Installer crashed

[abrichr]

Am trying to set up multi boot with XOSL, which exists on a seperate partition. Exact details at http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?p=2179825. Set grub to install on sta5, root directory. This is a logical partition. Also included were swap and home partitions, both also logical partitions, all in the same extended partition. The following error message was displayed:

Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "/usr/bin/ubiquity", line 166, in ?
    main()
  File "/usr/bin/ubiquity", line 161, in main
    install(sys.argv[1])
  File "/usr/bin/ubiquity", line 57, in install
    ret = wizard.run()
  File "/usr/lib/ubiquity/ubiquity/frontend/gtkui.py", line 305, in run
    self.process_step()
  File "/usr/lib/ubiquity/ubiquity/frontend/gtkui.py", line 856, in process_step
    self.progress_loop()
  File "/usr/lib/ubiquity/ubiquity/frontend/gtkui.py", line 628, in progress_loop
    raise RuntimeError, ("Install failed with exit code %s\n%s" %
RuntimeError: Install failed with exit code 1
Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "/usr/share/ubiquity/install.py", line 1404, in ?
    install.run()
  File "/usr/share/ubiquity/install.py", line 385, in run
    self.configure_bootloader()
  File "/usr/share/ubiquity/install.py", line 1163, in configure_bootloader
    raise InstallStepError(
InstallStepError: GrubInstaller failed with code 1

I would include the syslog and partman files, but I don't see any option to attach.

[Colin Watson (cjwatson)]

"(sda5)" isn't a legal GRUB device name; use either "/dev/sda5" or "(hd0,4)". The lack of validation is also bug 90575.