A workaround for this bug:

1. Start up a shell on tty2 or tty3

2. "cp /etc/mtab /target/etc/"

3. Edit the newly-created /target/etc/mtab file: Delete all lines except
the one specifying the device for /target (note: *not* the "tmpfs
/target/dev" line), and then change "/target" to "/".

4. At the fatal-error dialog, select <Go Back>, return to the "Install
the GRUB boot loader on a hard disk" item in the main menu, and go
through the install process again. It should work this time.

(This appears to confirm that an absent /target/etc/mtab file is the
problem.)

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Karmic: legacy grub-install fails, possibly due to missing /target/etc/mtab
https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/465231
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