Retried after resync'ing to most recent live image.

When installer got to the

Executing 'grub-install /dev/vda' failed.
This is a fatal error.

Did not press ok this time, but ran the following:

ubuntu@ubuntu:~$ sudo chroot /target apt-get install mdadm
ubuntu@ubuntu:~$ sudo chroot /target grub-install --no-floppy /dev/vda
/usr/sbin/grub-bios-setup: error: unable to identify a filesystem in 
hostdisk//dev/vda; safety check can't be performed.
ubuntu@ubuntu:~$ sudo chroot /target grub-install --no-floppy /dev/vdb
/usr/sbin/grub-bios-setup: error: unable to identify a filesystem in 
hostdisk//dev/vdb; safety check can't be performed.
ubuntu@ubuntu:~$ sudo chroot /target grub-install /dev/vdc
/usr/sbin/grub-bios-setup: error: unable to identify a filesystem in 
hostdisk//dev/vdc; safety check can't be performed.

After that, clicked ok on that "fatal error" message mentioned above.

Result is a Bootloader install failed dialog with rather peculiar UI behaviour:
1. mouse icon is a spinner everywhere else except on the text input dialog
2. text input dialog/dropdown does not allow keyboard input, but copy/paste 
with mouse works as well as opening the dropdown with mouse
3. choosing /dev/md_d2 from list will result in ok button being dimmed without 
explanation why, even if you choose "cancel the installation" after that

After that, chose /dev/vdb this time and pressed ok. That resulted in rather 
misleading situation:
Installation Complete dialog with continue testing / restart now -buttons was 
overlaid on top of Unable to install GRUB in /dev/vdb dialog, hiding that error 
entirely underneath.

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Title:
  installer unresponsive after attempting grub installation on
  partitionable raid

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