[Bug 1241867] Re: installing with LVM over old install with LVM results in unable to install bootloader

[Phillip Susi]

You tried to install grub to a logical volume.  You can't do that.  You
need to install grub to the drive ( /dev/sda ) instead.


** Changed in: grub-installer (Ubuntu)
       Status: New => Invalid

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Title:
  installing with LVM over old install with LVM results in unable to
  install bootloader

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

Bug description:
  Got this error about being unable to install the bootloader. I'm
  installing a clean 13.10, with the LVM option selected, over top of my
  previous 13.04 install (also had LVM enabled on that). I'm not doing
  an upgrade install.

  I tried manually partitioning and was unable to remove the pre-
  existing LVM setup which showed up under "dev-mapper". No matter what
  I tried to select, it was always "in use" and couldn't be removed.

  The only solution that worked was to partially overwrite the drive
  with dd (if=/dev/zero of=/dev/sda) and do a clean install.

  ProblemType: Bug
  DistroRelease: Ubuntu 13.10
  Package: ubiquity 2.15.26
  ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.11.0-12.19-generic 3.11.3
  Uname: Linux 3.11.0-12-generic x86_64
  ApportVersion: 2.12.5-0ubuntu2
  Architecture: amd64
  CasperVersion: 1.336ubuntu1
  Date: Fri Oct 18 18:56:07 2013
  InstallCmdLine: file=/cdrom/preseed/ubuntu.seed boot=casper initrd=/casper/initrd.lz quiet splash -- maybe-ubiquity
  LiveMediaBuild: Ubuntu 13.10 "Saucy Salamander" - Release amd64 (20131016.1)
  MarkForUpload: True
  ProcEnviron:
   TERM=linux
   PATH=(custom, no user)
   XDG_RUNTIME_DIR=<set>
   LANG=en_US.UTF-8
  SourcePackage: grub-installer
  UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install)

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