[Bug 1181819] Re: Installer cannot install grub to any device

[Phillip Susi]

It looks like you tried to install grub on sda, which looks like a GPT
partitioned disk holding Windows.  You either need to install grub to
sdb, where you installed Ubuntu, and configure your bios to boot from
that drive, or if you want to install grub to sda, you have to create a
1MB bios_grub partition.


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

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Title:
  Installer cannot install grub to any device

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

Bug description:
  Installer works up to grub step then repeatedly states that grub
  cannot be isntalled to selected device(s). I installed it on a freshly
  formatted drive separate from windows.

  ProblemType: Bug
  DistroRelease: Ubuntu 12.04
  Package: ubiquity 2.10.24
  ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.5.0-23.35~precise1-generic 3.5.7.2
  Uname: Linux 3.5.0-23-generic x86_64
  ApportVersion: 2.0.1-0ubuntu17.1
  Architecture: amd64
  CasperVersion: 1.315.1
  Date: Sun May 19 12:52:53 2013
  InstallCmdLine: file=/cdrom/preseed/ubuntu.seed boot=casper initrd=/casper/initrd.lz quiet splash -- maybe-ubiquity
  LiveMediaBuild: Ubuntu 12.04.2 LTS "Precise Pangolin" - Release amd64 (20130213)
  MarkForUpload: True
  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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