Crash during install - improper write to wrong device

Bug #1407797 reported by emk2203
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ubiquity (Ubuntu)
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Bug Description

Setup is on a system with /dev/sda through /dev/sde, /dev/sde is the disk to install to. Automatic partition was used.

/dev/sda through /dev/sdd have UEFI + zfs --> not writable by grub. Installer tries to install grub to /dev/sda and crashes.

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 Jan 5 22:06:31 2015
InstallCmdLine: BOOT_IMAGE=/casper/vmlinuz.efi file=/cdrom/preseed/ubuntu.seed boot=casper only-ubiquity quiet splash --
LiveMediaBuild: Ubuntu 14.04.1 LTS "Trusty Tahr" - Release amd64 (20140722.2)
ProcEnviron:
 LANGUAGE=de_DE.UTF-8
 TERM=linux
 PATH=(custom, no user)
 XDG_RUNTIME_DIR=<set>
 LANG=de_DE.UTF-8
SourcePackage: ubiquity
UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install)

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emk2203 (emk2203) wrote :
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Ubuntu Foundations Team Bug Bot (crichton) wrote : Traceback

Exception during installation:
Jan 5 21:06:19 ubuntu /plugininstall.py: Traceback (most recent call last):
Jan 5 21:06:19 ubuntu /plugininstall.py: File "/usr/share/ubiquity/plugininstall.py", line 1770, in <module>
Jan 5 21:06:19 ubuntu /plugininstall.py: install.run()
Jan 5 21:06:19 ubuntu /plugininstall.py: File "/usr/share/ubiquity/plugininstall.py", line 78, in wrapper
Jan 5 21:06:19 ubuntu /plugininstall.py: func(self)
Jan 5 21:06:19 ubuntu /plugininstall.py: File "/usr/share/ubiquity/plugininstall.py", line 241, in run
Jan 5 21:06:19 ubuntu /plugininstall.py: self.configure_bootloader()
Jan 5 21:06:19 ubuntu /plugininstall.py: File "/usr/share/ubiquity/plugininstall.py", line 1026, in configure_bootloader
Jan 5 21:06:19 ubuntu /plugininstall.py: "GrubInstaller failed with code %d" % ret)
Jan 5 21:06:19 ubuntu /plugininstall.py: ubiquity.install_misc.InstallStepError: GrubInstaller failed with code 1
Jan 5 21:06:19 ubuntu /plugininstall.py:

tags: added: installer-crash
Changed in ubiquity (Ubuntu):
importance: Undecided → High
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