[Bug 889658] Re: GRUB install step failed with installing Ubuntu 11.10 along side of Windows

[Brian Murray]

Nov 12 17:17:28 ubuntu grub-installer: info: Installing grub on '/dev/ida/c0d0'
Nov 12 17:17:29 ubuntu grub-installer: info: grub-install supports --no-floppy
Nov 12 17:17:29 ubuntu grub-installer: info: Running chroot /target grub-install  --no-floppy --force "/dev/ida/c0d0"
Nov 12 17:17:35 ubuntu grub-installer: /usr/sbin/grub-setup: warn:
Nov 12 17:17:35 ubuntu grub-installer:  
Nov 12 17:17:35 ubuntu grub-installer: Your embedding area is unusually small.  core.img won't fit in it.
Nov 12 17:17:35 ubuntu grub-installer: .
Nov 12 17:17:35 ubuntu grub-installer: /usr/sbin/grub-setup: error:
Nov 12 17:17:35 ubuntu grub-installer:  
Nov 12 17:17:35 ubuntu grub-installer: embedding is not possible, but this is required for cross-disk install
Nov 12 17:17:35 ubuntu grub-installer: .
Nov 12 17:17:35 ubuntu grub-installer: error: Running 'grub-install  --no-floppy --force "/dev/ida/c0d0"' failed.

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Title:
  GRUB install step failed with installing Ubuntu 11.10 along side of
  Windows

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

Bug description:
  GRUB install step failed.
  Wanted to install Ubuntu 11.10 on a PC that Already had Windows and so dual boot between them.

  ProblemType: Bug
  DistroRelease: Ubuntu 11.10
  Package: ubiquity 2.8.7
  ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.0.0-12.20-generic 3.0.4
  Uname: Linux 3.0.0-12-generic i686
  ApportVersion: 1.23-0ubuntu3
  Architecture: i386
  CasperVersion: 1.287
  Date: Sat Nov 12 17:44:17 2011
  LiveMediaBuild: Ubuntu 11.10 "Oneiric Ocelot" - Release i386 (20111012)
  ProcEnviron:
   LANGUAGE=
   PATH=(custom, no user)
   LANG=en_US.UTF-8
  SourcePackage: ubiquity
  UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install)

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