I also had this fail on an Acer laptop. I could not install lilo either and had to re-install an earlier version to restore the bootloader.
In Hardy the drives were detected as sda whereas in Gutsy there are hda - does this have something to do with the problem? ** Changed in: debian-installer (Ubuntu) Status: New => Confirmed -- [Ubuntu 8.04 alpha5] hardy-alternate-i386 fails to install GRUB https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/195000 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs