** Description changed: I was installing Ubuntu onto a USB flash drive to make a live USB. It made quite a big progress before showing the error message. The installation was at the copying-files stage. + + The first error in the syslog seems to be: + + Jan 1 16:10:07 ubuntu ubiquity: E: Can not write log (Is /dev/pts + mounted?) - posix_openpt (19: No such device) ProblemType: Bug DistroRelease: Ubuntu 17.10 Package: ubiquity 17.10.10 ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 4.13.0-16.19-generic 4.13.4 Uname: Linux 4.13.0-16-generic x86_64 ApportVersion: 2.20.7-0ubuntu3 Architecture: amd64 CasperVersion: 1.387 CurrentDesktop: ubuntu:GNOME Date: Mon Jan 1 20:22:08 2018 LiveMediaBuild: Ubuntu 17.10 "Artful Aardvark" - Release amd64 (20171018) ProcEnviron: - LANGUAGE=en_US.UTF-8 - PATH=(custom, no user) - XDG_RUNTIME_DIR=<set> - LANG=en_US.UTF-8 - LC_NUMERIC=C.UTF-8 + LANGUAGE=en_US.UTF-8 + PATH=(custom, no user) + XDG_RUNTIME_DIR=<set> + LANG=en_US.UTF-8 + LC_NUMERIC=C.UTF-8 SourcePackage: ubiquity UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install)
** Summary changed: - GRUB installation failed when instatting to a USB flash drive + GRUB installation failed when installing to a USB flash drive -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1740761 Title: GRUB installation failed when installing to a USB flash drive To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/ubiquity/+bug/1740761/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
