Public bug reported: " same old story ": unity tries to install on sda instead of where it was supposed to.
on grub-install it says it does not have success installing on sda and proposes to try another partition to install to but choosing the right device mapper does fail again. On ubuntu 11.04 no problem so far, it was working out of the box, in the last 3 releases ( ubuntu 11.10, 12.04, 12.10 ) there's no way to install the bootloader; i will try to launch ubiquity with the option to NOT install the bootloader and then install it from scratch... boring ... :-) ProblemType: Bug DistroRelease: Ubuntu 12.10 Package: ubiquity 2.12.16 ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.5.0-17.28-generic 3.5.5 Uname: Linux 3.5.0-17-generic x86_64 ApportVersion: 2.6.1-0ubuntu6 Architecture: amd64 CasperVersion: 1.328 Date: Sat Oct 27 18:05:48 2012 InstallCmdLine: noprompt cdrom-detect/try-usb=true persistent file=/cdrom/preseed/ubuntu.seed boot=casper initrd=/casper/initrd.lz quiet splash -- debian-installer/language=it keyboard-configuration/layoutcode?=it LiveMediaBuild: Ubuntu 12.10 "Quantal Quetzal" - Release amd64 (20121017.5) MarkForUpload: True ProcEnviron: TERM=unknown PATH=(custom, no user) XDG_RUNTIME_DIR=<set> LANG=it_IT.UTF-8 SHELL=/bin/bash SourcePackage: grub-installer UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install) ** Affects: grub-installer (Ubuntu) Importance: Undecided Status: New ** Tags: amd64 apport-bug quantal ubiquity-2.12.16 -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1072125 Title: 12.10 amd64 grub won't install on fakeraid on asus m3a78 pro To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/grub-installer/+bug/1072125/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs