Ubuntu Trusty 14.04 on sdc (USB-Pendrive): installer crashed

[wgroiss]

I made a Live System on sdb (1.st USB-Pendrive) with Unetbootin. Then i installed with the 1st USB-Pendrive a 2nd one (sdc), including also a Bootloder (grub).
At the end of installing, immediately befor reboot, the installer crashed.

Description: Ubuntu Trusty Tahr (development branch)
Release: 14.04

ubuntu@ubuntu:~$ apt-cache policy grub
grub:
  Installed: (none)
  Candidate: 0.97-29ubuntu66
  Version table:
     0.97-29ubuntu66 0
        500 http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ trusty/main amd64 Packages

ProblemType: Bug
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 14.04
Package: ubiquity 2.17.8
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.13.0-13.33-generic 3.13.5
Uname: Linux 3.13.0-13-generic x86_64
ApportVersion: 2.13.2-0ubuntu5
Architecture: amd64
CasperVersion: 1.337
Date: Sun Mar 2 10:13:22 2014
InstallCmdLine: BOOT_IMAGE=/casper/vmlinuz.efi file=/cdrom/preseed/ubuntu.seed boot=casper quiet splash --
LiveMediaBuild: Ubuntu 14.04 LTS "Trusty Tahr" - Alpha amd64 (20140228)
ProcEnviron:
 LANGUAGE=de_AT.UTF-8
 PATH=(custom, no user)
 LANG=de_AT.UTF-8
 SHELL=/bin/bash
SourcePackage: grub-installer
UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install)

[Launchpad Janitor (janitor)]

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

[Alberto Salvia Novella (es20490446e)]

It renders essential features or functionality of the package (or a dependent one) broken.

[Nick Shaforostoff (shafff)]

is there a workaround?

[wgroiss (wolfgang-groiss-gmx)]

I think, duplicate status is wrong. Why?
I tried the same constellation as in bug description on older hardware (Toshiba Notebook, Pentium III, Celeron, 1,73 GHz, 32bit) and BIOS (no UEFI possible!). Live System 14.04 on sdb, empty pendrive on sdc. Manually partitioning, mount point "/" to sdb1, Bootloader manually to sdb.
And i took now Trusty 14.04 32bit with fresh download (the first time at 2014-03-02 i took a beta/daily build).
But at the end of installation i got the same bug: (i try to translate from german)
"An attempt to configure apt went wrong, to download more packages from CD".
Then installation ends => Suggestion to reboot from new system on pendrive => But it fails, because bootloader can't be found.

When i do the same thing with LINUX MINT DEBIAN => everything works (also on different hardware).
I also tried with older ubuntu (12.04 LTS), but got same bug! I also tried with Live System from DVD (instead of USB-Pendrive) => same bug.
So i am sorry: my only work around is, not to take ubuntu ....

[Phillip Susi (psusi)]

If you are still having trouble with 14.04 final, please allow it to file a new report with updated logs. According to your original logs, this is a duplicate of #1302418.