[Bug 995116] [NEW] Grub fails to install during fresh installation

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I know it says "grub" in the title. But I do not believe it is the grub
package per se, I believe it is the script / program that controls the
entire installation process, because grub can be installed manually.

Note: this has been broken for at least 4 years, which is precisely why
I have not mentioned a specific version. See bug 253323, where I have
made comments in the past.

The installation process goes smoothly (as long as I use the alternate
install....) up through the point where the installation process tries
to install grub. This fails (spectacular red screen), and the only
choice is to continue without installing a boot loader.

The work-around is to re-boot _with_ the installation CD, into rescue
mode, and manually install grub.

Current motherboard is Asus M4A89TD Pro/USB3, with 16GB ram. The one
constant is the Mylex eXtremeRAID 2000 SCSI hardware RAID contoller.

An important note for programmers that do not have this SCSI controller
but are stuck supporting it through the installation program: this
controller uses the DAC960 kernel module. The drives are located at
/dev/rd/c0d0..... /dev/rd/c0d1...., etc. NOT at /dev/sd*. If I were
trying to fix this program, the first place I would look would be where
the options for the grub installation are being created/populated. There
must be an assumption that the drive is at /dev/sd-whatever.

** Affects: grub-installer (Ubuntu)
     Importance: Undecided
         Status: Confirmed


** Tags: path raid scsi
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Grub fails to install during fresh installation
https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/995116
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