Ubuntu
ubiquity package

installer crashes while installing to external hd

Bug #103939 reported by Chris_T on 2007-04-06

Affects		Status	Importance	Assigned to	Milestone
	ubiquity (Ubuntu)	Invalid	Undecided	Unassigned

Bug Description

Binary package hint: ubiquity

Complained about something wrong with grub.

Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "/usr/lib/ubiquity/bin/ubiquity", line 204, in <module>
    main()
  File "/usr/lib/ubiquity/bin/ubiquity", line 199, in main
    install(args[0])
  File "/usr/lib/ubiquity/bin/ubiquity", line 58, in install
    ret = wizard.run()
  File "/usr/lib/ubiquity/ubiquity/frontend/kde-ui.py", line 350, in run
    self.process_step()
  File "/usr/lib/ubiquity/ubiquity/frontend/kde-ui.py", line 857, in process_step
    self.progress_loop()
  File "/usr/lib/ubiquity/ubiquity/frontend/kde-ui.py", line 638, in progress_loop
    (ret, realtb))
RuntimeError: Install failed with exit code 1
Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "/usr/share/ubiquity/install.py", line 1523, in <module>
    install.run()
  File "/usr/share/ubiquity/install.py", line 391, in run
    self.configure_bootloader()
  File "/usr/share/ubiquity/install.py", line 1259, in configure_bootloader
    "GrubInstaller failed with code %d" % ret)
InstallStepError: GrubInstaller failed with code 1