - rebooted, it of course was missing the boot loader from the real boot - partition. So it would drop into grub rescue. It showed error message - - "error: symbol 'grub_term_highlight_color' not found." + install GRUB on MBR, identifying only one operating system present. I + chose YES, and it installed GRUB on /dev/sda which is my usb + installation media. Afterwards, it completed the install, but when the + system rebooted, it of course was missing the boot loader from the real + boot partition. So it would drop into grub rescue. It showed error + message - "error: symbol 'grub_term_highlight_color' not found." I rebooted off the same usb installation media, but choosing recovery mode. I dropped into a shell and attempted to run grub-install, but i got an error message about ext2 and requiring block lists and grub refused to install. So to get around this, I re-installed again off the usb media. But this time I pulled my media out when it got to the step where it asks if I want to install grub. I chose yes, let it fail when it tried to put it on /dev/sda again. Then when it bumped me back to the menu where it lists your options. I chose to install grub on a hard drive. This time it correctly found my boot partition on /dev/sdb. And the install completed without issue. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1309349 Title: Netboot install from USB media attempts to install grub on /dev/sda (USB media) instead of actual boot partition To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/debian-installer/+bug/1309349/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
