[Bug 995116] Re: Grub fails to install during fresh installation

[Fabio Marconi]

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

** Tags removed: path raid scsi
** Tags added: natty oneiric precise

** Tags added: hardy intrepid karmic lucid maverick

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Title:
  Grub fails to install during fresh installation

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

Bug description:
  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.

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