I'm sorry I was trying to say it should have known as /boot was mounted > Can you elaborate on exactly what happened? You said that it installed > to /dev/sda, rather than /dev/sda1. Had you changed it to /dev/sda1 and > it installed to /dev/sda anyway, or are you saying that it should have > deduced from /dev/sda1 being mounted on /boot that you wanted to install > GRUB to /dev/sda1 rather than /dev/sda? > > Thanks! > > ** Changed in: ubiquity (Ubuntu) > Status: New => Incomplete > > -- > ubiquity installer selecting wrong partition for mbr > https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/641560 > You received this bug notification because you are a direct subscriber > of the bug. > > Status in “ubiquity” package in Ubuntu: Incomplete > > Bug description: > Binary package hint: ubiquity > > when installing I created partitions manually as follows > a 209mb /boot > a 11gb / > a 2.3gb swap > and a 135gb /home > > the installer said it could not mount /boot > > I went back to the partition table and selected to install the mbr onto /boot the default was /dev/sda i changed it to /dev/sda1 > > > ubu...@ubuntu:~$ df -h > Filesystem Size Used Avail Use% Mounted on > aufs 497M 81M 416M 17% / > none 491M 272K 491M 1% /dev > /dev/sr0 694M 694M 0 100% /cdrom > /dev/loop0 662M 662M 0 100% /rofs > none 497M 100K 497M 1% /dev/shm > tmpfs 497M 32K 497M 1% /tmp > none 497M 96K 497M 1% /var/run > none 497M 4.0K 497M 1% /var/lock > none 497M 0 497M 0% /lib/init/rw > /dev/sr0 694M 694M 0 100% /media/apt > /dev/sda5 10G 1.6G 7.9G 17% /target > /dev/sda1 194M 8.4M 176M 5% /target/boot > /dev/sda7 135G 2.8G 125G 3% /target/home > ubu...@ubuntu:~$ sudo fdisk -l > > Disk /dev/sda: 160.0 GB, 160041885696 bytes > 255 heads, 63 sectors/track, 19457 cylinders > Units = cylinders of 16065 * 512 = 8225280 bytes > Sector size (logical/physical): 512 bytes / 512 bytes > I/O size (minimum/optimal): 512 bytes / 512 bytes > Disk identifier: 0x71f58dc5 > > Device Boot Start End Blocks Id System > /dev/sda1 * 1 26 204800 83 Linux > Partition 1 does not end on cylinder boundary. > /dev/sda2 27 19457 156079477 5 Extended > /dev/sda5 27 1342 10570738+ 83 Linux > /dev/sda6 1343 1646 2441848+ 82 Linux swap / Solaris > /dev/sda7 1647 19457 143066826 83 Linux > ubu...@ubuntu:~$ > > ProblemType: Bug > DistroRelease: Ubuntu 10.10 > Package: ubiquity 2.3.13 > ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 2.6.35-19.28-generic 2.6.35.3 > Uname: Linux 2.6.35-19-generic i686 > NonfreeKernelModules: wl > Architecture: i386 > Date: Fri Sep 17 11:54:31 2010 > LiveMediaBuild: Ubuntu 10.10 "Maverick Meerkat" - Beta i386 (20100901.1) > ProcEnviron: > LANG=en_US.UTF-8 > SHELL=/bin/bash > SourcePackage: ubiquity > > To unsubscribe from this bug, go to: > https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/ubiquity/+bug/641560/+subscribe
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