Seems like it's looking for a CD from which to install grub, and I'm using a USB stick. Additionally, I already have grub installed from other endeavors, and it seems unable to detect it. Syslog has this to say:
Oct 12 13:24:53 mint grub-installer: info: architecture: amd64/efi Oct 12 13:24:54 mint grub-installer: info: Identified partition label for /dev/sda5: msdos Oct 12 13:24:57 mint grub-installer: dpkg: warning: there's no installed package matching grub Oct 12 13:24:57 mint grub-installer: dpkg: warning: there's no installed package matching grub-legacy Oct 12 13:24:57 mint grub-installer: dpkg: dependency problems prevent removal of grub-pc: Oct 12 13:24:57 mint grub-installer: startupmanager depends on grub | grub-pc; however: Oct 12 13:24:57 mint grub-installer: Package grub is not installed. Oct 12 13:24:57 mint grub-installer: Package grub-pc is to be removed. Oct 12 13:24:57 mint grub-installer: dpkg: error processing grub-pc (--purge): Oct 12 13:24:57 mint grub-installer: dependency problems - not removing Oct 12 13:24:57 mint grub-installer: dpkg: dependency problems prevent removal of grub-gfxpayload-lists: Oct 12 13:24:57 mint grub-installer: grub-pc depends on grub-gfxpayload-lists. Oct 12 13:24:57 mint grub-installer: dpkg: error processing grub-gfxpayload-lists (--purge): Oct 12 13:24:57 mint grub-installer: dependency problems - not removing Oct 12 13:24:57 mint grub-installer: Errors were encountered while processing: Oct 12 13:24:57 mint grub-installer: grub-pc Oct 12 13:24:57 mint grub-installer: grub-gfxpayload-lists Oct 12 13:24:57 mint ubiquity: umount: /target/cdrom: not found Oct 12 13:24:57 mint ubiquity: Oct 12 13:24:57 mint plugininstall.py: log-output -t ubiquity umount /target/cdrom Oct 12 13:24:57 mint finish-install: Disabling CD in sources.list Oct 12 13:24:57 mint plugininstall.py: Exception during installation: Oct 12 13:24:57 mint plugininstall.py: Traceback (most recent call last): Oct 12 13:24:57 mint plugininstall.py: File "/usr/share/ubiquity/plugininstall.py", line 1551, in <module> Oct 12 13:24:57 mint plugininstall.py: install.run() Oct 12 13:24:57 mint plugininstall.py: File "/usr/share/ubiquity/plugininstall.py", line 56, in wrapper Oct 12 13:24:57 mint plugininstall.py: func(self) Oct 12 13:24:57 mint plugininstall.py: File "/usr/share/ubiquity/plugininstall.py", line 201, in run Oct 12 13:24:57 mint plugininstall.py: self.configure_bootloader() Oct 12 13:24:57 mint plugininstall.py: File "/usr/share/ubiquity/plugininstall.py", line 844, in configure_bootloader Oct 12 13:24:57 mint plugininstall.py: "GrubInstaller failed with code %d" % ret) Oct 12 13:24:57 mint plugininstall.py: InstallStepError: GrubInstaller failed with code 1 Oct 12 13:24:57 mint plugininstall.py: -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/828872 Title: Linux Mint installer crashed when trying to install grub-pc To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/linuxmint/+bug/828872/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs