I can confirm that installing from CD to an external USB drive/stick still overwrites the MBR of the internal drive on Lucid Beta2.
Possibly related reports: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/grub-installer/+bug/46520 https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/grub2/+bug/414996 -- Installation to second disk confuses drive numbering https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/45989 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is a direct subscriber. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list [email protected] https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
