[Bug 563895] Re: grub2 fails to boot or install when an LVM snapshot exists

[nutznboltz]

The answer to "why didn't this get into Lucid?" is nobody did the SRU
process:

https://wiki.ubuntu.com/StableReleaseUpdates#Procedure

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Title:
  grub2 fails to boot or install when an LVM snapshot exists

Status in “grub2” package in Ubuntu:
  Fix Released
Status in “grub2” package in Debian:
  Fix Released

Bug description:
  Binary package hint: grub2

  Steps to reproduce:

  - (Lucid beta2 installed from CD)
  - Take a snapshot of any volume
  - on reboot:
    error: fd0 read error.
    error: no such disk.
    grub rescue>
  - Use the rescue cd to get a root shell
  - Remove the snapshot and reboot
  Now, the system boots. Create a new snapshot to repeat.

  The system has 2 SATA disks in mdadm RAID1 configuration with 1 lvm
  volume on top and no 'normal' partitions.

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