Encountered the same problem using expert mode install with 9.10 Server Edition (ubuntu-9.10-server-amd64.iso).
The following workaround, immediately prior to running the GRUB install step, solved the problem. - open shell - mkdir /boot - mount -t ext2 /dev/sda5 /boot - cp /etc/mtab /target/etc/mtab GRUB installed cleanly and the system rebooted without issue. -- Karmic: legacy grub-install fails, possibly due to missing /target/etc/mtab https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/465231 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
