[Bug 1301475] [NEW] grub cannot be installed

[Jacobvisick]

Public bug reported:

I was installing the daily build of Ubuntu 14.04 via a live session USB,
using one partition as /home and another as /, both ext4. It all
appeared to be going well until it came time to install grub2, and the
installer stopped and told me "grub cannot be installed to /dev/sda1.
This is a fatal error." and kicked me out of the installer.

I had previously been able to install this image fine booting from USB,
but this time I tried it using the UEFI boot option from the same USB,
and got this error.

ProblemType: Bug
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 14.04
Package: ubiquity 2.17.10 [modified: lib/partman/automatically_partition/question]
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.13.0-20.42-generic 3.13.7
Uname: Linux 3.13.0-20-generic x86_64
ApportVersion: 2.14-0ubuntu1
Architecture: amd64
CasperVersion: 1.339
Date: Wed Apr  2 12:16:09 2014
InstallCmdLine: BOOT_IMAGE=/casper/vmlinuz.efi file=/cdrom/preseed/ubuntu-gnome.seed boot=casper quiet splash --
LiveMediaBuild: Ubuntu-GNOME 14.04 LTS "Trusty Tahr" - Daily amd64 (20140401)
ProcEnviron:
 PATH=(custom, no user)
 LANG=en_US.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: amd64 apport-bug trusty ubiquity-2.17.10 ubuntu-gnome

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Title:
  grub cannot be installed

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

Bug description:
  I was installing the daily build of Ubuntu 14.04 via a live session
  USB, using one partition as /home and another as /, both ext4. It all
  appeared to be going well until it came time to install grub2, and the
  installer stopped and told me "grub cannot be installed to /dev/sda1.
  This is a fatal error." and kicked me out of the installer.

  I had previously been able to install this image fine booting from
  USB, but this time I tried it using the UEFI boot option from the same
  USB, and got this error.

  ProblemType: Bug
  DistroRelease: Ubuntu 14.04
  Package: ubiquity 2.17.10 [modified: lib/partman/automatically_partition/question]
  ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.13.0-20.42-generic 3.13.7
  Uname: Linux 3.13.0-20-generic x86_64
  ApportVersion: 2.14-0ubuntu1
  Architecture: amd64
  CasperVersion: 1.339
  Date: Wed Apr  2 12:16:09 2014
  InstallCmdLine: BOOT_IMAGE=/casper/vmlinuz.efi file=/cdrom/preseed/ubuntu-gnome.seed boot=casper quiet splash --
  LiveMediaBuild: Ubuntu-GNOME 14.04 LTS "Trusty Tahr" - Daily amd64 (20140401)
  ProcEnviron:
   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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