Hey Phillip. Appreciate your response, but that's only if you go through the "Something else"/Advanced partition editor branch of the installer. If you go through the "Erase disk and install Ubuntu" install mode instead, there's no choice or warning that sda's bootloader will be overwritten. And since I don't want to fiddle with creating partitions, it makes sense to choose the "Erase disk and install Ubuntu" branch.
(As an aside, it's also confusing that the "Install Now" button does not in fact trigger the installation -- it spawns a popup warning about partitions that are about to be written. I'd expect it to be either "Continue" or "Install...") -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/565189 Title: Install boot loader chooses wrong drive To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/ubiquity/+bug/565189/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
