Ha, embarassing. Next time, I'll be sure to let my eyes roll back in my head only after I've read my logs.
I'm sure more succinct error messages are in the works. Thanks for taking the time to help. Jeff Greene wrote: > I believe the cause of your error is that grub was installing to an > invaild device. It tried to install to (sd0), which doesn't exist. The > correct drive would be /dev/sda or (hd1), maybe (hd0). > > Nov 10 20:47:22 ubuntu grub-installer: info: Running chroot /target > /sbin/grub-install --no-floppy "(sd0)" > Nov 10 20:47:22 ubuntu grub-installer: Probing devices to guess BIOS drives. > This may take a long time. > Nov 10 20:47:22 ubuntu grub-installer: Format of install_device not > recognized. > > ** Tags added: invaliddevice > > ** This bug is no longer a duplicate of bug 73825 > Xubuntu installer > > -- Installer crash on GRUB, sda. Similar to bugs #71143, 71099, 71046, 71036? https://launchpad.net/bugs/71310 -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
