Oh, just like me to invent a new problem! By way everything working fine. B refers to an external hard drive, with 2 partitions. One contains a 32 bit version of 14.04 on which I installed the 64 bit. The other is just a data partition.
garyk On Thu, May 1, 2014 at 3:46 PM, Phillip Susi <[email protected]> wrote: > Well this is interesting: > > grub-installer: grub-install: error: cannot open `/dev/sdb': Read-only > file system. > > I have no idea how that can possibly happen. > > -- > You received this bug notification because you are subscribed to the bug > report. > https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1314935 > > Title: > install crash - could not make grub > > Status in “grub-installer” package in Ubuntu: > New > > Bug description: > installing onto an external hard drive, reinstalling over 32 bit > version with a 64 bit > > ProblemType: Bug > DistroRelease: Ubuntu 14.04 > Package: ubiquity 2.18.7 > ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.13.0-24.46-generic 3.13.9 > Uname: Linux 3.13.0-24-generic x86_64 > ApportVersion: 2.14.1-0ubuntu3 > Architecture: amd64 > CasperVersion: 1.340 > Date: Thu May 1 10:58:44 2014 > InstallCmdLine: noprompt cdrom-detect/try-usb=true persistent > file=/cdrom/preseed/ubuntu.seed boot=casper initrd=/casper/initrd.lz quiet > splash -- maybe-ubiquity > LiveMediaBuild: Ubuntu 14.04 LTS "Trusty Tahr" - Release amd64 (20140417) > ProcEnviron: > TERM=linux > PATH=(custom, no user) > XDG_RUNTIME_DIR=<set> > LANG=en_US.UTF-8 > SourcePackage: grub-installer > UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install) > > To manage notifications about this bug go to: > > https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/grub-installer/+bug/1314935/+subscriptions > -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1314935 Title: install crash - could not make grub To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/grub-installer/+bug/1314935/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list [email protected] https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
