[Bug 1047550] Re: Could not write grub during fresh install from USB-stick

[melchiaros]

In Syslog:

Sep  7 18:19:16 ubuntu ubiquity: W: Duplicate sources.list entry cdrom://Ubuntu 12.10 _Quantal Quetzal_ - Alpha amd64 (20120905.2)/ quantal/main i386 Packages (/var/lib/apt/lists/Ubuntu%2012.10%20%5fQuantal%20Quetzal%5f%20-%20Alpha%20amd64%20(20120905.2)_dists_quantal_main_binary-i386_Packages)
Sep  7 18:19:16 ubuntu ubiquity: W: Duplicate sources.list entry cdrom://Ubuntu 12.10 _Quantal Quetzal_ - Alpha amd64 (20120905.2)/ quantal/restricted i386 Packages (/var/lib/apt/lists/Ubuntu%2012.10%20%5fQuantal%20Quetzal%5f%20-%20Alpha%20amd64%20(20120905.2)_dists_quantal_restricted_binary-i386_Packages)
Sep  7 18:19:16 ubuntu ubiquity: W: Du kan muligvis rette problemet ved at køre 'apt-get update'
Sep  7 18:19:16 ubuntu ubiquity: E: Kunne ikke hente nogle af arkiverne. Prøv evt. at køre 'apt-get update' eller prøv med --fix-missing.
Sep  7 18:19:16 ubuntu grub-installer: info: Calling 'apt-install grub-efi' failed
Sep  7 18:19:26 ubuntu ubiquity[4714]: Reverting lockdown of the desktop environment.
Sep  7 18:19:26 ubuntu activate-dmraid: No Serial ATA RAID disks detected
Sep  7 18:19:26 ubuntu plugininstall.py: log-output -t ubiquity umount /target/cdrom
Sep  7 18:19:26 ubuntu finish-install: Disabling CD in sources.list
Sep  7 18:19:26 ubuntu plugininstall.py: Exception during installation:
Sep  7 18:19:26 ubuntu plugininstall.py: Traceback (most recent call last):
Sep  7 18:19:26 ubuntu plugininstall.py:   File "/usr/share/ubiquity/plugininstall.py", line 1724, in <module>
Sep  7 18:19:26 ubuntu plugininstall.py:     install.run()
Sep  7 18:19:26 ubuntu plugininstall.py:   File "/usr/share/ubiquity/plugininstall.py", line 81, in wrapper
Sep  7 18:19:26 ubuntu plugininstall.py:     func(self)
Sep  7 18:19:26 ubuntu plugininstall.py:   File "/usr/share/ubiquity/plugininstall.py", line 229, in run
Sep  7 18:19:26 ubuntu plugininstall.py:     self.configure_bootloader()
Sep  7 18:19:26 ubuntu plugininstall.py:   File "/usr/share/ubiquity/plugininstall.py", line 1013, in configure_bootloader
Sep  7 18:19:26 ubuntu plugininstall.py:     "GrubInstaller failed with code %d" % ret)
Sep  7 18:19:26 ubuntu plugininstall.py: ubiquity.install_misc.InstallStepError: GrubInstaller failed with code 1
Sep  7 18:19:26 ubuntu plugininstall.py: 
Sep  7 18:19:26 ubuntu ubiquity: umount: /target: device is busy.
Sep  7 18:19:26 ubuntu ubiquity:         (In some cases useful info about processes that use
Sep  7 18:19:26 ubuntu ubiquity:          the device is found by lsof(8) or fuser(1))
Sep  7 18:19:26 ubuntu ubiquity[4714]: debconffilter_done: ubi-partman (current: ubi-partman)
Sep  7 18:19:26 ubuntu ubiquity[4714]: Reverting lockdown of the desktop environment.
Sep  7 18:19:45 ubuntu ubiquity: 
Sep  7 18:19:45 ubuntu ubiquity: (apport-gtk:1303): Gtk-WARNING **: Locale not supported by C library.
Sep  7 18:19:45 ubuntu ubiquity: #011Using the fallback 'C' locale.

** Summary changed:

- Could not write grub during fresh install from USB-stick
+ Could not write grub during fresh install from USB-stick - /usr/share/ubiquity/plugininstall.py", line 1724, in <module>

** Changed in: ubiquity (Ubuntu)
       Status: New => Confirmed

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Title:
  Could not write grub during fresh install from USB-stick -
  /usr/share/ubiquity/plugininstall.py", line 1724, in <module>

Status in “ubiquity” package in Ubuntu:
  Confirmed

Bug description:
  During 12.10 fresh beta1 install on sda1 from usb3-stick, Grub could
  not be written to sdb as chosen.

  No syslog or partman had yet been written to /var/log/installer/

  ubuntu at ubuntu:~$ lsb_release -rd
  Description:	Ubuntu quantal (development branch)
  Release:	12.10

  ubuntu at ubuntu:~$ apt-cache policy ubiquity
  ubiquity:
    Installed: 2.11.30
    Candidate: 2.11.30
    Version table:
   *** 2.11.30 0
          500 http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ quantal/main amd64 Packages
          100 /var/lib/dpkg/status

  ProblemType: Bug
  DistroRelease: Ubuntu 12.10
  Package: ubiquity 2.11.30
  ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.5.0-13.14-generic 3.5.3
  Uname: Linux 3.5.0-13-generic x86_64
  ApportVersion: 2.5.1-0ubuntu4
  Architecture: amd64
  CasperVersion: 1.321
  Date: Fri Sep  7 20:19:45 2012
  LiveMediaBuild: Ubuntu 12.10 "Quantal Quetzal" - Alpha amd64 (20120905.2)
  ProcEnviron:
   LANGUAGE=da_DK.UTF-8
   TERM=unknown
   PATH=(custom, no user)
   LANG=da_DK.UTF-8
   SHELL=/bin/bash
  SourcePackage: ubiquity
  UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install)

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