ubuntu 12.10 iso will not boot no matter the configuration selected in the install process

[Benjamin Gemmill]

Looks like the bootloader won't install (if I deselect get updates online during install) or won't work (if I select get updates during install). This occurs regardless of LVM or encryption settings.

ProblemType: Bug
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 12.10
Package: ubiquity 2.12.16
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.5.0-17.28-generic 3.5.5
Uname: Linux 3.5.0-17-generic x86_64
ApportVersion: 2.6.1-0ubuntu3
Architecture: amd64
CasperVersion: 1.328
Date: Sun Oct 28 18:02:07 2012
InstallCmdLine: noprompt cdrom-detect/try-usb=true file=/cdrom/preseed/ubuntu.seed boot=casper persistent initrd=/casper/initrd.lz splash -- maybe-ubiquity
LiveMediaBuild: Ubuntu 12.10 "Quantal Quetzal" - Release amd64 (20121017.5)
ProcEnviron:
 TERM=linux
 PATH=(custom, no user)
 LANG=en_US.UTF-8
SourcePackage: ubiquity
UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install)

[Benjamin Gemmill (benjamin-gemmill)]

Lenovo t410 bios 1.44

[Sasa Paporovic (melchiaros)]

In UbiquitySyslog.txt:

Oct 28 18:01:32 ubuntu grub-installer: Path `/boot/grub' is not readable by GRUB on boot. Installation is impossible. Aborting.
Oct 28 18:01:32 ubuntu grub-installer: error: Running 'grub-install --force "/dev/sda"' failed.
Oct 28 18:01:55 ubuntu ubiquity: umount: /target/cdrom: not mounted
Oct 28 18:01:55 ubuntu plugininstall.py: log-output -t ubiquity umount /target/cdrom
Oct 28 18:01:55 ubuntu finish-install: Disabling CD in sources.list
Oct 28 18:01:55 ubuntu plugininstall.py: Exception during installation:
Oct 28 18:01:55 ubuntu plugininstall.py: Traceback (most recent call last):
Oct 28 18:01:55 ubuntu plugininstall.py: File "/usr/share/ubiquity/plugininstall.py", line 1732, in <module>
Oct 28 18:01:55 ubuntu plugininstall.py: install.run()
Oct 28 18:01:55 ubuntu plugininstall.py: File "/usr/share/ubiquity/plugininstall.py", line 81, in wrapper
Oct 28 18:01:55 ubuntu plugininstall.py: func(self)
Oct 28 18:01:55 ubuntu plugininstall.py: File "/usr/share/ubiquity/plugininstall.py", line 245, in run
Oct 28 18:01:55 ubuntu plugininstall.py: self.configure_bootloader()
Oct 28 18:01:55 ubuntu plugininstall.py: File "/usr/share/ubiquity/plugininstall.py", line 1042, in configure_bootloader
Oct 28 18:01:55 ubuntu plugininstall.py: "GrubInstaller failed with code %d" % ret)
Oct 28 18:01:55 ubuntu plugininstall.py: ubiquity.install_misc.InstallStepError: GrubInstaller failed with code 1
Oct 28 18:01:55 ubuntu plugininstall.py:

[Ubuntu Foundations Team Bug Bot (crichton)]

Exception during installation:
Oct 28 18:01:55 ubuntu plugininstall.py: Traceback (most recent call last):
Oct 28 18:01:55 ubuntu plugininstall.py: File "/usr/share/ubiquity/plugininstall.py", line 1732, in <module>
Oct 28 18:01:55 ubuntu plugininstall.py: install.run()
Oct 28 18:01:55 ubuntu plugininstall.py: File "/usr/share/ubiquity/plugininstall.py", line 81, in wrapper
Oct 28 18:01:55 ubuntu plugininstall.py: func(self)
Oct 28 18:01:55 ubuntu plugininstall.py: File "/usr/share/ubiquity/plugininstall.py", line 245, in run
Oct 28 18:01:55 ubuntu plugininstall.py: self.configure_bootloader()
Oct 28 18:01:55 ubuntu plugininstall.py: File "/usr/share/ubiquity/plugininstall.py", line 1042, in configure_bootloader
Oct 28 18:01:55 ubuntu plugininstall.py: "GrubInstaller failed with code %d" % ret)
Oct 28 18:01:55 ubuntu plugininstall.py: ubiquity.install_misc.InstallStepError: GrubInstaller failed with code 1
Oct 28 18:01:55 ubuntu plugininstall.py:

[Phillip Susi (psusi)]

12.10 reached end of life long ago. Are you able to reproduce this with a current release?

[Benjamin Gemmill (benjamin-gemmill)]

Thanks for getting back on this; I wasn't expecting to hear anything back after the first year passed, let alone six!

For the other two users who confirmed this issue; six years ago I switched to linux mint 14 and did not see the issue there, even though it was also based on ubuntu 12.10.

If this bug is interesting to track down, the difference is somewhere in how those two distributions install.

Six years old and not relevant any more may just mean close it :-)