[Bug 1015880] Re: Unable to install grub in selected partition

[Erick Brunzell]

What exactly I encountered after choosing "Something else":

#1: When choosing the mount point my choice "/" failed to display as it
should. But after letting the installer proceed "/" did display properly
in the list of partitions. This is possibly a separate bug.

#2: In the grub install region /dev/sdb was the default and I was unable
to change that visually. I still chose /dev/sda to see what would happen
and when the installation was nearly complete I was informed that grub
install had failed. Then I was given the choice to either choose a
location or continue w/o bootloader. I chose /dev/sda and after doing so
I went to the live DE as expected, being presented with the option to
either continue testing or reboot and I chose continue testing.

#3: After choosing continue testing I got an automated installer crash
report but trying to let it complete resulted in bug 1018032.

Not sure what else to add. It doesn't help when apport is uncooperative.

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Title:
  Unable to install grub in selected partition

Status in “ubiquity” package in Ubuntu:
  Confirmed

Bug description:
  Testing current daily iso 20120620 and doing a (manual do something
  else) installation.  Had two previous installs in sda1 and sda6 during
  previous testing resized sda6 and created new sda7 partition.  Decided
  to install grub in sda7 and could open the drop-down box and see sda7
  but could not select the partition.  Also tried to select sda6 for
  grub install that also did not work.  I typically test selecting
  different partitions for the grub install when doing manual installs.

  ProblemType: Bug
  DistroRelease: Ubuntu 12.10
  Package: ubiquity 2.11.6
  ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.4.0-5.11-generic 3.4.0
  Uname: Linux 3.4.0-5-generic x86_64
  ApportVersion: 2.2.3-0ubuntu6
  Architecture: amd64
  CasperVersion: 1.318
  Date: Wed Jun 20 22:11:29 2012
  InstallCmdLine: noprompt cdrom-detect/try-usb=true persistent file=/cdrom/preseed/lubuntu.seed boot=casper initrd=/casper/initrd.lz quiet splash --
  LiveMediaBuild: Lubuntu 12.10 "Quantal Quetzal" - Alpha amd64 (20120620)
  ProcEnviron:
   TERM=xterm
   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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