>From the syslog file the exact error message:

Nov 22 21:33:08 ubuntu grub-installer: info: Identified partition label for 
/dev/sdb1: msdos
Nov 22 21:33:11 ubuntu grub-installer: dpkg: warning: there is no installed 
package that matches grub
Nov 22 21:33:11 ubuntu grub-installer: dpkg: warning: there is no installed 
package that matches grub-legacy
Nov 22 21:33:11 ubuntu grub-installer: dpkg: warning: there is no installed 
package that matches grub-efi
Nov 22 21:33:11 ubuntu grub-installer: dpkg: warning: there is no installed 
package that matches grub-efi-amd64-bin
Nov 22 21:33:11 ubuntu grub-installer: dpkg: warning: there is no installed 
package that matches grub-efi-amd64
Nov 22 21:33:11 ubuntu grub-installer: dpkg: warning: there is no installed 
package that matches grub-efi-ia32-bin
Nov 22 21:33:11 ubuntu grub-installer: dpkg: warning: there is no installed 
package that matches grub-efi-ia32
Nov 22 21:33:11 ubuntu grub-installer: info: Installing grub on '/dev/sda1'
Nov 22 21:33:11 ubuntu grub-installer: info: grub-install supports --no-floppy
Nov 22 21:33:11 ubuntu grub-installer: info: Running chroot /target 
grub-install  --no-floppy --force "/dev/sda1"
Nov 22 21:33:13 ubuntu grub-installer: /usr/sbin/grub-setup: warn: Attempting 
to install GRUB to a partition-less disk or to a partition.  This is a BAD 
idea..
Nov 22 21:33:13 ubuntu grub-installer: /usr/sbin/grub-setup: error: embedding 
is not possible, but this is required for cross-disk install.
Nov 22 21:33:13 ubuntu grub-installer: error: Running 'grub-install  
--no-floppy --force "/dev/sda1"' failed.


** Package changed: ubiquity (Ubuntu) => grub-installer (Ubuntu)

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