[Bug 1006585] Re: Attempting to install ubuntu 12.04 to a sony vaio z11 fails when trying to install the bootloader, installer crashes

[Peter Rhone]

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Title:
  Attempting to install ubuntu 12.04 to a sony vaio z11 fails when
  trying to install the bootloader, installer crashes

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

Bug description:
  i am attempting to install ubuntu 12.04 onto my sony vaio z11, but
  bootloader installation fails when trying to install to /dev/mapper,
  and when I try to exit the installer to install the bootloader
  manually, the installer crashes.

  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: Wed May 30 21:54:50 2012
  InstallCmdLine: noprompt cdrom-detect/try-usb=true file=/cdrom/preseed/ubuntu.seed boot=casper persistent initrd=/casper/initrd.lz splash -- BOOT_IMAGE=/casper/vmlinuz
  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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