ubuntu cd-rom installation crashed

[torsteinw]

hello, i am a newbie to this, maybe that is why i got this problem...
i tried to install ubuntu 6.0.6 from a cd-rom. everything seemed to be swell in the installation process except in the end when the installer crashed with the following error message:
unable to install GRUB in /dev/boot
Executing 'grub-install /dev/boot' failed.
This is a fatal error.
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i am dual-booting having windows on my first hard drive, and ubuntu for the second one. though, i read on this page:
http://www.geocities.com/epark/linux/grub-w2k-HOWTO.html
that it would be wise to have the boot partition on the hd that contained windows, which in my case (also) is the first one. so i created a 50 MB /boot at the beginning of the hd. the site grub-w2k-HOWTO.html also states that i should NOT install grub in MBR, so when the ubuntu-installer wanted me to install to (hd0), i changed this to /dev/boot. well, in fact i wrote /boot, and then the installer changed this to /dev//boot, so i just wrote boot and the installer translated this to /dev/boot. i must say that i was a bit uncertain if this was correct, but thought to myself "what the heck, let's get it on!" well, maybe i shouldn't have?! ;-)

ok, here is a long bug report from the installer:
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/ubiquityfrontend/gtkui.py", line 305, in run
   self.process_step()
File "/usr"lib/ubiquity/ubiquityfrontend/gtkui.py", line 856, in process_step
   self.progress_loop()
File "/usr"lib/ubiquity/ubiquityfrontend/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 1163, in configure_bootloader
   raise InstsallStepError(
InstallStepError: GrubInstaller failed with code 1
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the "installer crashed" window also wanted me to attach the files /var/log/syslog and /var/log/partman, so i copied those onto a memory card, but on this page i have no alternative for attachment of files... maybe next page?!

ok, please tell me how to install grub to /boot with ubuntu installer, thank you!

[torsteinw (torsteinw)]

ahh, here is the attachment option... =)

[torsteinw (torsteinw)]

and the syslog...

[torsteinw (torsteinw)]

syslog

[Colin Watson (cjwatson)]

Firstly, these logs are from Ubuntu 6.10, not Ubuntu 6.06.

Secondly, "/dev/boot" is not a legal GRUB device name. Use the partition device name, which is apparently "/dev/sda3" in your case. Bug 90575 reports the lack of validation here.

[Chris Aitken (chris-ion-dreams)]

Hi Colin,

I did not snag this bug. See
https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/ubiquity/+bug/94982

Regards,
Chris Aitken

On 23/03/07, Colin Watson <email address hidden> wrote:
> *** This bug is a duplicate of bug 90575 ***
>
> Firstly, these logs are from Ubuntu 6.10, not Ubuntu 6.06.
>
> Secondly, "/dev/boot" is not a legal GRUB device name. Use the partition
> device name, which is apparently "/dev/sda3" in your case. Bug 90575
> reports the lack of validation here.
>
> ** This bug has been marked a duplicate of bug 90575
> MASTER: need further sanity checking on grub device names
>
> --
> ubuntu cd-rom installation crashed
> https://launchpad.net/bugs/94982
>