There is no reason that a prior operating system install should interfere with installing GRUB. Removing DSL is unlikely to make any difference except by luck.
In any case: Dec 27 23:32:56 ubuntu grub-installer: malloc: ../bash/dispose_cmd.c:197: assertion botched^M Dec 27 23:32:56 ubuntu grub-installer: free: start and end chunk sizes differ Dec 27 23:32:56 ubuntu grub-installer: Aborting... Dec 27 23:33:10 ubuntu grub-installer: error: Running 'update-grub -y' failed. That looks like a fairly random crash in bash to me. Wolfgang, perhaps this is bad memory? -- install procedure crashed on grub-install https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/178984 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list [email protected] https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
