[Bug 1434753] Re: Bootloader install fails in VMware Fusion

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Mar 21 15:04:59 ubuntu-mate ubiquity: Setting up grub-pc (2.02~beta2-21) ...
Mar 21 15:04:59 ubuntu-mate ubiquity: 
Mar 21 15:04:59 ubuntu-mate ubiquity: Creating config file /etc/default/grub with new 
version
Mar 21 15:05:00 ubuntu-mate ubiquity: Setting up grub-gfxpayload-lists (0.6) ...
Mar 21 15:05:00 ubuntu-mate ubiquity: Error:
Mar 21 15:05:00 ubuntu-mate ubiquity: /dev/sda5: unrecognised disk label
Mar 21 15:05:00 ubuntu-mate ubiquity: grub-probe: error:
Mar 21 15:05:00 ubuntu-mate ubiquity: 
Mar 21 15:05:00 ubuntu-mate ubiquity: unknown filesystem
Mar 21 15:05:00 ubuntu-mate ubiquity: .
Mar 21 15:05:00 ubuntu-mate grub-installer: info: Installing grub on '/dev/sda5'
Mar 21 15:05:00 ubuntu-mate grub-installer: info: grub-install does not support --no-f
loppy
Mar 21 15:05:00 ubuntu-mate grub-installer: info: Running chroot /target grub-install 
 --force "/dev/sda5"
Mar 21 15:05:00 ubuntu-mate grub-installer: Installing for i386-pc platform.
Mar 21 15:05:00 ubuntu-mate grub-installer: grub-install: error:
Mar 21 15:05:00 ubuntu-mate grub-installer: 
Mar 21 15:05:00 ubuntu-mate grub-installer: unable to identify a filesystem in hostdis
k//dev/sda; safety check can't be performed
Mar 21 15:05:00 ubuntu-mate grub-installer: .
Mar 21 15:05:00 ubuntu-mate grub-installer: error: Running 'grub-install  --force "/de
v/sda5"' failed.

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Title:
  Bootloader install fails in VMware Fusion

Status in grub-installer package in Ubuntu:
  Confirmed

Bug description:
  The bootloader attempted to install itself onto /dev/sda5 and failed.
  Settings were the default for partitioning except for LVM which was
  explicitly selected. The hardware in question is a VMware VM. I have
  not seen this error when I installed Ubuntu with the "main" 15.04
  installer.

  ProblemType: Bug
  DistroRelease: Ubuntu 15.04
  Package: ubiquity 2.21.13
  ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.18.0-13.14-generic 3.18.5
  Uname: Linux 3.18.0-13-generic x86_64
  ApportVersion: 2.16.1-0ubuntu2
  Architecture: amd64
  CasperVersion: 1.351
  Date: Fri Mar 20 20:45:54 2015
  InstallCmdLine: file=/cdrom/preseed/ubuntu-mate.seed boot=casper only-ubiquity initrd=/casper/initrd.lz quiet splash --
  LiveMediaBuild: Ubuntu-MATE 15.04 "Vivid Vervet" - Alpha amd64 (20150225)
  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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