Hmm, after swapping out the hard drive a TOSHIBA_MK2555GSX for a WDC_WD2500BEVS I was able to succesfully install Grub!
A work around for the TOSHIBA drive was to boot to a live 10.10 and manually install Grub in a chroot environment. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/908483 Title: grub-install to /dev/sda fails "hd0 appears to contain a iso9660" To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/grub-installer/+bug/908483/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
