[Bug 931135] Re: Installer crashed during "grub install"

[Brian Murray]

Earlier we also see error messages about /dev/sda1:

Feb 12 20:18:30 kubuntu ata_id[4803]: HDIO_GET_IDENTITY failed for '/dev/sda': Invalid argument
Feb 12 20:18:31 kubuntu ata_id[4868]: HDIO_GET_IDENTITY failed for '/dev/sda': Invalid argument
Feb 12 20:18:31 kubuntu kernel: [  160.371708] blockdev: sending ioctl 125d to a partition!
Feb 12 20:18:31 kubuntu kernel: [  160.371712] blockdev: sending ioctl 125d to a partition!
Feb 12 20:18:31 kubuntu kernel: [  160.532357] EXT4-fs (sda1): no journal found
Feb 12 20:18:31 kubuntu ubiquity: mount: wrong fs type, bad option, bad superblock on /dev/sda1,
Feb 12 20:18:31 kubuntu ubiquity:        missing codepage or helper program, or other error
Feb 12 20:18:31 kubuntu ubiquity:        In some cases useful info is found in syslog - try
Feb 12 20:18:31 kubuntu ubiquity:        dmesg | tail  or so

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Title:
  Installer crashed during "grub install"

Status in “ubiquity” package in Ubuntu:
  New

Bug description:
  Kubuntu DVD - OEM amd64 Alpha 2

  Internal hdd was not connectet with the pc. I have use the external
  hdd with usb 2.0 connection. The Installing crashed at the point "grub
  install".

  ProblemType: Bug
  DistroRelease: Ubuntu 12.04
  Package: ubiquity 2.9.15 [modified: lib/partman/automatically_partition/question]
  ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.2.0-12.21-generic 3.2.2
  Uname: Linux 3.2.0-12-generic x86_64
  ApportVersion: 1.91-0ubuntu1
  Architecture: amd64
  CasperVersion: 1.302
  Date: Sun Feb 12 21:40:23 2012
  LiveMediaBuild: Kubuntu 12.04 LTS "Precise Pangolin" - Alpha amd64 (20120201.1)
  ProcEnviron:
   LANGUAGE=
   LANG=de_DE.UTF-8
   SHELL=/bin/bash
  SourcePackage: ubiquity
  UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install)

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