[Bug 1154910] [NEW] grub wouldn't install

[sonnettie]

Public bug reported:

wouldn't install grub after I accidentally tried to install on a
partition(sda5 with boot flag) instead of the MBR as i didn't want my
laptops recovery info lost i.e. hold f11 or 0 when power on to reinstall
windows or backups etc, but obviously i cant do that so  then I tried to
change it back but it kept refusing to install but i got it by sudo
grub-install /dev/sda. I did notice some driver errors flash up while
this sent but regarding Nvidia but ill see when i reboot

ProblemType: Bug
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 12.04
Package: ubiquity 2.10.23
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.2.0-36.57-generic 3.2.35
Uname: Linux 3.2.0-36-generic i686
ApportVersion: 2.0.1-0ubuntu17.1
Architecture: i386
CasperVersion: 1.315
Date: Thu Mar 14 01:42:25 2013
InstallCmdLine: initrd=/casper/initrd.gz file=/cdrom/preseed/backbox.seed boot=casper quiet splash vga=791 -- BOOT_IMAGE=/casper/vmlinuz
LiveMediaBuild: BackBox Linux 3.0
MarkForUpload: True
ProcEnviron:
 LANGUAGE=en_GB.UTF-8
 TERM=unknown
 PATH=(custom, no user)
 LANG=en_GB.UTF-8
 SHELL=/bin/bash
SourcePackage: ubiquity
UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install)

** Affects: ubiquity (Ubuntu)
     Importance: Undecided
         Status: New


** Tags: apport-bug i386 precise ubiquity-2.10.23

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Title:
  grub wouldn't install

Status in “ubiquity” package in Ubuntu:
  New

Bug description:
  wouldn't install grub after I accidentally tried to install on a
  partition(sda5 with boot flag) instead of the MBR as i didn't want my
  laptops recovery info lost i.e. hold f11 or 0 when power on to
  reinstall windows or backups etc, but obviously i cant do that so
  then I tried to change it back but it kept refusing to install but i
  got it by sudo grub-install /dev/sda. I did notice some driver errors
  flash up while this sent but regarding Nvidia but ill see when i
  reboot

  ProblemType: Bug
  DistroRelease: Ubuntu 12.04
  Package: ubiquity 2.10.23
  ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.2.0-36.57-generic 3.2.35
  Uname: Linux 3.2.0-36-generic i686
  ApportVersion: 2.0.1-0ubuntu17.1
  Architecture: i386
  CasperVersion: 1.315
  Date: Thu Mar 14 01:42:25 2013
  InstallCmdLine: initrd=/casper/initrd.gz file=/cdrom/preseed/backbox.seed boot=casper quiet splash vga=791 -- BOOT_IMAGE=/casper/vmlinuz
  LiveMediaBuild: BackBox Linux 3.0
  MarkForUpload: True
  ProcEnviron:
   LANGUAGE=en_GB.UTF-8
   TERM=unknown
   PATH=(custom, no user)
   LANG=en_GB.UTF-8
   SHELL=/bin/bash
  SourcePackage: ubiquity
  UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install)

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