[Bug 1269728] Re: could not install grub bootloader (ubuntu-gnome)

[Arnaud Ongenae]

Thanks for the follow-up
However, I didn't issue the command myself, it's part of the normal
install... I simply clicked "next" in the wizard and at the last
moment, the installer fail and this error message is displayed.

I already installed tons of Ubuntu systems for more than 10 years
without such problem.

I found that some people encounter the same but always in a dual-boot
environment. I only have ubuntu on this system.
I also read that it might be related to the disk alignment...
Anyway, I'll keep searching, sorry if I wasted some of your time with
this bug report.


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Arnaud Ongenae


On Thu, Jan 16, 2014 at 3:33 PM, Phillip Susi <psusi at ubuntu.com> wrote:
> You tried to install grub to /dev/sda, which has no partitions.  You
> need to either create a partition there, or install grub to another
> disk.
>
>
> ** Changed in: grub-installer (Ubuntu)
>        Status: New => Invalid
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Title:
  could not install grub bootloader (ubuntu-gnome)

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

Bug description:
  At the end of the installation of ubuntu-gnome 13.10,  it failed to install the bootloader.
  The original disk was a SSD
  The installer allowed me to choose another disk, I tried without success on a normal drive.

  The partition are as follow, I asked the install to format these partition (there was an older ubuntu version on them)
  - SSD 64G
  10G swap
  54G /

  - normal disk 550G
  500G /home

  It's the first time I encounter such issue on this computer/disks, I
  use this HW since ubuntu 11.10 without issue.

  ProblemType: Bug
  DistroRelease: Ubuntu 13.10
  Package: ubiquity 2.15.26
  ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.11.0-12.19-generic 3.11.3
  Uname: Linux 3.11.0-12-generic x86_64
  ApportVersion: 2.12.5-0ubuntu2
  Architecture: amd64
  CasperVersion: 1.336ubuntu1
  Date: Thu Jan 16 10:13:11 2014
  InstallCmdLine: noprompt cdrom-detect/try-usb=true file=/cdrom/preseed/ubuntu-gnome.seed boot=casper initrd=/casper/initrd.lz quiet splash -- maybe-ubiquity
  LiveMediaBuild: Ubuntu-GNOME 13.10 "Saucy Salamander" - Release amd64 (20131017)
  MarkForUpload: True
  ProcEnviron:
   LANGUAGE=en_US
   PATH=(custom, no user)
   XDG_RUNTIME_DIR=<set>
   LANG=en_US.UTF-8
   SHELL=/bin/bash
  SourcePackage: grub-installer
  UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install)

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