Ubuntu installer crashes when installing boot loader

[andol123]

Boot with the Ubuntu Dapper Drake CD.
Go through the installer
When the installer is setting up the boot loader (grub I guess) it crashes (at 96% of the installation process):

We're sorry; the installer crashed. Please file a bug report at https://launchpad.net/distros/ubuntu/+source/ubiquity/+filebug and a developer will attend to the problem as soon as possible. To help the developers understand what went wrong, include the following detail in your bug report, and attach the files /var/log/installer/syslog, /var/log/syslog, and /var/log/partman:
Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "/usr/bin/ubiquity", line 130, in ?
    install(sys.argv[1])
  File "/usr/bin/ubiquity", line 55, in install
    ret = wizard.run()
  File "/usr/lib/python2.4/site-packages/ubiquity/frontend/gtkui.py", line 266, in run
    self.process_step()
  File "/usr/lib/python2.4/site-packages/ubiquity/frontend/gtkui.py", line 741, in process_step
    self.mountpoints_to_summary()
  File "/usr/lib/python2.4/site-packages/ubiquity/frontend/gtkui.py", line 1029, in mountpoints_to_summary
    self.progress_loop()
  File "/usr/lib/python2.4/site-packages/ubiquity/frontend/gtkui.py", line 538, in progress_loop
    raise RuntimeError, ("Install failed with exit code %s; see "
RuntimeError: Install failed with exit code 1; see /var/log/installer/syslog and /var/log/syslog

Could be releated to
https://launchpad.net/distros/ubuntu/+source/grub-installer/+bug/37802
but that bug concerns Flight 6, not the final release as is the case with this bug report.

Similar bug: http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?p=898596

[andol123 (andol123)]

This is the /var/log/installer/syslog as requested by the installer to include when reporting a bug.

[andol123 (andol123)]

This is the /var/log/syslog file as requested by the installer to include when reporting a bug.

[andol123 (andol123)]

This is the /var/log/partman file ass requested by the installer to include when reporting a bug.

[Colin Watson (cjwatson)]

Thanks for your report. You need to use a non-XFS / filesystem or create a non-XFS /boot filesystem. This is also bug 47848.

[andol123 (andol123)]

That did it. Changed / to reiserfs. Thanks!

Still wierd though, because I did have xfs on / without a seperate /boot filesystem when using Breezy Badger and grub and no problem installing or booting.