The error is because you have an unused flash memory and the installer defaults to installing grub there if present. Install grub to /dev/sda instead.
** Package changed: grub-installer (Ubuntu) => ubiquity (Ubuntu) ** Summary changed: - cannot create boot + Default grub boot device needs to not be /dev/mmcblk0 ** Description changed: - Trying to install 11.04 on a DELL 1535 that runs VISTA. Trying to create - boot sector; ERROR: cannot create boot sector. Tried several logical - locations. Nothing worked. + Ubiquity defaults to installing grub to /dev/mmcblk0 if it exists. This + often causes installation failures. It should use /dev/sda whether or + not there is a /dev/mmcblk0. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/883012 Title: Default grub boot device needs to not be /dev/mmcblk0 To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/ubiquity/+bug/883012/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list [email protected] https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
