[Bug 891906] [NEW] Bootloader install FAILS when USB install disc is SDA and HD is SDB

[Steve Citron-Pousty]

Public bug reported:

I can't successfully install from a USB install media. I get to the end and when it tries to install GRUB it complains that there was a fatal error writing to SDA which is my USB drive. I told it in the install that I wanted it to install to SDB (both using the standard disk menu and the manual one).
It lets me choose a place to try and install grub - so I choose both SDB and SDB1 and no luck. It says I am fine but when I reboot there is no bootloader so the machine never boots into Ubuntu.

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 x86_64
ApportVersion: 1.23-0ubuntu3
Architecture: amd64
CasperVersion: 1.287
Date: Thu Nov 17 18:22:04 2011
LiveMediaBuild: Ubuntu 11.10 "Oneiric Ocelot" - Release amd64 (20111012)
ProcEnviron:
 PATH=(custom, no user)
 LANG=en_US.UTF-8
 SHELL=/bin/bash
SourcePackage: ubiquity
UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install)

** Affects: ubiquity (Ubuntu)
     Importance: Undecided
         Status: New


** Tags: amd64 apport-bug oneiric ubiquity-2.8.7

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Title:
  Bootloader install FAILS when USB install disc is SDA and HD is SDB

Status in “ubiquity” package in Ubuntu:
  New

Bug description:
  I can't successfully install from a USB install media. I get to the end and when it tries to install GRUB it complains that there was a fatal error writing to SDA which is my USB drive. I told it in the install that I wanted it to install to SDB (both using the standard disk menu and the manual one).
  It lets me choose a place to try and install grub - so I choose both SDB and SDB1 and no luck. It says I am fine but when I reboot there is no bootloader so the machine never boots into Ubuntu.

  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 x86_64
  ApportVersion: 1.23-0ubuntu3
  Architecture: amd64
  CasperVersion: 1.287
  Date: Thu Nov 17 18:22:04 2011
  LiveMediaBuild: Ubuntu 11.10 "Oneiric Ocelot" - Release amd64 (20111012)
  ProcEnviron:
   PATH=(custom, no user)
   LANG=en_US.UTF-8
   SHELL=/bin/bash
  SourcePackage: ubiquity
  UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install)

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