Ubuntu 11.10 installation CD is not able to install Grub in desired location. Causes a fatal error.

[Adolfo Matthews]

Am using BootitNG for multi booting systems. Have successfully installed Ubuntu 10.10 . Now want to install Ubuntu 11.10 but when installation reaches the stage of executing Grub-install to dev/sdd8 it fails & a fatal error occurs.

I twice downloaded the installation "iso" and created installation disks - but they all fail at the grub-install stage.

However I was able to install Ubuntu Studio 11.10 altenate without any difficulties.

ProblemType: Bug
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 11.10
Package: ubiquity 2.8.7
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.0.0-12.20-generic 3.0.4
Uname: Linux 3.0.0-12-generic i686
ApportVersion: 1.23-0ubuntu3
Architecture: i386
CasperVersion: 1.287
Date: Fri Nov 18 00:27:45 2011
LiveMediaBuild: Ubuntu 11.10 "Oneiric Ocelot" - Release i386 (20111012)
ProcEnviron:
 LANGUAGE=en_AU.UTF-8
 PATH=(custom, no user)
 LANG=en_AU.UTF-8
SourcePackage: ubiquity
UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install)

[Ubuntu Foundations Team Bug Bot (crichton)]

Exception during installation:
Nov 18 00:27:33 ubuntu plugininstall.py: Traceback (most recent call last):
Nov 18 00:27:33 ubuntu plugininstall.py: File "/usr/share/ubiquity/plugininstall.py", line 1641, in <module>
Nov 18 00:27:33 ubuntu plugininstall.py: install.run()
Nov 18 00:27:33 ubuntu plugininstall.py: File "/usr/share/ubiquity/plugininstall.py", line 55, in wrapper
Nov 18 00:27:33 ubuntu plugininstall.py: func(self)
Nov 18 00:27:33 ubuntu plugininstall.py: File "/usr/share/ubiquity/plugininstall.py", line 199, in run
Nov 18 00:27:33 ubuntu plugininstall.py: self.configure_bootloader()
Nov 18 00:27:33 ubuntu plugininstall.py: File "/usr/share/ubiquity/plugininstall.py", line 955, in configure_bootloader
Nov 18 00:27:33 ubuntu plugininstall.py: "GrubInstaller failed with code %d" % ret)
Nov 18 00:27:33 ubuntu plugininstall.py: InstallStepError: GrubInstaller failed with code 1
Nov 18 00:27:33 ubuntu plugininstall.py:

[Launchpad Janitor (janitor)]

Status changed to 'Confirmed' because the bug affects multiple users.

[dino99 (9d9)]

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