I added some more information about the issue to #Bug 1509603 because if you are googling around for grub you'd be more likely to find it.
Summary is that Jan H (janh2) discovered the problem, which is a broken toram option. There's a workaround, but only if you have a second disk drive (or of course are willing to burn a DVD). Thanks everybody for your help. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1514149 Title: installation of 15.10 failed, may be duplicate report To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/ubiquity/+bug/1514149/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs