Binary package hint: ubiquity
First: The installer had work correctly on the same machine with the same hardware two weeks ago.
Now the Installer crashed with the following bug report:
Traceback (most recent call last):
File "/usr/lib/ubiquity/bin/ubiquity", line 212, in <module>
main()
File "/usr/lib/ubiquity/bin/ubiquity", line 207, in main
install(args[0])
File "/usr/lib/ubiquity/bin/ubiquity", line 65, in install
ret = wizard.run()
File "/usr/lib/ubiquity/ubiquity/frontend/gtk_ui.py", line 425, in run
self.progress_loop()
File "/usr/lib/ubiquity/ubiquity/frontend/gtk_ui.py", line 776, in progress_loop
(ret, realtb))
RuntimeError: Install failed with exit code 1
Traceback (most recent call last):
File "/usr/share/ubiquity/install.py", line 1768, in <module>
install.run()
File "/usr/share/ubiquity/install.py", line 402, in run
self.configure_bootloader()
File "/usr/share/ubiquity/install.py", line 1312, in configure_bootloader
"GrubInstaller failed with code %d" % ret)
InstallStepError: GrubInstaller failed with code 1
Triaged to Incomplete. You have DSL installed. I believe that it uses an older version of GRUB. As a result, the MBR portion of GRUB did not get overwritten, but the newer GRUB files were installed to the partition. GRUB update failed (according to syslog). Try removing DSL completely then try a clean install. You can add DSL afterward, but don't reinstall GRUB, just print out your menu.lst and add them to your new menu.lst file. Make sure you have the correct partition entries.