System unable to install boot loader on any drives during recovery install
Affects | Status | Importance | Assigned to | Milestone | |
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grub-installer (Ubuntu) |
Invalid
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Medium
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Unassigned |
Bug Description
I was trying to recover a previously working installation to an SSD on a marvel sata3 6.0gb/s using ext4. Attempted to reinstall system and I cannot install boot loader on any of my drives including the target drive or any other drive. System produces a fatal error every time.
ProblemType: Bug
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 11.10
Package: ubiquity 2.8.7
ProcVersionSign
Uname: Linux 3.0.0-12-generic x86_64
ApportVersion: 1.23-0ubuntu3
Architecture: amd64
CasperVersion: 1.287
Date: Fri Oct 28 17:45:40 2011
LiveMediaBuild: Ubuntu 11.10 "Oneiric Ocelot" - Release amd64 (20111012)
ProcEnviron:
PATH=(custom, no user)
LANG=en_US.UTF-8
SHELL=/bin/bash
SourcePackage: ubiquity
UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install)
Exception during installation: ubiquity/ plugininstall. py", line 1641, in <module> ubiquity/ plugininstall. py", line 55, in wrapper ubiquity/ plugininstall. py", line 199, in run bootloader( ) ubiquity/ plugininstall. py", line 955, in configure_ bootloader
Oct 28 17:44:39 ubuntu plugininstall.py: Traceback (most recent call last):
Oct 28 17:44:39 ubuntu plugininstall.py: File "/usr/share/
Oct 28 17:44:39 ubuntu plugininstall.py: install.run()
Oct 28 17:44:39 ubuntu plugininstall.py: File "/usr/share/
Oct 28 17:44:39 ubuntu plugininstall.py: func(self)
Oct 28 17:44:39 ubuntu plugininstall.py: File "/usr/share/
Oct 28 17:44:39 ubuntu plugininstall.py: self.configure_
Oct 28 17:44:39 ubuntu plugininstall.py: File "/usr/share/
Oct 28 17:44:39 ubuntu plugininstall.py: "GrubInstaller failed with code %d" % ret)
Oct 28 17:44:39 ubuntu plugininstall.py: InstallStepError: GrubInstaller failed with code 1
Oct 28 17:44:39 ubuntu plugininstall.py: