[Bug 886853] Re: Fails to rewrite grub

[Brian Murray]

Nov  6 11:45:36 ubuntu grub-installer: info: Running chroot /target grub-install  --no-floppy --force "/dev/sda"
Nov  6 11:45:37 ubuntu grub-installer: /usr/sbin/grub-setup: warn: This GPT partition label has no BIOS Boot Partition; embedding won't be possible!.
Nov  6 11:45:37 ubuntu grub-installer: /usr/sbin/grub-setup: error: embedding is not possible, but this is required for cross-disk install.
Nov  6 11:45:37 ubuntu grub-installer: error: Running 'grub-install  --no-floppy --force "/dev/sda"' failed.

** Package changed: ubiquity (Ubuntu) => grub-installer (Ubuntu)

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Title:
  Fails to rewrite grub

Status in “grub-installer” package in Ubuntu:
  New

Bug description:
  when reinstalling ubuntu it fails to update grub

  ProblemType: Bug
  DistroRelease: Ubuntu 11.10
  Package: ubiquity 2.8.7
  ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.0.0-12.20-generic 3.0.4
  Uname: Linux 3.0.0-12-generic i686
  ApportVersion: 1.23-0ubuntu3
  Architecture: i386
  CasperVersion: 1.287
  Date: Sun Nov  6 11:47:02 2011
  LiveMediaBuild: Ubuntu 11.10 "Oneiric Ocelot" - Release i386 (20111012)
  ProcEnviron:
   LANGUAGE=
   PATH=(custom, no user)
   LANG=en_US.UTF-8
  SourcePackage: ubiquity
  UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install)

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