[Bug 1045178] Re: grub-install failed

[Dmitrijs Ledkovs]

Sep  3 05:24:47 ubuntu grub-installer: info: Installing grub on '/dev/sda'
Sep  3 05:24:47 ubuntu grub-installer: info: grub-install supports --no-floppy
Sep  3 05:24:47 ubuntu grub-installer: info: Running chroot /target grub-install  --no-floppy --force "/dev/sda"
Sep  3 05:24:50 ubuntu grub-installer: /usr/sbin/grub-setup: warn: Your core.img is unusually large.  It won't fit in the embedding area..
Sep  3 05:24:50 ubuntu grub-installer: /usr/sbin/grub-setup: warn: Embedding is not possible.  GRUB can only be installed in this setup by using blocklists.  However, blocklists are UNRELIABLE and their use is discouraged..
Sep  3 05:24:55 ubuntu grub-installer: /usr/sbin/grub-setup: error: cannot read `/@/boot/grub/core.img' correctly.
Sep  3 05:24:55 ubuntu grub-installer: error: Running 'grub-install  --no-floppy --force "/dev/sda"' failed.
Sep  3 05:30:01 ubuntu CRON[31461]: (root) CMD (start -q anacron || :)
Sep  3 05:47:31 ubuntu acpid: client 2863[0:0] has disconnected
Sep  3 05:47:31 ubuntu acpid: client connected from 2863[0:0]
Sep  3 05:47:31 ubuntu acpid: 1 client rule loaded
Sep  3 05:47:34 ubuntu ubiquity[2923]: Reverting lockdown of the desktop environment.
Sep  3 05:47:35 ubuntu activate-dmraid: No Serial ATA RAID disks detected
Sep  3 05:47:38 ubuntu ubiquity: umount: /target: device is busy.
Sep  3 05:47:38 ubuntu ubiquity:         (In some cases useful info about processes that use
Sep  3 05:47:38 ubuntu ubiquity:          the device is found by lsof(8) or fuser(1))
Sep  3 05:47:38 ubuntu ubiquity[2923]: debconffilter_done: ubi-partman (current: ubi-partman)
Sep  3 05:47:50 ubuntu ubiquity[2923]: Reverting lockdown of the desktop environment.
Sep  3 05:47:50 ubuntu ubiquity: umount: /target/cdrom: not mounted
Sep  3 05:47:50 ubuntu ubiquity: 
Sep  3 05:47:50 ubuntu plugininstall.py: log-output -t ubiquity umount /target/cdrom
Sep  3 05:47:50 ubuntu finish-install: Disabling CD in sources.list
Sep  3 05:47:50 ubuntu plugininstall.py: Exception during installation:
Sep  3 05:47:50 ubuntu plugininstall.py: Traceback (most recent call last):
Sep  3 05:47:50 ubuntu plugininstall.py:   File "/usr/share/ubiquity/plugininstall.py", line 1724, in <module>
Sep  3 05:47:50 ubuntu plugininstall.py:     install.run()
Sep  3 05:47:50 ubuntu plugininstall.py:   File "/usr/share/ubiquity/plugininstall.py", line 81, in wrapper
Sep  3 05:47:50 ubuntu plugininstall.py:     func(self)
Sep  3 05:47:50 ubuntu plugininstall.py:   File "/usr/share/ubiquity/plugininstall.py", line 229, in run
Sep  3 05:47:50 ubuntu plugininstall.py:     self.configure_bootloader()
Sep  3 05:47:50 ubuntu plugininstall.py:   File "/usr/share/ubiquity/plugininstall.py", line 1026, in configure_bootloader
Sep  3 05:47:50 ubuntu plugininstall.py:     "GrubInstaller failed with code %d" % ret)
Sep  3 05:47:50 ubuntu plugininstall.py: ubiquity.install_misc.InstallStepError: GrubInstaller failed with code 1
Sep  3 05:47:50 ubuntu plugininstall.py: 
Sep  3 05:48:02 ubuntu ubiquity: Gtk-Message: Not loading module "atk-bridge": The functionality is provided by GTK natively. Please try to not load it.

** Also affects: grub2 (Ubuntu)
   Importance: Undecided
       Status: New

** Also affects: ubiquity (Ubuntu)
   Importance: Undecided
       Status: New

** Changed in: grub-installer (Ubuntu)
       Status: New => Invalid

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Title:
  grub-install failed

Status in “grub-installer” package in Ubuntu:
  Invalid
Status in “grub2” package in Ubuntu:
  New
Status in “ubiquity” package in Ubuntu:
  New

Bug description:
  Grub install failed at clean install. core.img too large to fit into
  64 sectors ( 32Kb )

  ProblemType: Bug
  DistroRelease: Ubuntu 12.10
  Package: ubiquity 2.11.18
  ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.5.0-6.6-generic 3.5.0
  Uname: Linux 3.5.0-6-generic i686
  ApportVersion: 2.4-0ubuntu5
  Architecture: i386
  CasperVersion: 1.320
  Date: Mon Sep  3 07:48:03 2012
  InstallCmdLine: file=/cdrom/preseed/ubuntu.seed boot=casper initrd=/casper/initrd.lz quiet splash -- maybe-ubiquity
  LiveMediaBuild: Ubuntu 12.10 "Quantal Quetzal" - Alpha i386 (20120724.2)
  ProcEnviron:
   LANGUAGE=en_US.UTF-8
   TERM=linux
   PATH=(custom, no user)
   LANG=en_US.UTF-8
  SourcePackage: grub-installer
  UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install)

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