Did you by any chance enter "hda1" as the GRUB device by hand? (That should be "/dev/hda1".)
** Changed in: ubiquity (Ubuntu) Status: Unconfirmed => Confirmed ** Summary changed: - Installer crashed + grub-installer exited 1 ** Changed in: ubiquity (Ubuntu) Status: Confirmed => Needs Info -- grub-installer exited 1 https://launchpad.net/bugs/62479 -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs