[Bug 1430389] [NEW] intaller crashed when running update grub on my USB HDD

[Peter Wilcox]

Public bug reported:

When trying to install 14.10 from DVD to new hardware onto my USB HDD
(sdb) with a previous installation of 14.10 the istaller failed when
trying to "update grub"

ProblemType: Bug
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 14.10
Package: ubiquity 2.20.0 [modified: lib/partman/automatically_partition/question]
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.16.0-23.31-generic 3.16.4
Uname: Linux 3.16.0-23-generic x86_64
ApportVersion: 2.14.7-0ubuntu8
Architecture: amd64
CasperVersion: 1.345
CurrentDesktop: KDE
Date: Tue Mar 10 14:54:21 2015
InstallCmdLine: file=/cdrom/preseed/kubuntu.seed boot=casper maybe-ubiquity initrd=/casper/initrd.lz quiet splash -- maybe-ubiquity
LiveMediaBuild: Kubuntu 14.10 "Utopic Unicorn" - Release amd64 (20141022.1)
SourcePackage: ubiquity
UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install)
UpstartUbiquity: debconf: DbDriver "templatedb": /var/cache/debconf/templates.dat is locked by another process: Resource temporarily unavailable

** Affects: ubiquity (Ubuntu)
     Importance: Undecided
         Status: New


** Tags: amd64 apport-bug kubuntu ubiquity-2.20.0 utopic

** Attachment added: "/var/log/syslog"
   https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1430389/+attachment/4340129/+files/syslog

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