[Bug 1066325] [NEW] Failing to install boot loader - 12.10 daily build October 12

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Having run 12.10 beta 2 in a KVM I decided to install the latest daily
build for real only to encounter a fatal error during installation.

The install seems to run fine until suddenly reporting: Executing 'grub-
install /dev/sda' failed. This is a fatal error.

I have 2 drives - /dev/sda is a 3TB hard disk, and /dev/sdb is a 128GB
SSD. I was installing onto /dev/sdb so got a bit freaked out that it was
trying to install a boot loader to /dev/sda.

Manually telling the installer to use /dev/sdb instead did not work
either, so have a system without boot loader.

Am currently downloading beta 2 again to attempt an install with that
image (to determine if it's something that's gone wrong since beta 2 or
whether it's a hardware compatibility issue). Previous OS on the SSD was
12.04, but I chose a complete re-install replacing the OS rather than an
upgrade.

ATTACHMENTS:
1) cat /proc/version_signature > version.log : Ubuntu 3.5.0-17.28-generic 3.5.5
2) sudo lspci -vnvn > lspci-vnvn.log

** Affects: ubiquity (Ubuntu)
     Importance: Undecided
         Status: Confirmed


** Tags: quantal
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Failing to install boot loader - 12.10 daily build October 12
https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1066325
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