Having reviewed the logs, it is clear that I was doing something dumb in trying to install grub on /dev/sda1 (a partition) instead of /dev/sda (my first hard disk) (See last line of comment #3).
However, I would still expect the installer to handle this gracefully, without crashing, so this bug still stands. Perhaps the installer could even to provide some helpful message to set unobservant users like me on the correct path e.g. "Are you sure you want to install grub on a partition, instead of the disk?". -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/893805 Title: Live CD installer crashes after failing to install grub To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/grub-installer/+bug/893805/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
