WOW, I filed 389194 a loooooong time ago. I didn't think anyone would ever look at it again. After thinking about this again I realize that ANY default location for GRUB is going to be wrong for someone. Perhaps the best solution is to force the user to explicitly choose where to put GRUB.
At 04:54 PM 1/12/2014, you wrote: >Defaulting to the device you are installing to isn't good either since >it will pick the wrong drive for anyone installing to their secondary >internal drive. > > >** Changed in: ubiquity (Ubuntu) > Status: New => Won't Fix > >-- >You received this bug notification because you are subscribed to the bug >report. >https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/389194 > >Title: > Poor choice of device for installing GRUB > >Status in One Hundred Papercuts: > Invalid >Status in "ubiquity" package in Ubuntu: > Won't Fix > >Bug description: > My laptop runs Windows. But I booted up a Ubuntu LiveCD and > installed to a Flash Drive. Surprisingly, GRUB got put onto my > Windows hard drive instead of my Flash Drive. This was absolutely > not what I'd expect, because one reason for installing to a USB device is to > be > able to have a portable Ubuntu installation. After Googling for a > while I found out that I had to use the "Advanced" button to select > a different location for installing GRUB. > > It would be much more new-user-friendly if the step where you > choose the device on which to install Ubuntu would > (1) automatically select the device you're installing to as the > place to put GRUB > AND > (2) Output a message something like "GRUB will be installed on > <your device>. Use the "Advanced" button to specify > a different location." > >To manage notifications about this bug go to: >https://bugs.launchpad.net/hundredpapercuts/+bug/389194/+subscriptions -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/389194 Title: Poor choice of device for installing GRUB To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/hundredpapercuts/+bug/389194/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list [email protected] https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
