** 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:
+ I have 6 hard drives in this machine, I'm providing details for 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.
+ time I pulled my usb installation 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.

** Package changed: debian-installer (Ubuntu) => debian-installer-
netboot-images (Ubuntu)

** Summary changed:

- Netboot install from USB media attempts to install grub on /dev/sda (USB 
media) instead of actual boot partition
+ Trusty Tahr 14.04 LTS Netboot install from USB media attempts to install grub 
on /dev/sda (USB media) instead of actual boot partition

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Title:
  Trusty Tahr 14.04 LTS Netboot install from USB media attempts to
  install grub on /dev/sda (USB media) instead of actual boot partition

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