lucid installation fails on grub

Bug #530183 reported by K Richard Pixley
16
This bug affects 3 people
Affects Status Importance Assigned to Milestone
debian-installer (Ubuntu)
New
Undecided
Unassigned

Bug Description

Binary package hint: debian-installer

When installing a machine fresh using the server images, (x86 or amd64), I'm presented with a dialog window asking if I want to skip installing grub. If I answer "yes", the installation fails within seconds for lack of grub installation. If I answer "no", then I am immediately presented with the same dialog window.

This has been happening for several weeks following an upgrade to one of the grub packages so the problem may be there rather than in the installer, but the bug filing instructions say to file it here instead.

Note, the repeating dialog can also be seen by following the upgrade path, either from an earlier lucid installer or from a 9.10 installer. However, since the earlier installation will have installed grub, the upgrade appears to function.

I'm running on vmware fusion v3 running on a fully patched snow leopard on a macbook pro. The vmware fusion box is the v3 default with "easy install" turned off, (doesn't work for server installs anyway).

Revision history for this message
K Richard Pixley (rich-noir) wrote :

beta1 fresh distribution works for both i386 and amd64. However, updates from 9.10 still do not.

To post a comment you must log in.
This report contains Public information  
Everyone can see this information.

Other bug subscribers

Remote bug watches

Bug watches keep track of this bug in other bug trackers.