I'm trying to get some clarity on whether the Mint installer now correctly installs grub on the intended drive instead of the first formatted drive it finds. I've installed Mint on my original SSD, and now I'm trying to add Windows 10 on a new SSD. After doing that, I ended up with the Windows Boot Manager on my old SSD where Mint was installed, which I've read is a common bug. To avoid complications, I wiped both SSDs and reinstalled Windows first. Now, while installing Mint again, I came across mentions that even with the "something else" option, grub might still install on the existing SSD and not the new one. I found a Reddit post from 2022 saying this issue might be resolved in the next Ubuntu LTS. Can anyone confirm whether this has been sorted out? I'm using the latest Mint MATE iso created with Rufus, and I really want to avoid spending another weekend troubleshooting this!
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Grub's behavior here is more related to how it installs rather than being exclusive to Mint. By default, grub installs to the first EFI partition it detects in the boot order. But don't worry, you can reinstall grub on the correct drive later if needed. Mint might not provide a direct option during installation to select a different device, but this is something you can configure post-installation.
Thanks for the heads-up! I saw some folks mentioning that disconnecting the original SSD could be a fix, so I thought the same might apply here. Good to know I have options!