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

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Couldn't install Grub on my system so ubuntu install fails
https://launchpad.net/bugs/69999

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