[Bug 1011340] [NEW] clean install of 12.04 results in bootloader install failure on all harddrives

[TJPearson]

Public bug reported:

I have 2x 64GB SSDs (Crucial M4 SATA III) and a 500GB WD hard drive.
Installing Precise Pangolin 64bit from a USB stick on all hard drives
fail on the bootloader step. I have tried installing with my SATA
configured for RAID 0 (with just the two SSDs) via a hardware controller
on board the mobo, and in AHCI mode. Regardless of how I do it, I seem
to have problems with the bootloader. I also cannot seem to install
Windows 7 on my system, it rarely sees my mass storage devices. When it
does see them, it can install, but after ~1 hour of running, BSoDs, so
ultimately I cannot get anything stable going. I have replaced nearly
every component of my system save the processor, memory, and the hard
drives, and continue to experience this problem.

It is worth noting that I used to have a stable Win7 Pro 64bit
installation on my SSDs in RAID 0 for quite some time, and then
spontaneously started having the BSoD problem every hour. I turned to
Ubuntu to try and determine if it was just a Windows driver issue or a
hardware issue. Then I realized I didn't know nearly enough about Ubuntu
to figure this out anyway. Please help!

Processor - AMD 3.1gz Phenom II Dual Core 550 Black Edition (but never overclocked it in the ~3 years I've owned it)
Mobo - ASUS Sabertooth 990FX AM3+ 990FX SATA 6Gb/s USB 3.0 ATX with UEFI BIOS (tried replacing with older)
Fan - ZALMAN CNPS9900MAX-R 135mm
PSU - OCZ ModXStream Pro 700W (tried replacing with older)
Memory - G.SKILL Ripjaws X Series 16GB (4 x 4GB) DDR3 1333
GPU - EVGA 01G-P3-1441-KR GeForce GT 440 1024MB (tried replacing with older)
SSDs - Crucial M4 CT064M4SSD2 64GB SATA III MLC (two of them)
HD - Western Digital Caviar Black WD5001AALS 500GB 7200 RPM 32MB Cache

ProblemType: Bug
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 12.04
Package: ubiquity 2.10.16
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.2.0-23.36-generic 3.2.14
Uname: Linux 3.2.0-23-generic x86_64
ApportVersion: 2.0.1-0ubuntu5
Architecture: amd64
CasperVersion: 1.315
Date: Sun Jun 10 17:07:11 2012
InstallCmdLine: noprompt cdrom-detect/try-usb=true file=/cdrom/preseed/ubuntu.seed boot=casper persistent initrd=/casper/initrd.lz splash -- BOOT_IMAGE=/casper/vmlinuz
LiveMediaBuild: Ubuntu 12.04 LTS "Precise Pangolin" - Release amd64 (20120425)
ProcEnviron:
 TERM=unknown
 PATH=(custom, no user)
 LANG=en_US.UTF-8
 SHELL=/bin/bash
SourcePackage: grub-installer
UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install)

** Affects: grub-installer (Ubuntu)
     Importance: Undecided
         Status: New


** Tags: amd64 apport-bug precise ubiquity-2.10.16

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Title:
  clean install of 12.04 results in bootloader install failure on all
  harddrives

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

Bug description:
  I have 2x 64GB SSDs (Crucial M4 SATA III) and a 500GB WD hard drive.
  Installing Precise Pangolin 64bit from a USB stick on all hard drives
  fail on the bootloader step. I have tried installing with my SATA
  configured for RAID 0 (with just the two SSDs) via a hardware
  controller on board the mobo, and in AHCI mode. Regardless of how I do
  it, I seem to have problems with the bootloader. I also cannot seem to
  install Windows 7 on my system, it rarely sees my mass storage
  devices. When it does see them, it can install, but after ~1 hour of
  running, BSoDs, so ultimately I cannot get anything stable going. I
  have replaced nearly every component of my system save the processor,
  memory, and the hard drives, and continue to experience this problem.

  It is worth noting that I used to have a stable Win7 Pro 64bit
  installation on my SSDs in RAID 0 for quite some time, and then
  spontaneously started having the BSoD problem every hour. I turned to
  Ubuntu to try and determine if it was just a Windows driver issue or a
  hardware issue. Then I realized I didn't know nearly enough about
  Ubuntu to figure this out anyway. Please help!

  Processor - AMD 3.1gz Phenom II Dual Core 550 Black Edition (but never overclocked it in the ~3 years I've owned it)
  Mobo - ASUS Sabertooth 990FX AM3+ 990FX SATA 6Gb/s USB 3.0 ATX with UEFI BIOS (tried replacing with older)
  Fan - ZALMAN CNPS9900MAX-R 135mm
  PSU - OCZ ModXStream Pro 700W (tried replacing with older)
  Memory - G.SKILL Ripjaws X Series 16GB (4 x 4GB) DDR3 1333
  GPU - EVGA 01G-P3-1441-KR GeForce GT 440 1024MB (tried replacing with older)
  SSDs - Crucial M4 CT064M4SSD2 64GB SATA III MLC (two of them)
  HD - Western Digital Caviar Black WD5001AALS 500GB 7200 RPM 32MB Cache

  ProblemType: Bug
  DistroRelease: Ubuntu 12.04
  Package: ubiquity 2.10.16
  ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.2.0-23.36-generic 3.2.14
  Uname: Linux 3.2.0-23-generic x86_64
  ApportVersion: 2.0.1-0ubuntu5
  Architecture: amd64
  CasperVersion: 1.315
  Date: Sun Jun 10 17:07:11 2012
  InstallCmdLine: noprompt cdrom-detect/try-usb=true file=/cdrom/preseed/ubuntu.seed boot=casper persistent initrd=/casper/initrd.lz splash -- BOOT_IMAGE=/casper/vmlinuz
  LiveMediaBuild: Ubuntu 12.04 LTS "Precise Pangolin" - Release amd64 (20120425)
  ProcEnviron:
   TERM=unknown
   PATH=(custom, no user)
   LANG=en_US.UTF-8
   SHELL=/bin/bash
  SourcePackage: grub-installer
  UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install)

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