[Kubuntu 7.04] Grubinstaller failed with code 1, SATA
Affects | Status | Importance | Assigned to | Milestone | |
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ubiquity (Ubuntu) |
Invalid
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Undecided
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Unassigned |
Bug Description
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/
Apr 26 14:14:40 ubiquity: Watching for question patterns ^.*/apt-
Apr 26 15:25:30 ubiquity: ['log-output', '-t', 'ubiquity', '--pass-stdout', '/usr/share/
Exception in KDE frontend (invoking crash handler):
Traceback (most recent call last):
File "/usr/lib/
main()
File "/usr/lib/
install(
File "/usr/lib/
r
et = wizard.run()
File "/usr/lib/
self.
File "/usr/lib/
self.
File "/usr/lib/
y/frontend/
(ret, realtb))
RuntimeError: Install failed with exit code 1
Traceback (most recent call last):
File "/usr/share/
install.run()
File "/usr/share/ubiq
uity/install.py", line 391, in run
self.
File "/usr/share/
"GrubInstaller failed with code %d" % ret)
InstallStepError: GrubInstaller failed with code 1
Traceback (most recent call last):
File "/usr/lib/
main()
File "/usr/lib/
install(args[0])
File "/usr/lib/
ret = wizard.run()
File "/usr/lib/
self.process_step()
File "/usr/lib/
self.progress_
File "/usr/lib/
(ret, realtb))
RuntimeError
:
Install failed with exit code 1
Traceback (most recent call last):
File "/usr/share/
install.run()
File "/usr/share/
self.
File "/usr/sha
re/ubiquity/
"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
description: | updated |
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.