Hi Dave, I've been working with Canonical on this issue since I posted all of my information.
I have the following as part of my preseed: d-i partman/early_command string \ USBDEV=$(list-devices usb-partition | sed "s/\(.*\)./\1/");\ BOOTDEV=$(list-devices disk | grep -v "$USBDEV" | head -1);\ debconf-set partman-auto/disk $BOOTDEV;\ debconf-set grub-installer/bootdev $BOOTDEV; During installation, this becomes: Jun 19 12:31:20 debconf: --> SET partman-auto/disk /dev/sdb Jun 19 12:31:20 debconf: <-- 0 value set Jun 19 12:31:20 debconf: --> SET grub-installer/bootdev /dev/sdb (which is right) but still I get this: Jun 19 12:45:03 debconf: --> SETTITLE debian-installer/grub-installer/title Jun 19 12:45:03 debconf: <-- 0 OK Jun 19 12:45:03 debconf: --> GET grub-installer/bootdev Jun 19 12:45:03 debconf: <-- 0 /dev/sdb Jun 19 12:45:03 debconf: --> GET cdrom-detect/hybrid Jun 19 12:45:03 debconf: <-- 10 cdrom-detect/hybrid doesn't exist Jun 19 12:45:03 debconf: --> PROGRESS STEP 1 Jun 19 12:45:03 debconf: <-- 0 OK Jun 19 12:45:03 debconf: --> PROGRESS INFO grub-installer/progress/step_bootdev Jun 19 12:45:03 debconf: <-- 0 OK Jun 19 12:45:03 debconf: --> FGET grub-installer/bootdev seen Jun 19 12:45:03 debconf: <-- 0 false Jun 19 12:45:03 debconf: --> INPUT high grub-installer/only_debian Jun 19 12:45:03 debconf: <-- 30 question skipped Jun 19 12:45:03 debconf: --> GO Jun 19 12:45:03 debconf: <-- 0 ok Jun 19 12:45:03 debconf: --> GET grub-installer/only_debian Jun 19 12:45:03 debconf: <-- 0 true Jun 19 12:45:03 debconf: --> PROGRESS STEP 1 Jun 19 12:45:03 debconf: <-- 0 OK Jun 19 12:45:03 debconf: --> SUBST grub-installer/progress/step_install_loader BOOTDEV /dev/sda Jun 19 12:45:03 debconf: Adding [BOOTDEV] -> [/dev/sda] which is wrong. I asked for sdb :-) The only workaround so far seems to be to have: d-i grub-installer/only_debian boolean false which then pops up a question if I really want it on sdb, which I can confirm. This, however, sorta defeats the purpose of a fully-automated installation with users who don't know what sdb is :-) How can I ensure that there's a valid partition table on /dev/sdb in a fully-automated install? I'm doing this for partitioning: d-i partman-lvm/confirm_nooverwrite boolean true d-i partman-lvm/device_remove_lvm boolean true d-i partman-md/device_remove_md boolean true d-i partman-auto/method string crypto d-i partman-auto-lvm/new_vg_name string somename d-i partman-auto-lvm/guided_size string max d-i partman-lvm/confirm boolean true d-i partman-partitioning/confirm_write_new_label boolean true d-i partman/choose_partition select finish d-i partman/confirm boolean true d-i partman/confirm_nooverwrite boolean true d-i partman-auto/expert_recipe string \ (recipe deleted) d-i partman/default_filesystem string ext4 Can I add something to ensure that the partition table is there? Thanks. David -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1012629 Title: grub-installer ignores "bootdev" setting in preseed file To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/grub-installer/+bug/1012629/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list [email protected] https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
