[Bug 398855] Re: Karmic installer exits after failing to install grub

[Brian Murray]

And the information from grub-installer:

Jul 13 15:03:52 ubuntu grub-installer: info: Installing grub on '/dev/sda'
Jul 13 15:03:52 ubuntu grub-installer: info: grub-install supports --no-floppy
Jul 13 15:03:52 ubuntu grub-installer: info: Running chroot /target grub-install  --no-floppy "/dev/sda"
Jul 13 15:03:55 ubuntu grub-installer: Installation finished. No error reported.
Jul 13 15:03:55 ubuntu grub-installer: This is the contents of the device map /boot/grub/device.map.
Jul 13 15:03:55 ubuntu grub-installer: Check if this is correct or not. If any of the lines is incorrect,
Jul 13 15:03:55 ubuntu grub-installer: fix it and re-run the script `grub-install'.
Jul 13 15:03:55 ubuntu grub-installer: 
Jul 13 15:03:55 ubuntu grub-installer: (hd0)^I/dev/sda
Jul 13 15:03:55 ubuntu grub-installer: (hd1)^I/dev/sdb
Jul 13 15:03:55 ubuntu grub-installer: info: grub-install ran successfully
Jul 13 15:03:59 ubuntu ubiquity: sed: can't read /target/boot/grub/menu.lst: No such file or directory

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

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Title:
  Karmic installer exits after failing to install grub

Status in “grub-installer” package in Ubuntu:
  Confirmed

Bug description:
  Binary package hint: ubiquity

  Attempt to install Karmic alpha2 to dualboot with Win7 RC fails,
  Ubiquity crashes at grub install. Attempt to report with Apport fails,
  "logfiles corrupted".

  Update: Leaves system bootable, but displays only ubuntu in the grub
  boot list.

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