Unable to finish install due to install grub-dummy

[Derelle Redmond]

Installing 64 bit 12.04 failed due to grub-dummy install

ProblemType: Bug
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 12.04
Package: ubiquity 2.10.16 [modified: lib/partman/automatically_partition/question]
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: Wed May 2 14:30:16 2012
InstallCmdLine: BOOT_IMAGE=/casper/vmlinuz file=/cdrom/preseed/ubuntu.seed boot=casper only-ubiquity quiet splash --
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)

[irrational John (ijohn)]

This might be relevant. UbiquitySyslog.txt contains the messages below. In particular, there is the grub-installer error message "Auto-detection of a filesystem of /dev/sdd1 failed."

May 2 18:27:44 ubuntu grub-installer: info: Installing grub on 'dummy'
May 2 18:27:44 ubuntu grub-installer: info: grub-install supports --no-floppy
May 2 18:27:44 ubuntu grub-installer: info: Running chroot /target grub-install --no-floppy --force
May 2 18:27:45 ubuntu grub-installer: /usr/sbin/grub-probe: error: unknown filesystem.
May 2 18:27:45 ubuntu grub-installer: Auto-detection of a filesystem of /dev/sdd1 failed.
May 2 18:27:45 ubuntu grub-installer: Try with --recheck.
May 2 18:27:45 ubuntu grub-installer: If the problem persists please report this together with the output of "/usr/sbin/grub-probe --device-map="/boot/grub/device.map" --target=fs -v /boot/grub" to <email address hidden>
May 2 18:27:45 ubuntu grub-installer: error: Running 'grub-install --no-floppy --force failed.
May 2 18:30:04 ubuntu ubiquity[8688]: Reverting lockdown of the desktop environment.
May 2 18:30:04 ubuntu activate-dmraid: No Serial ATA RAID disks detected
May 2 18:30:04 ubuntu plugininstall.py: log-output -t ubiquity umount /target/cdrom
May 2 18:30:04 ubuntu finish-install: Disabling CD in sources.list
May 2 18:30:04 ubuntu plugininstall.py: Exception during installation:
May 2 18:30:04 ubuntu plugininstall.py: Traceback (most recent call last):
May 2 18:30:04 ubuntu plugininstall.py: File "/usr/share/ubiquity/plugininstall.py", line 1735, in <module>
May 2 18:30:04 ubuntu plugininstall.py: install.run()
May 2 18:30:04 ubuntu plugininstall.py: File "/usr/share/ubiquity/plugininstall.py", line 55, in wrapper
May 2 18:30:04 ubuntu plugininstall.py: func(self)
May 2 18:30:04 ubuntu plugininstall.py: File "/usr/share/ubiquity/plugininstall.py", line 204, in run
May 2 18:30:04 ubuntu plugininstall.py: self.configure_bootloader()
May 2 18:30:04 ubuntu plugininstall.py: File "/usr/share/ubiquity/plugininstall.py", line 1000, in configure_bootloader
May 2 18:30:04 ubuntu plugininstall.py: "GrubInstaller failed with code %d" % ret)
May 2 18:30:04 ubuntu plugininstall.py: InstallStepError: GrubInstaller failed with code 1

[Derelle Redmond (derelle-redmond)]

Thanks

On Mon, May 21, 2012 at 1:15 PM, irrational John
<email address hidden>wrote:

> This might be relevant. UbiquitySyslog.txt contains the messages below.
> In particular, there is the grub-installer error message "Auto-
> detection of a filesystem of /dev/sdd1 failed."
>
>
> May 2 18:27:44 ubuntu grub-installer: info: Installing grub on 'dummy'
> May 2 18:27:44 ubuntu grub-installer: info: grub-install supports
> --no-floppy
> May 2 18:27:44 ubuntu grub-installer: info: Running chroot /target
> grub-install --no-floppy --force
> May 2 18:27:45 ubuntu grub-installer: /usr/sbin/grub-probe: error:
> unknown filesystem.
> May 2 18:27:45 ubuntu grub-installer: Auto-detection of a filesystem of
> /dev/sdd1 failed.
> May 2 18:27:45 ubuntu grub-installer: Try with --recheck.
> May 2 18:27:45 ubuntu grub-installer: If the problem persists please
> report this together with the output of "/usr/sbin/grub-probe
> --device-map="/boot/grub/device.map" --target=fs -v /boot/grub" to <
> <email address hidden>>
> May 2 18:27:45 ubuntu grub-installer: error: Running 'grub-install
> --no-floppy --force failed.
> May 2 18:30:04 ubuntu ubiquity[8688]: Reverting lockdown of the desktop
> environment.
> May 2 18:30:04 ubuntu activate-dmraid: No Serial ATA RAID disks detected
> May 2 18:30:04 ubuntu plugininstall.py: log-output -t ubiquity umount
> /target/cdrom
> May 2 18:30:04 ubuntu finish-install: Disabling CD in sources.list
> May 2 18:30:04 ubuntu plugininstall.py: Exception during installation:
> May 2 18:30:04 ubuntu plugininstall.py: Traceback (most recent call last):
> May 2 18:30:04 ubuntu plugininstall.py: File
> "/usr/share/ubiquity/plugininstall.py", line 1735, in <module>
> May 2 18:30:04 ubuntu plugininstall.py: install.run()
> May 2 18:30:04 ubuntu plugininstall.py: File
> "/usr/share/ubiquity/plugininstall.py", line 55, in wrapper
> May 2 18:30:04 ubuntu plugininstall.py: func(self)
> May 2 18:30:04 ubuntu plugininstall.py: File
> "/usr/share/ubiquity/plugininstall.py", line 204, in run
> May 2 18:30:04 ubuntu plugininstall.py: self.configure_bootloader()
> May 2 18:30:04 ubuntu plugininstall.py: File
> "/usr/share/ubiquity/plugininstall.py", line 1000, in configure_bootloader
> May 2 18:30:04 ubuntu plugininstall.py: "GrubInstaller failed with
> code %d" % ret)
> May 2 18:30:04 ubuntu plugininstall.py: InstallStepError: GrubInstaller
> failed with code 1
>
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> https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/993460
>
> Title:
> Unable to finish install due to install grub-dummy
>
> Status in “grub-installer” package in Ubuntu:
> New
>
> Bug description:
> Installing 64 bit 12.04 failed due to grub-dummy install
>
> ProblemType: Bug
> DistroRelease: Ubuntu 12.04
> Package: ubiquity 2.10.16 [modified:
> lib/partman/automatically_partition/question]
> 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: Wed May 2 14:30:16 2012
> InstallCmdLine: BOOT_IMAGE=/casper/vmlinuz
> file=/cdrom/pr...

[Launchpad Janitor (janitor)]

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