[Bug 944983] Re: Grub insists on ruining windows installs and crashes if i try to force it to install where it belongs

[Dennis Jakobsen]

running it manually after the installer crashes yields this:

ubuntu at ubuntu:~$ sudo grub-install /dev/sdb1 
/usr/sbin/grub-probe: error: cannot find a device for /boot/grub (is /dev mounted?).

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Title:
  Grub insists on ruining windows installs and crashes if i try to force
  it to install where it belongs

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

Bug description:
  Grub insists on ruining windows installs and crashes if i try to force
  it to install it where it belongs..

  It will happily install on any device with windows and ruin my windows
  installation and fail to load itself..

  ProblemType: Bug
  DistroRelease: Ubuntu 12.04
  Package: ubiquity 2.9.23
  ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.2.0-17.27-generic 3.2.6
  Uname: Linux 3.2.0-17-generic x86_64
  ApportVersion: 1.93-0ubuntu2
  Architecture: amd64
  CasperVersion: 1.305
  Date: Fri Mar  2 18:30:11 2012
  InstallCmdLine: file=/cdrom/preseed/ubuntu.seed boot=casper initrd=/casper/initrd.lz quiet splash -- maybe-ubiquity
  LiveMediaBuild: Ubuntu 12.04 LTS "Precise Pangolin" - Beta amd64 (20120301)
  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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