Public bug reported: I've been trying to setup ubuntu 6.10 as a second operating system on my SATA drive. It's a WD Raptor 36gb and I split up the drive into 2 partitions (well 1 for windows then 1 extended for linux) and it's the 3rd time I've tried to install with Grub failing everytime.
Here's my system specs AMD64 3200+ Venice (2.0ghz) 1gb OCZ ram DFI Lanparty Nforce4 mobo BFG nvidia 6800gt 2 HD's, 1 Maxtor IDE 160gb and 1 WD Raptor SATA 36gb (my OS drive) Here's the error messages: aceback (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 So what's the deal?? ** Affects: ubiquity (Ubuntu) Importance: Undecided Status: Unconfirmed -- Couldn't install Grub on my system so ubuntu install fails https://launchpad.net/bugs/69999 -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs