** Description changed: + [Impact] + + * Sometimes, installer was not installing the bootloader on the right + drive, if there were more than two to pick from. + + [Test Case] + + * Install onto a machine with two different drives, i.e. sda & nvme + + * Ideally wipe both drives clean, to prevent bootloader from previous installation making it seem that installation works, when it does not. + + * Pick one drive or the other, during guided installation + + * Before rebooting, inspect /var/log/syslog, to ensure that "grub- + installer" was run against the same drive as the one used for + installation (i.e. mounted in /target) + + * At the end of both installs, machine should reboot off the target + drive just fine. + + [Regression Potential] + + * The currently behaviour of choosing the "first" drive to be the + bootloader device, is flawed logic under BIOS, as the same drive as the + rest of the installation should normally be used for installation. Some + may have been relying on this behaviour and installing bootloaders on + one drive, to boot off the other. Such users can still go into + "Something else" and precisely pick the desired drive for the bootloader + installation. (See the workaround below) + + + === + + Workaround installing on SATA drive (sda) * Click Something Else custom first * Change boot loader drop down from nvme to sda * Click back * Use wipe & install * Select sda for install * Complete install & reboot -- Ubuntu 19.10 "Eoan Ermine" - Beta amd64 (20191012) Dell Inspiron 7472 with 2 disks: sata and nvme Boot in legacy mode System installed on sda After installation the system doesn't find a bootable device. The same problem occurs if I install Ubuntu on the nvme drive instead. If I perform the installation in uefi/no secure boot mode, it boots fine. ProblemType: Bug DistroRelease: Ubuntu 19.10 Package: ubiquity 19.10.19 ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 5.3.0-18.19-generic 5.3.1 Uname: Linux 5.3.0-18-generic x86_64 NonfreeKernelModules: nvidia_modeset nvidia zfs zunicode zavl icp zcommon znvpair ApportVersion: 2.20.11-0ubuntu8 Architecture: amd64 CasperVersion: 1.424 CurrentDesktop: ubuntu:GNOME Date: Sun Oct 13 05:00:22 2019 InstallCmdLine: file=/cdrom/preseed/ubuntu.seed initrd=/casper/initrd quiet splash nomodeset --- LiveMediaBuild: Ubuntu 19.10 "Eoan Ermine" - Beta amd64 (20191012) ProcEnviron: TERM=xterm-256color PATH=(custom, no user) XDG_RUNTIME_DIR=<set> LANG=C.UTF-8 SHELL=/bin/bash SourcePackage: ubiquity UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install)
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