Ubuntu
ubiquity package

installer crashed(unable to install GRUB to HD0)...

Bug #75004 reported by BillyGoh on 2006-12-08

This bug report is a duplicate of: Bug #94642: only supports 8 IDE disks. Edit Remove

Affects		Status	Importance	Assigned to	Milestone
	ubiquity (Ubuntu)	Confirmed	Undecided	Unassigned

Bug Description

My Pc Specification:
Abit it7-max2
WD- 120G SATA (connected to the board through the on board HTP-374 chip at channel 3/4)
reported HDi for channel3, HDk for channel4.
Able to partition(both manual/auto)

step to repruduce the error...:
1. put ubuntu CD (6.06 LTS/Malaysia) in to CD Drive,
2. restart CD, change first Boot option in Bios,
3. bla bla bla ... erase entire HDD .. bla bla bla,
4. press next button,have a cup of coffee.....
5. 60 minute later... come back with a error msg "can not install GRUB to HDO" on screen....

test on 6.10 aslo give same fatal error...
screenshot for 6.06:
http://i54.photobucket.com/albums/g89/testing_02/Screenshot.png

log files as reply..

See original description

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BillyGoh (billygkh) wrote on 2006-12-11:

/var/log/installer/syslog Edit (19.0 KiB, text/plain)

log file...

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BillyGoh (billygkh) wrote on 2006-12-11:

/var/log/syslog Edit (55.4 KiB, text/plain)

log file 2

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BillyGoh (billygkh) wrote on 2006-12-11:

/var/log/partman Edit (159.6 KiB, text/plain)

log file 2....

BillyGoh (billygkh) on 2006-12-11

description:

updated

BillyGoh (billygkh) on 2006-12-14

Changed in ubiquity:
status:	Unconfirmed → Confirmed

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BillyGoh (billygkh) wrote on 2006-12-14:

Confrim exit this bug...

3 time attends on 6.06 & 2 time attends on 6.10 produce same error/bug,
6.06 crash at 95% of installation while 6.10 crash at 97% of installation.
the HDD was partitioned & formated & files/floder been copy to it during the installation process. so there shouldn't have any problem with the hardware..

Slackware 11 & FC6 was successfull install on same hardware after that.

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Colin Watson (cjwatson) wrote on 2007-03-23:

Thanks for your report. You seem to have your root filesystem on a disk plugged into the sixth IDE controller. Unfortunately the GRUB boot loader only supports up to four IDE controllers. This is also bug 94642.