@david-partain, this has been fixed in trusty, what you are experiencing is a new bug altogether.
I was able to verify that forcing the bootdev in the preseed file does indeed force grub to install onto /dev/sdb when using the non-netboot install. However, when using the same preseed file with the netboot install I experienced the issue david-partain is complaining about. The grub- installer stage creates a red screen with the error message "Unable to install Grub in /dev/sdb Executing 'grub-install /dev/sdb' failed. This is a fatal error " Looking at virtual terminal 4 there is an error message "grub-install: error: unable to identify a filesystem in hostdisk//dev/sdb; safety check can't be performed." I'm not yet certain why the server iso works, and the netboot iso fails. @david-partain, can you check the virtual terminal to see if you are getting the same error? -- 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 ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
