[Bug 1269728] Re: could not install grub bootloader (ubuntu-gnome)

[Arnaud Ongenae]

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Thank you for the follow-up. It feel like some personal training.
I learned a lot dealing with this problem.
I'll reconfigure the grub as suggested.

Again thank you

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Arnaud


On 2014-01-17 15:18, Phillip Susi wrote:
> On 1/17/2014 2:55 AM, Arnaud Ongenae wrote:
>> At this stage, there are three available options * choose
>> another partition (I tried them all /dev/sda /dev/sda1 /dev/sdc
>> /dev/sdc5) * finish the installation without bootloader * cancel
>> the installation
> 
>> - I tried all available partition of the drop list, 
>> unsuccessfully.
> 
> Unfortunately there is another bug in the installer where if 
> installing grub fails the first time, even if you choose the
> correct location to retry, it won't work either.  It has to be
> correct on the first try.
> 
>> /usr/sbin/grub2-bios-setup: warning: Sector 32 is already in use 
>> by the program `FlexNet'; avoiding it.  This software may cause 
>> boot or other problems in future.  Please ask its authors not to 
>> store data in the boot track.
> 
> That isn't an error; it is a warning.  It installed successfully
> and is just letting you know that it detected this "flexnet"
> garbage and is working around it.
> 
> By the way, since you installed grub manually, it will not be able
> to correctly upgrade itself.  To correct this, run sudo
> dpkg-reconfigure grub-pc and select the drive(s) to install to in
> the menu so that it will remember your choice for when it is time
> to upgrade.
> 
> 
> 
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Title:
  could not install grub bootloader (ubuntu-gnome)

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

Bug description:
  At the end of the installation of ubuntu-gnome 13.10,  it failed to install the bootloader.
  The original disk was a SSD
  The installer allowed me to choose another disk, I tried without success on a normal drive.

  The partition are as follow, I asked the install to format these partition (there was an older ubuntu version on them)
  - SSD 64G
  10G swap
  54G /

  - normal disk 550G
  500G /home

  It's the first time I encounter such issue on this computer/disks, I
  use this HW since ubuntu 11.10 without issue.

  ProblemType: Bug
  DistroRelease: Ubuntu 13.10
  Package: ubiquity 2.15.26
  ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.11.0-12.19-generic 3.11.3
  Uname: Linux 3.11.0-12-generic x86_64
  ApportVersion: 2.12.5-0ubuntu2
  Architecture: amd64
  CasperVersion: 1.336ubuntu1
  Date: Thu Jan 16 10:13:11 2014
  InstallCmdLine: noprompt cdrom-detect/try-usb=true file=/cdrom/preseed/ubuntu-gnome.seed boot=casper initrd=/casper/initrd.lz quiet splash -- maybe-ubiquity
  LiveMediaBuild: Ubuntu-GNOME 13.10 "Saucy Salamander" - Release amd64 (20131017)
  MarkForUpload: True
  ProcEnviron:
   LANGUAGE=en_US
   PATH=(custom, no user)
   XDG_RUNTIME_DIR=<set>
   LANG=en_US.UTF-8
   SHELL=/bin/bash
  SourcePackage: grub-installer
  UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install)

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