Problem install grub

[Rashkae]

Rashkae wrote:

>>
> 
> We just had this thread.. apparently there is a component to Karmic that 
> causes some SSD's to report bad sectors, (and in some cases, even 
> permanently bricking the drives.)  It's possible to work around, but 
> since the code that causes this has been known for several months and 
> Ubuntu devs still refuse to either fix or remove it (after all, it's 
> only bricking hundreds of dollar's worth of hardware, no big deal), I 
> would suggest staying with the previous release of Ubuntu until this is 
> resolved.  Please look over the mailing list for the discussion on 
> marking bad sectors to find the link to the bug I just mentioned.
> 
> 

Sorry, here's the official bug report and work-around, though I have no 
idea how to work around if you can't even get a first time install goin.

https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/libatasmart/+bug/445852?comments=all