Public bug reported: Attempting to install Ubuntu Desktop 18.04 to a second HDD (primary is reserved for Windows 7 Pro, and I don't want to touch it with a partition manager). Reserved 220GB of hard disk space for the root partition, and another 30GB for swap. The installer was able to get nearly all the way through the installation process (according to the progress bar, probably 80%) when suddenly it crashed and notified me that writing (I assume) grub to the MBR had failed and that the installer was not going to continue.
No reboot has been attempted yet, but my plan is to shut down, disconnect unused drives (Win7, external HDD), and attempt to boot out of the 250GB drive as is. If this fails, I'll attempt another install with extraneous drives still disconnected and allowing the installer to automatically determine the ideal partition setup. ProblemType: Bug DistroRelease: Ubuntu 18.04 Package: ubiquity 18.04.14 [modified: lib/partman/automatically_partition/question] ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 4.15.0-20.21-generic 4.15.17 Uname: Linux 4.15.0-20-generic x86_64 ApportVersion: 2.20.9-0ubuntu7 Architecture: amd64 CasperVersion: 1.394 Date: Wed May 2 11:48:11 2018 InstallCmdLine: BOOT_IMAGE=/casper/vmlinuz file=/cdrom/preseed/ubuntu.seed boot=casper only-ubiquity quiet splash --- LiveMediaBuild: Ubuntu 18.04 LTS "Bionic Beaver" - Release amd64 (20180426) SourcePackage: grub-installer UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install) ** Affects: grub-installer (Ubuntu) Importance: Undecided Status: New ** Tags: amd64 apport-bug bionic ubiquity-18.04.14 ubuntu -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1768621 Title: Installation of Ubuntu 18.04 Desktop installation crashes when unable to write Grub To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/grub-installer/+bug/1768621/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs