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grub-installer package

grub install failed fatal error

Bug #884604 reported by Humplebert on 2011-11-01

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This bug affects 28 people

Affects		Status	Importance	Assigned to	Milestone
	grub-installer (Ubuntu)	Confirmed	Undecided	Sai Loi

Bug Description

tried to install to a dual-boot system, windows 7 on sda and ubuntu 11.10 on sdb

ProblemType: Bug
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 11.10
Package: ubiquity 2.8.7
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.0.0-12.20-generic 3.0.4
Uname: Linux 3.0.0-12-generic x86_64
ApportVersion: 1.23-0ubuntu3
Architecture: amd64
CasperVersion: 1.287
Date: Mon Oct 31 23:46:17 2011
LiveMediaBuild: Ubuntu 11.10 "Oneiric Ocelot" - Release amd64 (20111012)
ProcEnviron:
LANGUAGE=
PATH=(custom, no user)
LANG=en_US.UTF-8
SourcePackage: ubiquity
UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install)

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Humplebert (humplebert) wrote on 2011-11-01:

#1

Casper.txt Edit (3.7 KiB, text/plain; charset="utf-8")
Dependencies.txt Edit (3.6 KiB, text/plain; charset="utf-8")
UbiquityDebug.txt Edit (2.2 KiB, text/plain; charset="utf-8")
UbiquityDm.txt Edit (12.1 KiB, text/plain; charset="utf-8")
UbiquityPartman.txt Edit (1.1 MiB, text/plain; charset="utf-8")
UbiquitySyslog.txt Edit (255.3 KiB, text/plain; charset="utf-8")

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Ubuntu Foundations Team Bug Bot (crichton) wrote on 2011-11-01: Traceback

#2

Exception during installation:
Oct 31 23:46:13 ubuntu plugininstall.py: Traceback (most recent call last):
Oct 31 23:46:13 ubuntu plugininstall.py: File "/usr/share/ubiquity/plugininstall.py", line 1641, in <module>
Oct 31 23:46:13 ubuntu plugininstall.py: install.run()
Oct 31 23:46:13 ubuntu plugininstall.py: File "/usr/share/ubiquity/plugininstall.py", line 55, in wrapper
Oct 31 23:46:13 ubuntu plugininstall.py: func(self)
Oct 31 23:46:13 ubuntu plugininstall.py: File "/usr/share/ubiquity/plugininstall.py", line 199, in run
Oct 31 23:46:13 ubuntu plugininstall.py: self.configure_bootloader()
Oct 31 23:46:13 ubuntu plugininstall.py: File "/usr/share/ubiquity/plugininstall.py", line 955, in configure_bootloader
Oct 31 23:46:13 ubuntu plugininstall.py: "GrubInstaller failed with code %d" % ret)
Oct 31 23:46:13 ubuntu plugininstall.py: InstallStepError: GrubInstaller failed with code 1
Oct 31 23:46:13 ubuntu plugininstall.py:

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added: installer-crash

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Brian Murray (brian-murray) wrote on 2011-11-08:

#3

Oct 31 23:42:29 ubuntu grub-installer: info: Installing grub on '/dev/sdb5'
Oct 31 23:42:29 ubuntu grub-installer: info: grub-install supports --no-floppy
Oct 31 23:42:29 ubuntu grub-installer: info: Running chroot /target grub-install --no-floppy --force "/dev/sdb5"
Oct 31 23:42:29 ubuntu grub-installer: /usr/sbin/grub-setup: warn: Attempting to install GRUB to a partitionless disk or to a partition. This is a BAD idea..
Oct 31 23:42:29 ubuntu grub-installer: /usr/sbin/grub-setup: warn: Embedding is not possible. GRUB can only be installed in this setup by using blocklists. However, blocklists are UNRELIABLE and their use is discouraged..
Oct 31 23:42:34 ubuntu grub-installer: /usr/sbin/grub-setup: error: cannot read `/grub/core.img' correctly.
Oct 31 23:42:34 ubuntu grub-installer: error: Running 'grub-install --no-floppy --force "/dev/sdb5"' failed.

affects:

ubiquity (Ubuntu) → grub-installer (Ubuntu)

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Launchpad Janitor (janitor) wrote on 2012-04-28:

#4

Status changed to 'Confirmed' because the bug affects multiple users.

Changed in grub-installer (Ubuntu):
status:	New → Confirmed

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Rüdiger Kupper (ruediger.kupper) wrote on 2012-04-28:

#5

Same problem here on precise, when trying to install into a partition.

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Shrenik Shah (shrenik.shah) wrote on 2019-12-16:

#6

I was trying to install Ubuntu 18.04 in dual-boot with Windows 10, where Windows is installed by default on the laptop in sda. Not sure, how to proceed.

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Durga Prasad (durgaprasad.myway) wrote on 2020-03-03:

#7

Same problem. Trying to install Ubuntu 19.10 along side Windows and Ubuntu 18.04. Device to install boot loader:
1. Failed. Separate 500MB drive "/dev/sda2" for "/boot" while root on "/dev/sda7" and Device to install boot loader "/dev/sda2"
2. Failed. Default "/boot". Roor on "/dev/sda7" and Device to install boot loader "/dev/sda"

Sai Loi (sailonekhum) on 2020-07-22

Changed in grub-installer (Ubuntu):
assignee:	nobody → Sai Loi (sailonekhum)

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