[Bug 1722594] Re: Install crashed: Unable to install bootloader at specified location

[Phillip Susi]

You tried to install grub to /dev/dm-0, which is an LVM logical volume.
It must be installed to a hard disk, such as /dev/sda.


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

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Title:
  Install crashed: Unable to install bootloader at specified location

Status in grub-installer package in Ubuntu:
  Invalid

Bug description:
  Tried to install over existing ubuntu 17.04 gnome installation. Worked
  fine up to the point I was presented with the error: "Unable to
  install bootloader at specified location". I was also unable to cancel
  the installation even though it was presented as an option.

  ProblemType: Bug
  DistroRelease: Ubuntu 17.10
  Package: ubiquity 17.10.7
  ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 4.13.0-12.13-generic 4.13.3
  Uname: Linux 4.13.0-12-generic x86_64
  ApportVersion: 2.20.7-0ubuntu1
  Architecture: amd64
  CasperVersion: 1.384
  CurrentDesktop: ubuntu:GNOME
  Date: Tue Oct 10 17:43:42 2017
  InstallCmdLine: file=/cdrom/preseed/ubuntu.seed boot=casper initrd=/casper/initrd.lz quiet splash --- maybe-ubiquity
  LiveMediaBuild: Ubuntu 17.10 "Artful Aardvark" - Alpha amd64 (20170926)
  ProcEnviron:
   LANGUAGE=en_GB.UTF-8
   PATH=(custom, no user)
   XDG_RUNTIME_DIR=<set>
   LANG=en_GB.UTF-8
   LC_NUMERIC=C.UTF-8
  SourcePackage: grub-installer
  UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install)

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