Finally I am able to regenerate my original failure with syslog (attached). Here's what I did:
-put 1tb mech drive into /dev/sda (so that means my minissd card is in /dev/sdb) -boot kubuntu 15.04 testing iso in legacy mode -wrote 0's to first 1gb of each drive -did regular install using entire disk (and selected my sdd card /dev/sdb) -try to complete kubuntu install -when almost complete, I'm presented with popup "Unable to install GRUB in /dev/sda" with text "Executing 'grub-install /dev/sda' failed. This is a fatal error." And now I'm writing you. The crucial error in the attached syslog seems to be: grub-install: error: unable to identify a filesystem in hostdisk//dev/sda; safety check can't be performed. Please advise how I should proceed with this (whether I should forward to ubuntu install people or something else...although I do consider it a bug even though there is a work around because a new user would not know what to do). ** Attachment added: "failed_grub-install_sda_syslog.txt" https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/grub2/+bug/1414124/+attachment/4304662/+files/failed_grub-install_sda_syslog.txt -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1414124 Title: install reports unable to install grub to /dev/sdb To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/grub2/+bug/1414124/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list [email protected] https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
