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Subject: Re: Error 29: Disk write error while installing GRUB
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I did a brief check on the net, and it seems to be bug that has been 
fixed. What version of GRUB are you using? The bug was that GRUB wasn't 
mounting the disks read-write.

Alternatively, maybe you want to make a GRUB boot disk, and then try 
installing from that?