[Bug 989410] Re: installer crashed on writing grub.

[Jean-Baptiste Lallement]

*** This bug is a duplicate of bug 987418 ***
    https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/987418

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** Changed in: grub-installer (Ubuntu)
       Status: New => Confirmed

** This bug has been marked a duplicate of bug 987418
   manual partitioner: /dev/sdb (installation media) selected by default as device for boot loader installation

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Title:
  installer crashed on writing grub.

Status in “grub-installer” package in Ubuntu:
  Confirmed

Bug description:
  Ubuntu 12.04 DVD x64 install. Created a / and /home in btrfs, and a
  swap with gparted before running installer. I'm wondering if there
  needs to be a /boot in ext2/3/4. Will try this next.

  Installer ran fine until writing grub. A popup notified me writing to
  grub had failed. It offered to write it to somewhere else, with a
  default of /sdb, which would have been disastrous as this is my usb
  flash drive I'm installing from.

  Please let me know what other relevant info I can provide.

  ProblemType: Bug
  DistroRelease: Ubuntu 12.04
  Package: ubiquity 2.10.16
  ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.2.0-23.36-generic 3.2.14
  Uname: Linux 3.2.0-23-generic x86_64
  ApportVersion: 2.0.1-0ubuntu5
  Architecture: amd64
  CasperVersion: 1.315
  Date: Fri Apr 27 01:51:30 2012
  InstallCmdLine: file=/cdrom/preseed/ubuntu.seed boot=casper initrd=/casper/initrd.lz quiet splash --
  LiveMediaBuild: Ubuntu 12.04 LTS "Precise Pangolin" - Release amd64 (20120425)
  ProcEnviron:
   TERM=unknown
   PATH=(custom, no user)
   LANG=en_US.UTF-8
   SHELL=/bin/bash
  SourcePackage: grub-installer
  UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install)

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