grub failed to install on hda, b and c

[brotulix]

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)

[brotulix (brotulix)]

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...

[Launchpad Janitor (janitor)]

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

[Phillip Susi (psusi)]

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