So it needs its own patition for boot. Got ya. I thought this had been fixed in Grub 2. I wasn't aware it was still an issue.
The installer should not offer other drives up as install options on prompt after it fails. This is completely misleading if it's just going to go fatal. On May 10, 2014 8:10 PM, "Phillip Susi" <ps...@ubuntu.com> wrote: > You can't install grub to /dev/sda because it uses the GPT partition > table and has no bios_grub partition. If you want to install to that > drive, you will need to create a bios_grub partition on it. Due to > another known bug in the installer, if the first attempt to install > fails, all subsequent attempts will fail as well so you must select the > correct drive the first time. > > > ** Changed in: grub-installer (Ubuntu) > Status: New => Invalid > > -- > You received this bug notification because you are subscribed to the bug > report. > https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1318274 > > Title: > Installation crashed while attempting to install Grub to /dev/sda and > all other disk attempted. > > To manage notifications about this bug go to: > > https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/grub-installer/+bug/1318274/+subscriptions > -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1318274 Title: Installation crashed while attempting to install Grub to /dev/sda and all other disk attempted. To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/grub-installer/+bug/1318274/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
