Thanks for trying to help me. The installer can certainly _default_ to the chosen disk particularly if thats the drive where the installer is running from. Perhaps warn the user? Or force a choice?
Also this bug report is some years old and seems to now have activity and I'm not sure why. I don't know if newer installers have the same issue or not and I don't have the capability to test them out at this time. Perhaps it would be best to let this issue die and spend time on more recent items? On 3:31pm, Wed, Jan 27, 2016 Phillip Susi <[email protected]> wrote: > It can't just install to the disk chosen to install Ubuntu to since in a > dual disk situation, the system still boots from the first disk. I > believe the issue of the usb stick being detected as sda instead of the > first hard disk was fixed some time ago, but precise is ancient and you > should not be putting into new systems. Please try with 14.04. > > > ** Changed in: debian-installer (Ubuntu) > Status: Confirmed => Incomplete > > ** Changed in: ubiquity (Ubuntu) > Status: Confirmed => Incomplete > > -- > You received this bug notification because you are subscribed to the bug > report. > https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1026450 > > Title: > Pangolin installer problem > > Status in debian-installer package in Ubuntu: > Incomplete > Status in ubiquity package in Ubuntu: > Incomplete > > Bug description: > I'm attempting to install precise pangolin on an HP BL35P blade using > an ubuntu server x86-64 CD. HP BL35P blades have broadcomm nics that > need restricted firmware, which I have placed on a USB key. The USB > key must be inserted prior to booting the installer CD or it doesn't > seem readable. That in itself is no big deal, however, the USB key > becomes /dev/sda. The internal hard disk is assigned to /dev/sdb. > > During installation, the installer lets me choose which drive to > install the operating system onto. It shows a selection for the 1GB > USB key, and the 140GB raid array. I choose the raid array, and the > installed files are written there with no difficulty. > > The problem comes when attempting to do the grub installation. The > installer defaults to writing the master boot record to /dev/sda, > which in this case, is the USB stick with the restricted firmware on > it. After a couple tries at re-installing I do finally notice the > issue, but I don't think a novice would see it at all. Of course, I > have to override the installer so it will write the MBR to /dev/sdb > and then the system will boot correctly, and the installer does > support that cause of action. > > What I expect to happen: The installer should default to writing grub > to the disk that was chosen for the server install. > > What happened: The installer rather blindly chooses /dev/sda by > default. > > To manage notifications about this bug go to: > > https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/debian-installer/+bug/1026450/+subscriptions > -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1026450 Title: Pangolin installer problem To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/debian-installer/+bug/1026450/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list [email protected] https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
