Public bug reported:
I also experienced this bug while performing a desktop install using the 32-bit
(and 64-bit separately) desktop 12.04.1 livecd installers. Both images (as they
are all now isohybrid) were written to a usb stick (2GB) using dd. At the
partitioning stage, it asked where to install the MBR and the default choice
was /dev/sdb (which was the usb stick from which it was being installed.)
/dev/sda was the sole hard drive installed (PATA drives.)
The expected behavior would be to default to /dev/sda or the first hard
drive and not the usb stick from which it was being installed.
This appears to be a regression from Ubuntu 10.04 when it did not occur.
If the user does not catch this, the fresh install is unbootable and
drops to a grub> prompt when attempting to boot.
Description: Ubuntu 12.04.1 LTS
Release: 12.04
ubiquity:
Installed: 2.10.20
Candidate: 2.10.20
Version table:
*** 2.10.20 0
500 http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ precise-updates/main i386 Packages
100 /var/lib/dpkg/status
2.10.16 0
500 http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ precise/main i386 Packages
Thanks for your work on this project.
Kind Regards.
** Affects: ubiquity (Ubuntu)
Importance: Undecided
Status: New
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Title:
Partitioner's choice is usb drive when installing from usb stick
instead of /dev/sda (hard drive)
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