[Kubuntu 7.04] Grubinstaller failed with code 1, SATA

[John Carlyle-Clarke]

Binary package hint: ubiquity

Trying to use Live CD installer Kubuntu 7.04 (release) on a standard system. NF4 mainboard with one PATA and one SATA drive, installing to SATA. Have tried with PATA drive removed and effect is the same. Filesystem is ext3.

Installer debug output follows:

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Apr 26 14:14:40 ubiquity: Starting up '['log-output', '-t', 'ubiquity', '--pass-stdout', '/usr/share/ubiquity/install.py']' for ubiquity.components.install.Install
Apr 26 14:14:40 ubiquity: Watching for question patterns ^.*/apt-install-failed$, migration-assistant/failed-unmount, grub-installer/install_to_xfs, CAPB, ERROR, PROGRESS

Apr 26 15:25:30 ubiquity: ['log-output', '-t', 'ubiquity', '--pass-stdout', '/usr/share/ubiquity/install.py'] exited with code 1

Exception in KDE frontend (invoking crash handler):

Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "/usr/lib/ubiquity/bin/ubiquity", line 210, in <module>
    main()
  File "/usr/lib/ubiquity/bin/ubiquity", line 205, in main
    install(args[0])
  File "/usr/lib/ubiquity/bin/ubiquity", line 58, in install
    r
et = wizard.run()
  File "/usr/lib/ubiquity/ubiquity/frontend/kde-ui.py", line 370, in run
    self.process_step()
  File "/usr/lib/ubiquity/ubiquity/frontend/kde-ui.py", line 927, in process_step
    self.progress_loop()
  File "/usr/lib/ubiquity/ubiquit
y/frontend/kde-ui.py", line 708, in progress_loop
    (ret, realtb))
RuntimeError: Install failed with exit code 1
Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "/usr/share/ubiquity/install.py", line 1565, in <module>
    install.run()
  File "/usr/share/ubiq
uity/install.py", line 391, in run
    self.configure_bootloader()
  File "/usr/share/ubiquity/install.py", line 1280, in configure_bootloader
    "GrubInstaller failed with code %d" % ret)
InstallStepError: GrubInstaller failed with code 1

Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "/usr/lib/ubiquity/bin/ubiquity", line 210, in <module>

main()
  File "/usr/lib/ubiquity/bin/ubiquity", line 205, in main

install(args[0])
  File "/usr/lib/ubiquity/bin/ubiquity", line 58, in install

ret = wizard.run()
  File "/usr/lib/ubiquity/ubiquity/frontend/kde-ui.py", line 370, in run

self.process_step()
  File "/usr/lib/ubiquity/ubiquity/frontend/kde-ui.py", line 927, in process_step

self.progress_loop()
  File "/usr/lib/ubiquity/ubiquity/frontend/kde-ui.py", line 708, in progress_loop

(ret, realtb))
RuntimeError
:
Install failed with exit code 1
Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "/usr/share/ubiquity/install.py", line 1565, in <module>
    install.run()
  File "/usr/share/ubiquity/install.py", line 391, in run
    self.configure_bootloader()
  File "/usr/sha
re/ubiquity/install.py", line 1280, in configure_bootloader
    "GrubInstaller failed with code %d" % ret)
InstallStepError: GrubInstaller failed with code 1

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Added by Duncan-Lithgow so it can be edited:
These bugs all have probelms installing GRUB on a SATA disc. Some with PATA present, some without. I do not have enough technical understanding to find exact duplicates.
Bug #8497 bug #75676 bug #32357 bug #110292

[John Carlyle-Clarke (jpcc)]

After this, I tried the Alternate Install CD but had the same problem.

I already had grub installed because I had an install of Edgy in another partition, so I re-ran alternate install and told it not to install any boot loader.

Then I tried to add the new install of Feisty to the existing grub, and got some errors reported.

The problem there was that the partition was still marked as being type "NTFS", even though the installer had re-formatted it to EXT3. I used fdisk to correct the type code, and grub worked. I suspect this may have been the same reason that the installer failed above.

[Thomas David (nemphis)]

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