install crash

[Chris]

Crashed on usb install

ProblemType: Bug
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 14.04
Package: ubiquity 2.18.8
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.13.0-32.57-generic 3.13.11.4
Uname: Linux 3.13.0-32-generic x86_64
ApportVersion: 2.14.1-0ubuntu3.2
Architecture: amd64
CasperVersion: 1.340
Date: Mon Aug 4 16:01:57 2014
InstallCmdLine: file=/cdrom/preseed/ubuntu.seed boot=casper initrd=/casper/initrd.lz quiet splash -- maybe-ubiquity
LiveMediaBuild: Ubuntu 14.04.1 LTS "Trusty Tahr" - Release amd64 (20140722.2)
ProcEnviron:
 PATH=(custom, no user)
 LANG=en_US.UTF-8
 SHELL=/bin/bash
SourcePackage: grub-installer
UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install)

[Ubuntu Foundations Team Bug Bot (crichton)]

Exception during installation:
Aug 4 20:01:53 ubuntu /plugininstall.py: Traceback (most recent call last):
Aug 4 20:01:53 ubuntu /plugininstall.py: File "/usr/share/ubiquity/plugininstall.py", line 1770, in <module>
Aug 4 20:01:53 ubuntu /plugininstall.py: install.run()
Aug 4 20:01:53 ubuntu /plugininstall.py: File "/usr/share/ubiquity/plugininstall.py", line 78, in wrapper
Aug 4 20:01:53 ubuntu /plugininstall.py: func(self)
Aug 4 20:01:53 ubuntu /plugininstall.py: File "/usr/share/ubiquity/plugininstall.py", line 241, in run
Aug 4 20:01:53 ubuntu /plugininstall.py: self.configure_bootloader()
Aug 4 20:01:53 ubuntu /plugininstall.py: File "/usr/share/ubiquity/plugininstall.py", line 1039, in configure_bootloader
Aug 4 20:01:53 ubuntu /plugininstall.py: "GrubInstaller failed with code %d" % ret)
Aug 4 20:01:53 ubuntu /plugininstall.py: ubiquity.install_misc.InstallStepError: GrubInstaller failed with code 1
Aug 4 20:01:53 ubuntu /plugininstall.py:

[Chris (orcaman42)]

Deleted Win 8 partitions & erased them & the install worked perfectly.

[Phillip Susi (psusi)]

It appears that you chose to install grub to /dev/sda3 rather than /dev/sda, which is not recommended, but then deleted sda3 so it was not there when it came time to install grub.