[Bug 1481172] [NEW] Ubuntu will not install. Grub error.

[Christopher Risner]

Public bug reported:

Just trying to do a full re-install of Ubuntu and it fails trying to
finish the install at what appears to be one of the last steps which  is
to add the bootloader. It says it is a critical error. There is no way
to get past this. It fails the install and won't load, so there is no
way to boot up Ubuntu at that point.

Even worse, Ubuntu has re-formated my drives to a new format (MPT?) that
Windows doesn't recognize and can't do anything with, so I am stuck
without a way to get Ubuntu installed and can't go back to Windows
either. Which means my entire new PC is completely down.

I guess I will look for a way to wipe out my hard-drives (by the way, it
appears that BOTH my physical hard-drive and my SSD were modified by the
Ubuntu install because neither are recognized by Windows to be in NFTS
format,w hich it likes). I never asked for Ubuntu to do anything to my
1TB hard drive. Only asked for Ubuntu to be installed on my 240GB SSD.
Completely confused by this one. Why would your software do something
that it wasn't asked to do?

Any help to get past this would be greatly appreciated.

Thank you.

Chris

ProblemType: Bug
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 14.04
Package: ubiquity 2.18.8.6
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.16.0-30.40~14.04.1-generic 3.16.7-ckt3
Uname: Linux 3.16.0-30-generic x86_64
ApportVersion: 2.14.1-0ubuntu3.7
Architecture: amd64
CasperVersion: 1.340
Date: Mon Aug  3 23:28:10 2015
InstallCmdLine: file=/cdrom/preseed/ubuntu.seed boot=casper initrd=/casper/initrd.lz quiet splash -- maybe-ubiquity
LiveMediaBuild: Ubuntu 14.04.2 LTS "Trusty Tahr" - Release amd64 (20150218.1)
ProcEnviron:
 PATH=(custom, no user)
 LANG=en_US.UTF-8
 SHELL=/bin/bash
SourcePackage: grub-installer
UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install)

** Affects: grub-installer (Ubuntu)
     Importance: Undecided
         Status: New


** Tags: amd64 apport-bug trusty ubiquity-2.18.8.6 ubuntu

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Title:
  Ubuntu will not install. Grub error.

Status in grub-installer package in Ubuntu:
  New

Bug description:
  Just trying to do a full re-install of Ubuntu and it fails trying to
  finish the install at what appears to be one of the last steps which
  is to add the bootloader. It says it is a critical error. There is no
  way to get past this. It fails the install and won't load, so there is
  no way to boot up Ubuntu at that point.

  Even worse, Ubuntu has re-formated my drives to a new format (MPT?)
  that Windows doesn't recognize and can't do anything with, so I am
  stuck without a way to get Ubuntu installed and can't go back to
  Windows either. Which means my entire new PC is completely down.

  I guess I will look for a way to wipe out my hard-drives (by the way,
  it appears that BOTH my physical hard-drive and my SSD were modified
  by the Ubuntu install because neither are recognized by Windows to be
  in NFTS format,w hich it likes). I never asked for Ubuntu to do
  anything to my 1TB hard drive. Only asked for Ubuntu to be installed
  on my 240GB SSD. Completely confused by this one. Why would your
  software do something that it wasn't asked to do?

  Any help to get past this would be greatly appreciated.

  Thank you.

  Chris

  ProblemType: Bug
  DistroRelease: Ubuntu 14.04
  Package: ubiquity 2.18.8.6
  ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.16.0-30.40~14.04.1-generic 3.16.7-ckt3
  Uname: Linux 3.16.0-30-generic x86_64
  ApportVersion: 2.14.1-0ubuntu3.7
  Architecture: amd64
  CasperVersion: 1.340
  Date: Mon Aug  3 23:28:10 2015
  InstallCmdLine: file=/cdrom/preseed/ubuntu.seed boot=casper initrd=/casper/initrd.lz quiet splash -- maybe-ubiquity
  LiveMediaBuild: Ubuntu 14.04.2 LTS "Trusty Tahr" - Release amd64 (20150218.1)
  ProcEnviron:
   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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