[Bug 1016990] Re: grub installation to boot partition fails

[Jeremy Williams]

I solved the issue, but now I have a different bug that I'll post
separately.

The dual boot instructions that I linked to didn't specify that the '/'
mounted partition  should be a "primary" instead of "logical" one.

Following the instructions at the following link fixed the issue:
http://thpc.info/dual/win7/dualboot_win7+ubuntu1110_grub_mbr_on_win7.html

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Title:
  grub installation to boot partition fails

Status in “ubiquity” package in Ubuntu:
  New

Bug description:
  I'm trying to dual boot Windows 7 and Ubuntu 11.10 (I did 12.04 before
  but discovered it has unsolved bugs for nvidia graphics).

  I used this tutorial (that was actually for Ubuntu 11.04, so maybe
  that's part of the problem). http://linuxbsdos.com/ask/2011/10/dual-
  boot-windows-7-and-ubuntu-11-10/

  I followed the tutorial completely, but at the end, when installation
  of Ubuntu should have completed, I got an error saying that
  installation of the boot loader failed. I tried installing in the
  default partition, but I got the same error message.

  I have a Dell XPS L502X.

  Hope this helps.

  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 Jun 23 14:55:17 2012
  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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