** Description changed: Firstly, excuse my bad english :) - I was trying to install Ubuntu on an Asus Vintage V7 - P8H61E. But - couldn't. Finally I managed installing Fedora 17. There I booted on a - LIVE USB with Quantal 64bits (because I wasn't able to boot on a LIVE - with any other Ubuntu older than Quantal) and managed to get a boot-info - : http://paste.ubuntu.com/1218312 + INITIAL SITUATION: + I was trying to install Ubuntu on an Asus Vintage V7 - P8H61E. But couldn't. Finally I managed installing Fedora 17. There I booted on a LIVE USB with Quantal 64bits (because I wasn't able to boot on a LIVE with any other Ubuntu older than Quantal) and managed to get a boot-info : http://paste.ubuntu.com/1218312 + Then I booted again on a LIVE session (legacy-mode) on the same key, and began the installation of Quantal. I went through the manual installation ("Somethingelse") with these partitions : + /, swap and /home. - The I booted again on a LIVE session (legacy-mode) on the same key, and began the installation. I went through the manual installation with this partition : - /, swap and /home. I choose to install the grub-pc on /dev/sda1 which is the root partition. The installation went on. - When the install-program is configuring the grub-pc, I get this message : - "The grub's installation failed. - Sorry, something went wrong. Installing the grub-pc wasn't possible at the indicated place. - What do you want to do ? - To chose another disk where to install the grub-pc ?" - There was the different choices : /dev/sda, /dev/sda1 and /dev/sda3 - I've chosen /dev/sda, but got the same error message. The same with /dev/sda3. + BUG ENCOUNTERED: + I choose to install the bootloader on /dev/sda1 which is the root partition. The installation went on. + When the install-program was configuring grub-pc, I got this message : + "The grub's installation failed. Sorry, something went wrong. Installing the grub-pc wasn't possible at the indicated place. What do you want to do ? choose another disk where to install the grub-pc ?" + There were different choices : /dev/sda, /dev/sda1 and /dev/sda3 + I chose /dev/sda, but got the same error message. The same with /dev/sda3. The other possibilities were : To go on without installing any grub To stop the installation. - I've chosen to go on without the grub. I was warned that I will have to install manually the grub-pc, otherwise it wouldn't be possible to start Ubuntu. I said Ok. The installation went on. Then I reboot on a LIVE session, and manage to get another boot-info : + I've chosen to go on without the grub. I was warned that I will have to + install manually the grub-pc, otherwise it wouldn't be possible to start + Ubuntu. I said Ok. The installation went on. + + + RESULTING SITUATION: + At reboot without liveUSB, no GRUB menu appeared, and no access to Ubuntu. + Then I reboot on a LIVE session, and manage to get another boot-info : http://paste.ubuntu.com/1218341 - Then I started boot-repair again, and I've chosen "repair", which succeded, and I get another boot-info : + + WORKAROUND: + Then I started Boot-Repair again from liveUSB, and chose "Recommended repair", which succeeded, and provided another boot-info : http://paste.ubuntu.com/1218343 + I rebooted without liveUSB, and succeeded accessing the installed Ubuntu. - I reboot on the installed Ubuntu, and succeded. I tried to install the - updates, but the update-manager stopped at "configuring the grub-pc". - After a while, I wanted to quit the update-manager, but it didn't quit, - it crashed. - I reboot on LIVE session, get another boot-info : + FURTHER INFORMATIONS: + Then I tried to install the updates, but the update-manager stopped at "configuring the grub-pc". After a while, I wanted to quit the update-manager, but it didn't quit, it crashed. + I reboot on LIVE session, got another boot-info : http://paste.ubuntu.com/1218378 - I used boot-repair to... repair and get this boot-info : http://paste.ubuntu.com/1218383 + + ProblemType: Bug DistroRelease: Ubuntu 12.10 Package: ubiquity (not installed) ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.5.0-15.22-generic 3.5.4 Uname: Linux 3.5.0-15-generic x86_64 ApportVersion: 2.5.2-0ubuntu4 Architecture: amd64 Date: Fri Sep 21 14:14:14 2012 EcryptfsInUse: Yes InstallCmdLine: noprompt cdrom-detect/try-usb=true file=/cdrom/preseed/ubuntu.seed boot=casper initrd=/casper/initrd.lz quiet splash -- debian-installer/language=fr keyboard-configuration/layoutcode=ch keyboard-configuration/variantcode=fr InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 12.10 "Quantal Quetzal" - Alpha amd64 (20120920) SourcePackage: grub-installer UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install)
** Summary changed: - Ubiquity fails to install grub-pc + [quantal] Ubiquity fails to install grub-pc ** Summary changed: - [quantal] Ubiquity fails to install grub-pc + [quantal] Ubiquity fails to install grub --> no access to Ubuntu after install ** Description changed: Firstly, excuse my bad english :) INITIAL SITUATION: I was trying to install Ubuntu on an Asus Vintage V7 - P8H61E. But couldn't. Finally I managed installing Fedora 17. There I booted on a LIVE USB with Quantal 64bits (because I wasn't able to boot on a LIVE with any other Ubuntu older than Quantal) and managed to get a boot-info : http://paste.ubuntu.com/1218312 Then I booted again on a LIVE session (legacy-mode) on the same key, and began the installation of Quantal. I went through the manual installation ("Somethingelse") with these partitions : - /, swap and /home. - + /, swap and /home. BUG ENCOUNTERED: I choose to install the bootloader on /dev/sda1 which is the root partition. The installation went on. When the install-program was configuring grub-pc, I got this message : "The grub's installation failed. Sorry, something went wrong. Installing the grub-pc wasn't possible at the indicated place. What do you want to do ? choose another disk where to install the grub-pc ?" There were different choices : /dev/sda, /dev/sda1 and /dev/sda3 I chose /dev/sda, but got the same error message. The same with /dev/sda3. The other possibilities were : To go on without installing any grub To stop the installation. I've chosen to go on without the grub. I was warned that I will have to install manually the grub-pc, otherwise it wouldn't be possible to start Ubuntu. I said Ok. The installation went on. - RESULTING SITUATION: At reboot without liveUSB, no GRUB menu appeared, and no access to Ubuntu. Then I reboot on a LIVE session, and manage to get another boot-info : http://paste.ubuntu.com/1218341 - WORKAROUND: - Then I started Boot-Repair again from liveUSB, and chose "Recommended repair", which succeeded, and provided another boot-info : + Then I started Boot-Repair again from liveUSB, and chose "Recommended repair" (which installed grub-pc into /dev/sda), which succeeded, and provided another boot-info : http://paste.ubuntu.com/1218343 I rebooted without liveUSB, and succeeded accessing the installed Ubuntu. - FURTHER INFORMATIONS: Then I tried to install the updates, but the update-manager stopped at "configuring the grub-pc". After a while, I wanted to quit the update-manager, but it didn't quit, it crashed. I reboot on LIVE session, got another boot-info : http://paste.ubuntu.com/1218378 I used boot-repair to... repair and get this boot-info : http://paste.ubuntu.com/1218383 - - ProblemType: Bug DistroRelease: Ubuntu 12.10 Package: ubiquity (not installed) ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.5.0-15.22-generic 3.5.4 Uname: Linux 3.5.0-15-generic x86_64 ApportVersion: 2.5.2-0ubuntu4 Architecture: amd64 Date: Fri Sep 21 14:14:14 2012 EcryptfsInUse: Yes InstallCmdLine: noprompt cdrom-detect/try-usb=true file=/cdrom/preseed/ubuntu.seed boot=casper initrd=/casper/initrd.lz quiet splash -- debian-installer/language=fr keyboard-configuration/layoutcode=ch keyboard-configuration/variantcode=fr InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 12.10 "Quantal Quetzal" - Alpha amd64 (20120920) SourcePackage: grub-installer UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install) -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1054021 Title: [quantal] Ubiquity fails to install grub --> no access to Ubuntu after install To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/grub-installer/+bug/1054021/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list [email protected] https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
