Can't install 14.04.1 on new workstation (from CD)

[Andrew Jardine]

I'm not sure what has happened. I have never seen this error before... it simply came up and said it could not install grub of /dev/sda. I tried another device (/dev/sdc) but it gave me the same error with no specifics.

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: Sat Jul 4 20:52:45 2015
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:
 LANGUAGE=en_CA.UTF-8
 TERM=linux
 PATH=(custom, no user)
 XDG_RUNTIME_DIR=<set>
 LANG=en_CA.UTF-8
SourcePackage: grub-installer
UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install)

[Phillip Susi (psusi)]

You have multiple disks in your system and the primary one ( /dev/sda ) is blank. You either need to create some kind of partition on it ( any will do ) or choose to install grub to a different drive and make sure your bios will boot from that drive instead.