install fails during grub installation

During attempted install via cobbler and orchestra, I failed to install one of my systems. It dies with:

Jan 5 20:44:00 main-menu[397]: INFO: Menu item 'grub-installer' selected
Jan 5 20:44:00 grub-installer: info: architecture: amd64/generic
Jan 5 20:44:01 in-target: Reading package lists...
Jan 5 20:44:01 in-target:
Jan 5 20:44:01 in-target: Building dependency tree...
Jan 5 20:44:01 in-target:
Jan 5 20:44:01 in-target: Reading state information...
Jan 5 20:44:01 in-target:
Jan 5 20:44:01 in-target: grub-common is already the newest version.
Jan 5 20:44:01 in-target: 0 upgraded, 0 newly installed, 0 to remove and 0 not upgraded.
Jan 5 20:44:02 in-target: Reading package lists...
Jan 5 20:44:02 in-target:
Jan 5 20:44:02 in-target: Building dependency tree...
Jan 5 20:44:02 in-target:
Jan 5 20:44:02 in-target: Reading state information...
Jan 5 20:44:02 in-target:
Jan 5 20:44:03 in-target: grub-common is already the newest version.
Jan 5 20:44:03 in-target: 0 upgraded, 0 newly installed, 0 to remove and 0 not upgraded.
Jan 5 20:44:03 main-menu[397]: (process:27578): Wrong number of args: mapdevfs <path>
Jan 5 20:44:03 main-menu[397]: WARNING **: Configuring 'grub-installer' failed with error code 1
Jan 5 20:44:03 main-menu[397]: WARNING **: Menu item 'grub-installer' failed.

I've attached the full syslog in hopes to help debugging.

ProblemType: Bug
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 12.04
Package: debian-installer (not installed)
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.2.0-7.13-generic 3.2.0-rc7
Uname: Linux 3.2.0-7-generic x86_64
ApportVersion: 1.90-0ubuntu1
Architecture: amd64
Date: Thu Jan 5 15:47:28 2012
EcryptfsInUse: Yes
InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 11.10 "Oneiric Ocelot" - Release amd64 (20111012)
MachineType: LENOVO 7417CTO
MemoryUsage:
 total used free shared buffers cached
 Mem: 4007520 3854084 153436 0 197264 1825564
 -/+ buffers/cache: 1831256 2176264
 Swap: 4096536 27684 4068852
PccardctlIdent:
 Socket 0:
   no product info available
PccardctlStatus:
 Socket 0:
   no card
ProcEnviron:
 PATH=(custom, user)
 LANG=en_US.UTF-8
 SHELL=/bin/bash
ProcKernelCmdLine: BOOT_IMAGE=/boot/vmlinuz-3.2.0-7-generic root=UUID=f9832678-e9fb-41c5-8edb-5edd5200ed0a ro quiet splash vt.handoff=7
SourcePackage: debian-installer
UpgradeStatus: Upgraded to precise on 2011-11-07 (59 days ago)
dmi.bios.date: 12/06/2010
dmi.bios.vendor: LENOVO
dmi.bios.version: 7UET91WW (3.21 )
dmi.board.name: 7417CTO
dmi.board.vendor: LENOVO
dmi.board.version: Not Available
dmi.chassis.asset.tag: No Asset Information
dmi.chassis.type: 10
dmi.chassis.vendor: LENOVO
dmi.chassis.version: Not Available
dmi.modalias: dmi:bvnLENOVO:bvr7UET91WW(3.21):bd12/06/2010:svnLENOVO:pn7417CTO:pvrThinkPadT400:rvnLENOVO:rn7417CTO:rvrNotAvailable:cvnLENOVO:ct10:cvrNotAvailable:
dmi.product.name: 7417CTO
dmi.product.version: ThinkPad T400
dmi.sys.vendor: LENOVO