grub failed to install on hda, b and c

Bug #1003850 reported by brotulix
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This bug affects 4 people
Affects Status Importance Assigned to Milestone
grub-installer (Ubuntu)
Invalid
Undecided
Unassigned

Bug Description

ran the ubuntu desktop 12.04 x64 installer from usb stick, and at the end it failed to install grub on sda, sdb and sdc. upon failing to install on sdc I get the message that the installer has crashed.

sda and sdc are SATA SSDs, while sdb is a normal SATA drive

ProblemType: Bug
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 12.04
Package: ubiquity 2.10.16
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.2.0-23.36-generic 3.2.14
Uname: Linux 3.2.0-23-generic x86_64
ApportVersion: 2.0.1-0ubuntu5
Architecture: amd64
CasperVersion: 1.315
Date: Thu May 24 11:17:36 2012
InstallCmdLine: noprompt cdrom-detect/try-usb=true file=/cdrom/preseed/ubuntu.seed boot=casper persistent initrd=/casper/initrd.lz splash -- BOOT_IMAGE=/casper/vmlinuz
LiveMediaBuild: Ubuntu 12.04 LTS "Precise Pangolin" - Release amd64 (20120425)
ProcEnviron:
 TERM=unknown
 PATH=(custom, no user)
 LANG=en_US.UTF-8
 SHELL=/bin/bash
SourcePackage: grub-installer
UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install)

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brotulix (brotulix) wrote :
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brotulix (brotulix) wrote :

Tried the install again, with a different password for my user -- and got no problems.
The password used when I got trouble had a pipe as the first character, but I don't see why that should be problematic for installing grub from the USB stick...

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Launchpad Janitor (janitor) wrote :

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

Changed in grub-installer (Ubuntu):
status: New → Confirmed
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Phillip Susi (psusi) wrote :

12.04 has reached end of life and is no longer supported.

Changed in grub-installer (Ubuntu):
status: Confirmed → Invalid
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