[Bug 979481] Re: Grub will not install, system will not boot

[Ubuntu Foundation's Bug Bot]

Exception during installation:
Apr 11 17:15:21 ubuntu plugininstall.py: Traceback (most recent call last):
Apr 11 17:15:21 ubuntu plugininstall.py:   File "/usr/share/ubiquity/plugininstall.py", line 1641, in <module>
Apr 11 17:15:21 ubuntu plugininstall.py:     install.run()
Apr 11 17:15:21 ubuntu plugininstall.py:   File "/usr/share/ubiquity/plugininstall.py", line 55, in wrapper
Apr 11 17:15:21 ubuntu plugininstall.py:     func(self)
Apr 11 17:15:21 ubuntu plugininstall.py:   File "/usr/share/ubiquity/plugininstall.py", line 199, in run
Apr 11 17:15:21 ubuntu plugininstall.py:     self.configure_bootloader()
Apr 11 17:15:21 ubuntu plugininstall.py:   File "/usr/share/ubiquity/plugininstall.py", line 955, in configure_bootloader
Apr 11 17:15:21 ubuntu plugininstall.py:     "GrubInstaller failed with code %d" % ret)
Apr 11 17:15:21 ubuntu plugininstall.py: InstallStepError: GrubInstaller failed with code 1
Apr 11 17:15:21 ubuntu plugininstall.py: 


** Tags added: installer-crash

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Title:
  Grub will not install, system will not boot

Status in “ubiquity” package in Ubuntu:
  New

Bug description:
  Initial installation was 10.10 upgraded to 11.10.  Worked well until
  upgrade to 3.0.0-14 kernel then would not boot and had to resort to
  previous kernels.  This was the case for -15 and -16 kernels.  But
  when -17 was installed suddenly the Nvidia drivers wouldn't work and
  it became impossible to boot into any previous kernel.

  Tried a new side-by-side installation of 11.10 on the machine.  But it
  fails to install grub no matter where I tell grub to install to.

  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 i686
  ApportVersion: 1.23-0ubuntu3
  Architecture: i386
  CasperVersion: 1.287
  Date: Wed Apr 11 17:15:34 2012
  LiveMediaBuild: Ubuntu 11.10 "Oneiric Ocelot" - Release i386 (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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