Public bug reported: Binary package hint: ubiquity
Ubuntu-version: 9.04 Jaunty AMD64 ALPHA 5, running from live-CD. Trying to install to an USB flash stick (4GB) as a normal drive (not the USB-live-disk option), with ext4 and boot loader (?) checked to install to /dev/sda, not /dev/hd (!). There are no other harddisks present in the system, I have not select to create a swap as I've 4GB of RAM. At 94% / 95% completion, I get a GUI popup: Unable to install GRUB in /dev/sda Executing 'grub-install /dev/sda' failed. This is a fatal error. AFTER that: "ubiquity crashed with InstallStepError in configure_bootloader()", which is probably a result, not the cause, so something else than https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/ubiquity/+bug/260001 I would expect to after installing the OS to /dev/sda, installing GRUB should work too. tail of /var/log/messages Mar 8 23:25:21 ubuntu python: log-output -t ubiquity chroot /target update-initramfs -c -k 2.6.28-8-generic Mar 8 23:25:21 ubuntu python: log-output -t ubiquity umount /target/tmp/.X11-unix Mar 8 23:25:22 ubuntu python: log-output -t ubiquity chroot /target umount /sys Mar 8 23:25:22 ubuntu python: log-output -t ubiquity chroot /target umount /proc Mar 8 23:25:22 ubuntu python: log-output -t ubiquity mount --bind /proc /target/proc Mar 8 23:25:22 ubuntu python: log-output -t ubiquity mount --bind /dev /target/dev Mar 8 23:25:22 ubuntu grub-installer: info: architecture: amd64/generic Mar 8 23:25:26 ubuntu grub-installer: info: Identified partition label for /dev/sda1: msdos Mar 8 23:25:26 ubuntu grub-installer: dpkg - warning: ignoring request to remove grub-pc which isn't installed. Mar 8 23:25:27 ubuntu grub-installer: info: Installing grub on '/dev/sda' Mar 8 23:25:27 ubuntu grub-installer: info: grub-install supports --no-floppy Mar 8 23:25:27 ubuntu grub-installer: info: Running chroot /target grub-install --no-floppy "/dev/sda" Mar 8 23:25:39 ubuntu grub-installer: Probing devices to guess BIOS drives. This may take a long time. Mar 8 23:25:40 ubuntu grub-installer: Searching for GRUB installation directory ... Mar 8 23:25:40 ubuntu grub-installer: found: /boot/grub Mar 8 23:25:44 ubuntu grub-installer: grub-probe: error: Mar 8 23:25:44 ubuntu grub-installer: Cannot find a GRUB drive for /dev/sda1. Check your device.map. Mar 8 23:25:44 ubuntu grub-installer: Mar 8 23:25:44 ubuntu grub-installer: [: 494: =: unexpected operator Mar 8 23:25:53 ubuntu grub-installer: The file /boot/grub/stage1 not read correctly. Mar 8 23:25:53 ubuntu grub-installer: error: Running 'grub-install --no-floppy "/dev/sda"' failed. ** Affects: ubiquity (Ubuntu) Importance: Undecided Status: New -- Unable to install GRUB in /dev/sda: "Cannot find a GRUB drive for /dev/sda1. Check your device.map." https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/339724 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list [email protected] https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
