[Bug 1467717] [NEW] will not create /boot

[Sophia Potsticker]

Public bug reported:

executing grub-install/dev/sda failed ...i have a sony vaio vpcz1290x
with 2 64gb ssd, its a few years old but solid until W7 crashed and
burned took everything with, since then have been using ubuntu 14.04.1
and mint17.1 only as a live cd, and i can see in bios that the drives
are working. tried partitioning the drives which whould cause the
installer to freeze with a comment box full of ???   ???   ???   ??? but
i have yet to have the install complete successfully. i partitioned 63mb
to /boot 8gb to swap 15gb to /root and the remainder to /home but the
installer gets stuck there. i am fairly certain i am doing something
wrong. i really would like to install any os that works

ProblemType: Bug
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 14.04
Package: ubiquity 2.18.7
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.13.0-24.46-generic 3.13.9
Uname: Linux 3.13.0-24-generic i686
ApportVersion: 2.14.1-0ubuntu3
Architecture: i386
CasperVersion: 1.340
Date: Mon Jun 22 17:49:17 2015
InstallCmdLine: file=/cdrom/preseed/ubuntu.seed boot=casper initrd=/casper/initrd.lz quiet splash --
LiveMediaBuild: Ubuntu 14.04 LTS "Trusty Tahr" - Release i386 (20140417)
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: apport-bug i386 trusty ubiquity-2.18.7 ubuntu

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Title:
  will not create /boot

Status in grub-installer package in Ubuntu:
  New

Bug description:
  executing grub-install/dev/sda failed ...i have a sony vaio vpcz1290x
  with 2 64gb ssd, its a few years old but solid until W7 crashed and
  burned took everything with, since then have been using ubuntu 14.04.1
  and mint17.1 only as a live cd, and i can see in bios that the drives
  are working. tried partitioning the drives which whould cause the
  installer to freeze with a comment box full of ???   ???   ???   ???
  but i have yet to have the install complete successfully. i
  partitioned 63mb to /boot 8gb to swap 15gb to /root and the remainder
  to /home but the installer gets stuck there. i am fairly certain i am
  doing something wrong. i really would like to install any os that
  works

  ProblemType: Bug
  DistroRelease: Ubuntu 14.04
  Package: ubiquity 2.18.7
  ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.13.0-24.46-generic 3.13.9
  Uname: Linux 3.13.0-24-generic i686
  ApportVersion: 2.14.1-0ubuntu3
  Architecture: i386
  CasperVersion: 1.340
  Date: Mon Jun 22 17:49:17 2015
  InstallCmdLine: file=/cdrom/preseed/ubuntu.seed boot=casper initrd=/casper/initrd.lz quiet splash --
  LiveMediaBuild: Ubuntu 14.04 LTS "Trusty Tahr" - Release i386 (20140417)
  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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