[Bug 1414501] Re: Ubuntu 14.04 installer crashes running from USB

[Håkan Ågren]

I managed to solve the problem in a manner that doesn't seem to
correspond with the automated response. I ran the installation to system
disk /dev/sdd rather than /dev/sda. However grub was installed to
/dev/sda and that failed (not the download of updates as I wrote
earlier). I had several failed attempts with the same system drive and
also tried another system drive (both of the SSDs) and that also failed
for grup. Then I unplugged all the other drives and kept just the system
drive during installation. This worked perfectly and grub installed
without any problem. This leads me to believe there is a weak spot in
the grub installation scripts.

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Title:
  Ubuntu 14.04 installer crashes running from USB

Status in ubiquity package in Ubuntu:
  Incomplete

Bug description:
  I don't know what happened. It was downloading updates and then I just
  got a window popping up saying that the installer crashed. I wasn't
  doing anything strange. I have an external dock for SATA disks
  connected via USB3 with one disk in it. I cannot check the logs since
  the system hasn't even installed and the bug report tool is currently
  the only thing running.

  ProblemType: Bug
  DistroRelease: Ubuntu 14.04
  Package: ubiquity 2.18.8
  ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.13.0-32.57-generic 3.13.11.4
  Uname: Linux 3.13.0-32-generic x86_64
  ApportVersion: 2.14.1-0ubuntu3.2
  Architecture: amd64
  CasperVersion: 1.340
  Date: Sun Jan 25 23:40:43 2015
  InstallCmdLine: BOOT_IMAGE=/casper/vmlinuz.efi file=/cdrom/preseed/ubuntu.seed cdrom-detect/try-usb=true noprompt floppy.allowed_drive_mask=0 ignore_uuid boot=casper only-ubiquity quiet splash --
  LiveMediaBuild: Ubuntu 14.04.1 LTS "Trusty Tahr" - Release amd64 (20140722.2)
  ProcEnviron:
   TERM=linux
   PATH=(custom, no user)
   XDG_RUNTIME_DIR=<set>
   LANG=en_US.UTF-8
  SourcePackage: ubiquity
  UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install)

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