Public bug reported: Having run 12.10 beta 2 in a KVM I decided to install the latest daily build for real only to encounter a fatal error during installation.
The install seems to run fine until suddenly reporting: Executing 'grub- install /dev/sda' failed. This is a fatal error. I have 2 drives - /dev/sda is a 3TB hard disk, and /dev/sdb is a 128GB SSD. I was installing onto /dev/sdb so got a bit freaked out that it was trying to install a boot loader to /dev/sda. Manually telling the installer to use /dev/sdb instead did not work either, so have a system without boot loader. Am currently downloading beta 2 again to attempt an install with that image (to determine if it's something that's gone wrong since beta 2 or whether it's a hardware compatibility issue). Previous OS on the SSD was 12.04, but I chose a complete re-install replacing the OS rather than an upgrade. ATTACHMENTS: 1) cat /proc/version_signature > version.log : Ubuntu 3.5.0-17.28-generic 3.5.5 2) sudo lspci -vnvn > lspci-vnvn.log ** Affects: linux (Ubuntu) Importance: Undecided Status: Incomplete ** Tags: quantal ** Attachment added: "tarball of version.log and lspci-vnvn.log" https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1066325/+attachment/3397360/+files/logs.tgz -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1066325 Title: Failing to install boot loader - 12.10 daily build October 12 To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/linux/+bug/1066325/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs