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grub2 package

10.10 grub-legacy-ec2 install failed

Asked by Bjorn Helgaas

Attempted install of 10.10 on HP Z400 with 2TB disk. Selected SSH server, Ubuntu desktop and Ubuntu cloud instance.
Received these errors:

    Errors were encountered while processing:
     grub-legacy-ec2
    E: Sub-process /usr/bin/dpkg returned an error code (1)
    tasksel: aptitude failed (100)
    Setting up grub-legacy-ec2 (0.5.15-0ubuntu3) ...
    Searching for GRUB installation directory ...
    No GRUB directory found. To create a template run 'mkdir /boot/grub' first.
To install grub, install it manually or try the 'grub-install' command. ### Warn
ing, grub-install is used to change your MBR. ###
    dpkg: error processing grub-legacy-ec2 (--configure):
     subprocess installed post-installation script returned error exit status 1
    Errors were encountered while processing:
     grub-legacy-ec2

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delance (olivier-delance) said : 		#1

Are you using update-manager and if yes, which was version of first Ubuntu installed.
As I see grub-legacy, it should at least as old than 9.10.

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Bjorn Helgaas (bjorn-helgaas) said : 		#2

This was a fresh install on a brand-new machine. I repeated the install, this time selecting only the ssh server and the ubuntu desktop (I didn't select ubuntu cloud instance this time), and it worked fine.

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