[Bug 1210849] [NEW] grub install failed

[Keith Hayward]

Public bug reported:

Installing fresh on an Alienware Area-51 m9700.
Had a crash and reboot loop during booting into the installer (12.04 LTS) that I got around by useing nouveu.modeset=0. Managed to continued through install until the grub-install runs. 

Using all default partition install settings I don't seem to have an sda
and grub throws an error, refuses to install, and causes the whole
install to fail.

ProblemType: Bug
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 12.04
Package: ubiquity 2.10.24
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.5.0-23.35~precise1-generic 3.5.7.2
Uname: Linux 3.5.0-23-generic i686
ApportVersion: 2.0.1-0ubuntu17.1
Architecture: i386
CasperVersion: 1.315.1
Date: Sat Aug 10 13:27:16 2013
InstallCmdLine: file=/cdrom/preseed/ubuntu.seed boot=casper nouveau.modeset=0 initrd=/casper/initrd.lz quiet splash --
LiveMediaBuild: Ubuntu 12.04.2 LTS "Precise Pangolin" - Release i386 (20130213)
MarkForUpload: True
ProcEnviron:
 LANGUAGE=en_CA.UTF-8
 TERM=unknown
 PATH=(custom, no user)
 LANG=en_CA.UTF-8
 SHELL=/bin/bash
SourcePackage: grub-installer
UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install)

** Affects: grub-installer (Ubuntu)
     Importance: Undecided
         Status: New


** Tags: apport-bug i386 precise ubiquity-2.10.24

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Title:
  grub install failed

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

Bug description:
  Installing fresh on an Alienware Area-51 m9700.
  Had a crash and reboot loop during booting into the installer (12.04 LTS) that I got around by useing nouveu.modeset=0. Managed to continued through install until the grub-install runs. 

  Using all default partition install settings I don't seem to have an
  sda and grub throws an error, refuses to install, and causes the whole
  install to fail.

  ProblemType: Bug
  DistroRelease: Ubuntu 12.04
  Package: ubiquity 2.10.24
  ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.5.0-23.35~precise1-generic 3.5.7.2
  Uname: Linux 3.5.0-23-generic i686
  ApportVersion: 2.0.1-0ubuntu17.1
  Architecture: i386
  CasperVersion: 1.315.1
  Date: Sat Aug 10 13:27:16 2013
  InstallCmdLine: file=/cdrom/preseed/ubuntu.seed boot=casper nouveau.modeset=0 initrd=/casper/initrd.lz quiet splash --
  LiveMediaBuild: Ubuntu 12.04.2 LTS "Precise Pangolin" - Release i386 (20130213)
  MarkForUpload: True
  ProcEnviron:
   LANGUAGE=en_CA.UTF-8
   TERM=unknown
   PATH=(custom, no user)
   LANG=en_CA.UTF-8
   SHELL=/bin/bash
  SourcePackage: grub-installer
  UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install)

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