It appears that I used the wrong syntax to specify the location - 'hd8'
instead of 'hd0,8'
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Grub installer failed and installer crashed
https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/226755
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Public bug reported:
I got the message Executing 'grubinstall(hd8)' failed. This is a fatal
error then the following.
Traceback
File /usr/lib/ubiquity/bin/ubiquity, line 212 in module main ()
File ditto line 207 in main install (args[0])
File ditto, line 65 in install ret=wizard.run()
File
I tried to overcome the problem by partitioning the whole of the hard
drive. That did not work, so I deleted all empty partitions.
Thereafter, the installer was able to identify the partitions and the
unused space. It allowed me to ascertain the number of sectors on the
unused space but would
** Summary changed:
- installer does not recognise existing Linux partitions
+ installer unable to use or add empty partition
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installer unable to use or add empty partition
https://launchpad.net/bugs/71894
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Public bug reported:
Launch the xubuntu 6.10 alternate installer and select text
installer.
Proceed until reaching the screen requiring partitions to be allocated.
The installer shows the entire hard disk as the sole partition and the
only way to proceed is to wipe the existing partition table
