Installation crashed while attempting to install Grub to /dev/sda and all other disk attempted.

[albert fishnets]

Attempted install on a system with Ubuntu 13.10 on it previously. Could not install grub to ?dev/sda.

Used the drop down menu to select other drives and installation failed each time.

Installing 14.04 from a USB drive on 64-bit intel sysemt with an X85 Bridge on the motherboard. Previously had issues loading the install dialog in 13.10 and 13.04 when more than one drive was present.

ProblemType: Bug
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 14.04
Package: ubiquity 2.18.7
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.13.0-24.46-generic 3.13.9
Uname: Linux 3.13.0-24-generic x86_64
ApportVersion: 2.14.1-0ubuntu3
Architecture: amd64
CasperVersion: 1.340
Date: Sat May 10 18:59:03 2014
InstallCmdLine: noprompt cdrom-detect/try-usb=true file=/cdrom/preseed/ubuntu.seed boot=casper initrd=/casper/initrd.lz quiet splash -- maybe-ubiquity
LiveMediaBuild: Ubuntu 14.04 LTS "Trusty Tahr" - Release amd64 (20140417)
ProcEnviron:
 PATH=(custom, no user)
 LANG=en_US.UTF-8
 SHELL=/bin/bash
SourcePackage: grub-installer
UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install)

[Phillip Susi (psusi)]

You can't install grub to /dev/sda because it uses the GPT partition table and has no bios_grub partition. If you want to install to that drive, you will need to create a bios_grub partition on it. Due to another known bug in the installer, if the first attempt to install fails, all subsequent attempts will fail as well so you must select the correct drive the first time.

[albert fishnets (mateolingerhaus)]

So it needs its own patition for boot. Got ya. I thought this had been
fixed in Grub 2. I wasn't aware it was still an issue.

The installer should not offer other drives up as install options on prompt
after it fails. This is completely misleading if it's just going to go
fatal.
On May 10, 2014 8:10 PM, "Phillip Susi" <email address hidden> wrote:

> You can't install grub to /dev/sda because it uses the GPT partition
> table and has no bios_grub partition. If you want to install to that
> drive, you will need to create a bios_grub partition on it. Due to
> another known bug in the installer, if the first attempt to install
> fails, all subsequent attempts will fail as well so you must select the
> correct drive the first time.
>
>
> ** Changed in: grub-installer (Ubuntu)
> Status: New => Invalid
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