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[Phillip Whiteside <phillw@xxxxxxxxxx>]

Hi Mario,

there have been issues with grub and multiple hard drives, this affects all
ubuntu's (and also debian). There is a bug fix out, but that had not been
fully signed off (see Colin Watsons own comments).

https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/grub2/+bug/496435

<https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/grub2/+bug/496435>The solution
/work around does seem to be the one currently advised.

"OK, ..... it appears that having run "dpkg-reconfigure grub-pc" and making
the proper selections results in defaulting to the proper behaviour

I will however try some different scenarios as time allows, and hopefully we
can all monitor the behavior as development proceeds.

So, if this behavior stands "as-is", I'd guess reinstalling grub 2 needs to
be done with "dpkg-reconfigure" rather than "grub-install" to ensure that
the preferred behavior is saved as default.

That certainly seems simple enough."

I suggest you have a read of that bug report and try what it suggests. If
you still have a problem, then have a read on
http://ubuntuforums.org/forumdisplay.php?f=333 You are not alone, feel free
to post on there some of the guys are quite skilled in sorting this problem
out.

Regards,

Phill.

On Sat, Jun 26, 2010 at 6:57 PM, Mario Behling <mb@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> Dear all,
>
> forwarded a bug report below.
>
> Best,
>
> Mario
>
> ---------- Forwarded message ----------
> From: Abnormal Terminate(R) <abnormalter@xxxxxxxxx>
> Date: Sat, Jun 26, 2010 at 12:35 AM
> Subject: Grub Install Bug @Lubuntu-10.04 (Distribution Release)
> To: Mario Behling <mb@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>
>
> Hi!
> I cannot create Bug Report, because it I put it here...
> Environment:
> 1. Using a PC, who can be uses an USB external HDD or SSD (and can be
> mounted as sdb device).
> 2. Install Lubuntu from CD to this USB HDD (as variant, install to SDHD
> Flash Card, plugged into PCs CardReader), mounted as sdb1.
> 3. Using Parted Editing manually, and put "/" for all device space
> without swap.
> Result of Install Lubuntu:
> 1. After normally ended Installation Process, my PC has the MBR on FIRST
> HDD (!!!), but I _use not_ this device for installation Lubintu, not use
> it completely!
> 2. On my PC cannot be starts none PS' File Systems without having as
> plugged External Devices because MBD find it and stooped without this
> External HDD or SDD. It has black screen only and display Diagnostic
> Message on this situation.
> Resume:
> It's stupidly situation. And who is this developer, who wrote a code for
> use as default FIRST HDD (mounted as sda) for put MBR, but loading Grub
> from SECOND HDD (mounted as sdb), if the User set up as work (loadable)
> Device SECOND HDD or other device?!
> And Setup absolutely have not any position for user's choosing about a
> Device, who can be uses as place for the Master Boot Record...
> It is absolutely abnormal situation, IMHO.
> For example, Ubuntu (or Xbuntu) Installer has an option for choosing a
> place for create MBR with choosing place for Grub too.
> Thanks for possibility of understanding.
>
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