** Description changed: Precise Desktop 20120423 - During a side by side installation with an existing Ubuntu Precise on the system, with the manual partitioner from a usb stick, the selected device for boot loader installation was set to /dev/sdb by default (installation media) + During a side by side installation with an existing Ubuntu Precise on the system, with the manual partitioner from a usb stick, the selected device for boot loader installation was set to /dev/sdb by default (installation media) If the user doesn't pay attention to the selected value, the end of the installation will fail. + + When grub fails to install on /dev/sdb, it shows a dialog to select + another device. I choose /dev/sda, it installs without a failure but I'm + dropped to a grub prompt on reboot. ProblemType: Bug DistroRelease: Ubuntu 12.04 Package: ubiquity 2.10.16 ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.2.0-23.36-generic 3.2.14 Uname: Linux 3.2.0-23-generic x86_64 ApportVersion: 2.0.1-0ubuntu5 Architecture: amd64 CasperVersion: 1.315 Date: Mon Apr 23 19:01:48 2012 InstallCmdLine: file=/cdrom/preseed/ubuntu.seed boot=casper initrd=/casper/initrd.lz quiet splash -- maybe-ubiquity LiveMediaBuild: Ubuntu 12.04 LTS "Precise Pangolin" - Release amd64+mac (20120423) ProcEnviron: LANGUAGE=fr_FR.UTF-8 TERM=unknown PATH=(custom, no user) LANG=fr_FR.UTF-8 SHELL=/bin/bash SourcePackage: grub-installer UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install)
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