[Bug 1370909] Re: during install of Ubuntu GNOME beta 1 'grub-installer' cannot write grub to any drive or partition

[Phillip Susi]

You attempted to install grub to /dev/sda, which is a blank disk.  If
that is indeed the disk you want the computer to boot from, you must
create at least one partition on it for grub to be able to install
there.


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

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Title:
  during install of Ubuntu GNOME beta 1 'grub-installer' cannot write
  grub to any drive or partition

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

Bug description:
  doing a fresh install of Ubuntu Gnome beta1 with updates enabled during install works fine.
  untill grub-installer tries to write grub to a drive or partition, i tried all possible drives/partitions, none works.
  when i installed the same os on this computer for the 2nd yesterday it worked fine. (the 1st time failed back then as well).

  i hope this will help fix this bug for other future users.
  for now i will install mint 17 until the final release of 14.10 is out.

  ProblemType: Bug
  DistroRelease: Ubuntu 14.10
  Package: ubiquity 2.19.2
  ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.16.0-10.15-generic 3.16.1
  Uname: Linux 3.16.0-10-generic x86_64
  ApportVersion: 2.14.6-0ubuntu2
  Architecture: amd64
  CasperVersion: 1.343
  Date: Thu Sep 18 08:54:07 2014
  InstallCmdLine: file=/cdrom/preseed/ubuntu-gnome.seed boot=casper initrd=/casper/initrd.lz quiet splash -- maybe-ubiquity
  LiveMediaBuild: Ubuntu-GNOME 14.10 "Utopic Unicorn" - Alpha amd64 (20140826)
  ProcEnviron:
   TERM=linux
   PATH=(custom, no user)
   XDG_RUNTIME_DIR=<set>
   LANG=en_US.UTF-8
  SourcePackage: grub-installer
  UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install)

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