can't install grub

Bug #1537429 reported by Sheldon Hildebrand
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grub-installer (Ubuntu)
Invalid
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Bug Description

can't install grub. secureboot disabled, legacy enabled (and disabled), previous versions of lubuntu not working either.

ProblemType: Bug
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 14.04
Package: ubiquity 2.18.8.9
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.19.0-25.26~14.04.1-generic 3.19.8-ckt2
Uname: Linux 3.19.0-25-generic x86_64
ApportVersion: 2.14.1-0ubuntu3.11
Architecture: amd64
CasperVersion: 1.340.2
Date: Sat Jan 23 20:06:31 2016
InstallCmdLine: BOOT_IMAGE=/casper/vmlinuz.efi file=/cdrom/preseed/lubuntu.seed boot=casper only-ubiquity quiet splash --
LiveMediaBuild: Lubuntu 14.04.3 LTS "Trusty Tahr" - Beta amd64 (20150805)
ProcEnviron:
 LANGUAGE=en_CA.UTF-8
 TERM=linux
 PATH=(custom, no user)
 XDG_RUNTIME_DIR=<set>
 LANG=en_CA.UTF-8
SourcePackage: grub-installer
UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install)

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Sheldon Hildebrand (sdhildebrand) wrote :
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Phillip Susi (psusi) wrote :

It appears that your installation medium is corrupt; you will need to recreate it and may want to verity it using the "check disc" option at the boot menu. From your logs:

Failed to fetch cdrom://Lubuntu 14.04.3 LTS _Trusty Tahr_ - Beta amd64 (20150805)/pool/main/e/efibootmgr/efibootmgr_0.5.4-7ubuntu1.2_amd64.deb Hash Sum mismatch

Changed in grub-installer (Ubuntu):
status: New → Invalid
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Sheldon Hildebrand (sdhildebrand) wrote : Re: [Bug 1537429] Re: can't install grub

Problem went away when I used different iso to USB creator.

On Fri, Jan 29, 2016, 8:15 AM Phillip Susi <email address hidden> wrote:

> It appears that your installation medium is corrupt; you will need to
> recreate it and may want to verity it using the "check disc" option at
> the boot menu. From your logs:
>
> Failed to fetch cdrom://Lubuntu 14.04.3 LTS _Trusty Tahr_ - Beta amd64
> (20150805)/pool/main/e/efibootmgr/efibootmgr_0.5.4-7ubuntu1.2_amd64.deb
> Hash Sum mismatch
>
>
> ** Changed in: grub-installer (Ubuntu)
> Status: New => Invalid
>
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> report.
> https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1537429
>
> Title:
> can't install grub
>
> Status in grub-installer package in Ubuntu:
> Invalid
>
> Bug description:
> can't install grub. secureboot disabled, legacy enabled (and
> disabled), previous versions of lubuntu not working either.
>
> ProblemType: Bug
> DistroRelease: Ubuntu 14.04
> Package: ubiquity 2.18.8.9
> ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.19.0-25.26~14.04.1-generic 3.19.8-ckt2
> Uname: Linux 3.19.0-25-generic x86_64
> ApportVersion: 2.14.1-0ubuntu3.11
> Architecture: amd64
> CasperVersion: 1.340.2
> Date: Sat Jan 23 20:06:31 2016
> InstallCmdLine: BOOT_IMAGE=/casper/vmlinuz.efi
> file=/cdrom/preseed/lubuntu.seed boot=casper only-ubiquity quiet splash --
> LiveMediaBuild: Lubuntu 14.04.3 LTS "Trusty Tahr" - Beta amd64 (20150805)
> ProcEnviron:
> LANGUAGE=en_CA.UTF-8
> TERM=linux
> PATH=(custom, no user)
> XDG_RUNTIME_DIR=<set>
> LANG=en_CA.UTF-8
> SourcePackage: grub-installer
> UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install)
>
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> https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/grub-installer/+bug/1537429/+subscriptions
>

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