install kubuntu crashes at copying grub to hda

Bug #76335 reported by jaceq
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ubiquity (Ubuntu)
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Bug Description

Binary package hint: ubiquity

During install, after "recognizing other OS's", installer crashed:

Critical error.
Running 'grub install (hda)' failed.

Traceback (most recent call last):
File "/usr/bin/ubiquity", line 166, in ?
main()
File "/usr/bin/ubiquity", line 161, in main
install(sys.argv[1])
File "/usr/bin/ubiquity", line 57, in install
ret = wizard.run()
File "/usr/lib/ubiquity/ubiquity/frontend/kde-ui.py", line 338, in run
self.process_step()
File "/usr/lib/ubiquity/ubiquity/frontend/kde-ui.py", line 828, in process_step
self.progress_loop()
File "/usr/lib/ubiquity/ubiquity/frontend/kde-ui.py", line 599, in progress_loop
raise RuntimeError, ("Install failed with exit code %s\n%s" %
RuntimeError: Install failed with exit code 1
Traceback (most recent call last):
File "/usr/share/ubiquity/install.py", line 1404, in ?
install.run()
File "/usr/share/ubiquity/install.py", line 385, in run
self.configure_bootloader()
File "/usr/share/ubiquity/install.py", line 1163, in configure_bootloader
raise InstallStepError(
InstallStepError: GrubInstaller failed with code 1

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jaceq (jacek-wit) wrote :
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Ups, forgot to add syslog & partman:

Dec 18 19:02:07 ubuntu syslogd 1.4.1#18ubuntu6: restart.
Dec 18 19:02:07 ubuntu kernel: Inspecting /boot/System.map-2.6.17-10-generic
Dec 18 19:02:08 ubuntu kernel: Loaded 22825 symbols from /boot/System.map-2.6.17-10-generic.
Dec 18 19:02:08 ubuntu kernel: Symbols match kernel version 2.6.17.
Dec 18 19:02:08 ubuntu kernel: No module symbols loaded - kernel modules not enabled.
Dec 18 19:02:08 ubuntu kernel: [17179569.184000] Linux version 2.6.17-10-generic (root@vernadsky) (gcc version 4.1.2 20060928 (prerelease) (Ubuntu 4.1.1-13ubuntu5)) #2 SMP Fri Oct 13 18:45:35 UTC 2006 (Ubuntu 2.6.17-10.33-generic)
Dec 18 19:02:08 ubuntu kernel: [17179569.184000] BIOS-provided physical RAM map:
Dec 18 19:02:08 ubuntu kernel: [17179569.184000] BIOS-e820: 0000000000000000 - 000000000009fc00 (usable)
Dec 18 19:02:08 ubuntu kernel: [17179569.184000] BIOS-e820: 000000000009fc00 - 00000000000a0000 (reserved)
Dec 18 19:02:08 ubuntu kernel: [17179569.184000] BIOS-e820: 00000000000f0000 - 0000000000100000 (reserved)
Dec 18 19:02:08 ubuntu kernel: [17179569.184000] BIOS-e820: 0000000000100000 - 000000000fff0000 (usable)
Dec 18 19:02:08 ubuntu kernel: [17179569.184000] BIOS-e820: 000000000fff0000 - 000000000fff8000 (ACPI data)
Dec 18 19:02:08 ubuntu kernel: [17179569.184000] BIOS-e820: 000000000fff8000 - 0000000010000000 (ACPI NVS)
Dec 18 19:02:08 ubuntu kernel: [17179569.184000] BIOS-e820: 00000000ffff0000 - 0000000100000000 (reserved)
Dec 18 19:02:08 ubuntu kernel: [17179569.184000] 0MB HIGHMEM available.
Dec 18 19:02:08 ubuntu kernel: [17179569.184000] 255MB LOWMEM available.
Dec 18 19:02:08 ubuntu kernel: [17179569.184000] On node 0 totalpages: 65520
Dec 18 19:02:08 ubuntu kernel: [17179569.184000] DMA zone: 4096 pages, LIFO batch:0
Dec 18 19:02:08 ubuntu kernel: [17179569.184000] Normal zone: 61424 pages, LIFO batch:15
Dec 18 19:02:08 ubuntu kernel: [17179569.184000] DMI 2.3 present.
Dec 18 19:02:08 ubuntu kernel: [17179569.184000] ACPI: RSDP (v000 AMI ) @ 0x000fabc0
Dec 18 19:02:08 ubuntu kernel: [17179569.184000] ACPI: RSDT (v001 AMIINT 0x00000010 MSFT 0x00000097) @ 0x0fff0000
Dec 18 19:02:08 ubuntu kernel: [17179569.184000] ACPI: FADT (v001 AMIINT 0x00000010 MSFT 0x00000097) @ 0x0fff0030
Dec 18 19:02:08 ubuntu kernel: [17179569.184000] ACPI: DSDT (v001 AMD75X IRONGATE 0x00001000 MSFT 0x0100000b) @ 0x00000000
Dec 18 19:02:08 ubuntu kernel: [17179569.184000] ACPI: PM-Timer IO Port: 0x5008
Dec 18 19:02:08 ubuntu kernel: [17179569.184000] Allocating PCI resources starting at 20000000 (gap: 10000000:efff0000)
Dec 18 19:02:08 ubuntu kernel: [17179569.184000] Built 1 zonelists
Dec 18 19:02:08 ubuntu kernel: [17179569.184000] Kernel command line: BOOT_IMAGE=/casper/vmlinuz file=/cdrom/preseed/kubuntu.seed boot=casper initrd=/casper/initrd.gz ramdisk_size=1048576 root=/dev/ram rw quiet splash --
Dec 18 19:02:08 ubuntu kernel: [17179569.184000] Local APIC disabled by BIOS (or by default) -- you can enable it with "lapic"
Dec 18 19:02:08 ubuntu kernel: [17179569.184000] mapped APIC to ffffd000 (0120a000)
Dec 18 19:02:08 ubuntu kernel: [17179569.184000] Enabling fas...

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Colin Watson (cjwatson) wrote :

"(hda)" is not a legal GRUB device name. Try "/dev/hda" instead. The lack of validation is bug 90575.

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