[Bug 1047713] Re: grub failed to install

[melchiaros]

In UbiquitySyslog.txt:

Sep  8 02:07:01 ubuntu ubiquity: W: Duplicate sources.list entry cdrom://Ubuntu 12.10 _Quantal Quetzal_ - Alpha amd64 (20120905.2)/ quantal/main i386 Packages (/var/lib/apt/lists/Ubuntu%2012.10%20%5fQuantal%20Quetzal%5f%20-%20Alpha%20amd64%20(20120905.2)_dists_quantal_main_binary-i386_Packages)
Sep  8 02:07:01 ubuntu ubiquity: W: Duplicate sources.list entry cdrom://Ubuntu 12.10 _Quantal Quetzal_ - Alpha amd64 (20120905.2)/ quantal/restricted i386 Packages (/var/lib/apt/lists/Ubuntu%2012.10%20%5fQuantal%20Quetzal%5f%20-%20Alpha%20amd64%20(20120905.2)_dists_quantal_restricted_binary-i386_Packages)
Sep  8 02:07:01 ubuntu ubiquity: W: You may want to run apt-get update to correct these problems
Sep  8 02:07:01 ubuntu ubiquity: E: Unable to fetch some archives, maybe run apt-get update or try with --fix-missing?
Sep  8 02:07:01 ubuntu grub-installer: info: Calling 'apt-install grub-efi' failed
Sep  8 02:07:10 ubuntu ubiquity[5643]: Reverting lockdown of the desktop environment.
Sep  8 02:07:10 ubuntu activate-dmraid: No Serial ATA RAID disks detected
Sep  8 02:07:10 ubuntu plugininstall.py: log-output -t ubiquity umount /target/cdrom
Sep  8 02:07:10 ubuntu finish-install: Disabling CD in sources.list
Sep  8 02:07:10 ubuntu plugininstall.py: Exception during installation:
Sep  8 02:07:10 ubuntu plugininstall.py: Traceback (most recent call last):
Sep  8 02:07:10 ubuntu plugininstall.py:   File "/usr/share/ubiquity/plugininstall.py", line 1724, in <module>
Sep  8 02:07:10 ubuntu plugininstall.py:     install.run()
Sep  8 02:07:10 ubuntu plugininstall.py:   File "/usr/share/ubiquity/plugininstall.py", line 81, in wrapper
Sep  8 02:07:10 ubuntu plugininstall.py:     func(self)
Sep  8 02:07:10 ubuntu plugininstall.py:   File "/usr/share/ubiquity/plugininstall.py", line 229, in run
Sep  8 02:07:10 ubuntu plugininstall.py:     self.configure_bootloader()
Sep  8 02:07:10 ubuntu plugininstall.py:   File "/usr/share/ubiquity/plugininstall.py", line 1013, in configure_bootloader
Sep  8 02:07:10 ubuntu plugininstall.py:     "GrubInstaller failed with code %d" % ret)
Sep  8 02:07:10 ubuntu plugininstall.py: ubiquity.install_misc.InstallStepError: GrubInstaller failed with code 1
Sep  8 02:07:10 ubuntu plugininstall.py: 
Sep  8 02:07:13 ubuntu partman:   No matching physical volumes found
Sep  8 02:07:13 ubuntu partman:   Reading all physical volumes.  This may take a while...
Sep  8 02:07:13 ubuntu partman:   No volume groups found
Sep  8 02:07:13 ubuntu partman-lvm:   No volume groups found

** Summary changed:

- grub failed to install
+ grub failed to install - "/usr/share/ubiquity/plugininstall.py", line 1724, in <module>

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

** Also affects: grub-installer
   Importance: Undecided
       Status: New

** Project changed: grub-installer => ubiquity

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Title:
  grub failed to install - "/usr/share/ubiquity/plugininstall.py", line
  1724, in <module>

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

Bug description:
  trying to install to a partition but could not install into /dev/sda14

  ProblemType: Bug
  DistroRelease: Ubuntu 12.10
  Package: ubiquity 2.11.30
  ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.5.0-13.14-generic 3.5.3
  Uname: Linux 3.5.0-13-generic x86_64
  ApportVersion: 2.5.1-0ubuntu4
  Architecture: amd64
  CasperVersion: 1.321
  Date: Fri Sep  7 22:07:14 2012
  InstallCmdLine: BOOT_IMAGE=/casper/vmlinuz file=/cdrom/preseed/ubuntu.seed boot=casper quiet splash --
  LiveMediaBuild: Ubuntu 12.10 "Quantal Quetzal" - Alpha amd64 (20120905.2)
  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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