Ubuntu
ubiquity package

nstallStepError: GrubInstaller failed with code 1

4
Affects Status Importance Assigned to Milestone
ubiquity (Ubuntu)
Invalid
Undecided
Colin Watson

Bug Description

Binary package hint: ubiquity

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/gtkui.py", line 305, in run
    self.process_step()
  File "/usr/lib/ubiquity/ubiquity/frontend/gtkui.py", line 856, in process_step
    self.progress_loop()
  File "/usr/lib/ubiquity/ubiquity/frontend/gtkui.py", line 628, 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

computer is: pentium 4 2.1ghz, 64 mg nvidia, 700+ meg ram, 100 gig western digital + slave 80 gig hd, 32xcdrom-rw, 1 dvd player,

Revision history for this message
Brian Murray (brian-murray) wrote :

Thanks for your bug report. Which version of Ubuntu were you trying to install?

Changed in ubiquity:
status: Unconfirmed → Needs Info
Revision history for this message
hemorragic sepsis co-fractionated leukocytoclastic vasulitis (ducnguyen) wrote :

Ubuntu 6.10, Edgy Eft

Cristian Aravena Romero (caravena)
Changed in ubiquity:
assignee: nobody → brian-murray
Revision history for this message
Colin Watson (cjwatson) wrote :

Could you please attach /var/log/syslog and /var/log/partman to this bug, following the directions in http://wiki.ubuntu.com/DebuggingUbiquity/AttachingLogs? Thanks in advance.

Changed in ubiquity:
assignee: brian-murray → kamion
Revision history for this message
Andrew Starr-Bochicchio (andrewsomething) wrote :

We are closing this bug report because it lacks the information we need to investigate the problem. Please reopen it if you can give us the missing information. To reopen the bug report you can click on the current status, under the Status column, and change the Status back to "New".

Thanks

Changed in ubiquity:
status: Incomplete → Invalid
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