[Bug 1071585] Re: Grub install failed when installing from USB to 16GB USB ext2 "/" (no swap)

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Status changed to 'Confirmed' because the bug affects multiple users.

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

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Title:
  Grub install failed when installing from USB to 16GB USB ext2 "/" (no
  swap)

Status in grub-installer package in Ubuntu:
  Confirmed

Bug description:
  Ubuntu Studio 12.04.1 AMD64

  Installing from 16GB Fat32 USB w/ 4GB persistence created with Linux
  Live USB Creator.

  Installing to 16GB USB formatted ext2 used as "/" (no swap, no other
  partitions, 1MB unallocated)

  Ubiquity reports: Title: "Unable to install grub." Error: "Executing
  'grub-install /dev/sda' failed. This is a fatal error."

  ProblemType: Bug
  DistroRelease: Ubuntu 12.04
  Package: ubiquity 2.10.20
  ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.2.0-23.31-lowlatency 3.2.14
  Uname: Linux 3.2.0-23-lowlatency x86_64
  ApportVersion: 2.0.1-0ubuntu12
  Architecture: amd64
  CasperVersion: 1.315
  Date: Thu Oct 25 20:49:12 2012
  InstallCmdLine: bootkbd=us console-setup/layoutcode=en_US console-setup/variantcode=nodeadkeys locale=us_us  persistent noprompt cdrom-detect/try-usb=true file=/cdrom/preseed/ubuntustudio.seed boot=casper initrd=/casper/initrd.lz splash --
  LiveMediaBuild: Ubuntu-Studio 12.04.1 "Precise Pangolin" - Release amd64 (20120818)
  ProcEnviron:
   LANGUAGE=en_US.UTF-8
   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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