[Bug 930579] Re: Can't install ubuntu 11.10 on thinkpad with ssd

[Brian Murray]

Feb 11 10:12:21 ubuntu grub-installer: info: Installing grub on '/dev/sda'
Feb 11 10:12:22 ubuntu grub-installer: info: grub-install supports --no-floppy
Feb 11 10:12:22 ubuntu grub-installer: info: Running chroot /target grub-install  --no-floppy --force "/dev/sda"
Feb 11 10:12:23 ubuntu grub-installer: /usr/sbin/grub-setup: error: hd0 appears to contain a ufs2 filesystem which isn't known to reserve space for DOS-style boot.  Installing GRUB there could result in FILESYSTEM DESTRUCTION if valuable data is overwritten by grub-setup (--skip-fs-probe disables this check, use at your own risk).
Feb 11 10:12:23 ubuntu grub-installer: error: Running 'grub-install  --no-floppy --force "/dev/sda"' failed.

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Title:
  Can't install ubuntu 11.10 on thinkpad with ssd

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

Bug description:
  Since 10.10 (the last version I could install) i haven't been able to get ubuntu working on my laptop whenever I put in an ssd. 11.04 and 11.10 do not work. I always get the same message: grub-install /dev/hda failed
  This time around I tried giving the system a separate /boot partition in the hopes that it would smooth things out. It didn't.

  My system is a Thinkpad t520 with a 64GB Kingston SSDNow+

  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: Sat Feb 11 10:13:06 2012
  LiveMediaBuild: Ubuntu 11.10 "Oneiric Ocelot" - Release amd64 (20111012)
  ProcEnviron:
   LANGUAGE=en_US.UTF-8
   PATH=(custom, no user)
   LANG=en_US.UTF-8
  SourcePackage: ubiquity
  UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install)

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