[Bug 1266195] Re: grub-installer fails to install when using btrfs

[Chris Samuel]

*** This bug is a duplicate of bug 1059827 ***
    https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1059827

Remember I still have the Dell created first partition, then the first
Linux extended partition starts at 41.9MB (parted doesn't appear to have
options to output in sectors I'm afraid).

Using fdisk it appears the Dell partition (type de) starts at sector 63
and my extended partition starts at 81918 and my first Linux partition
starts at 81920.

Note that this is after I got a working install by creating an ext4
/boot partition (which is the partition that starts at 81920).

It is a test machine though, so I could blow it away and test a new
install if necessary.

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Title:
  grub-installer fails to install when using btrfs

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

Bug description:
  With the daily Kubuntu 14.04 installer I tried to install with a btrfs
  root filesystem and a swap partition (there's also a Dell specific DOS
  partition, but I'm leaving that alone) the installer says it fails to
  install grub.

   Jan  5 12:02:24 kubuntu grub-installer: info: Installing grub on '/dev/sda'
   Jan  5 12:02:25 kubuntu grub-installer: info: grub-install does not support --no-floppy
   Jan  5 12:02:25 kubuntu grub-installer: info: Running chroot /target grub-install  --force "/dev/sda"
   Jan  5 12:02:26 kubuntu grub-installer: /usr/sbin/grub-bios-setup: warning: your core.img is unusually large.  It won't fit in the embedding area.
   Jan  5 12:02:26 kubuntu grub-installer: /usr/sbin/grub-bios-setup: error: filesystem `btrfs' doesn't support blocklists.
   Jan  5 12:02:26 kubuntu grub-installer: error: Running 'grub-install  --force "/dev/sda"' failed.

  Needless to say the system fails to boot after that. :-(

  ProblemType: Bug
  DistroRelease: Ubuntu 14.04
  Package: ubiquity 2.17.3
  ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.12.0-7.15-generic 3.12.4
  Uname: Linux 3.12.0-7-generic x86_64
  ApportVersion: 2.12.7-0ubuntu3
  Architecture: amd64
  CasperVersion: 1.336ubuntu1
  CurrentDesktop: KDE
  Date: Sun Jan  5 23:02:33 2014
  InstallCmdLine: file=/cdrom/preseed/kubuntu.seed boot=casper maybe-ubiquity initrd=/casper/initrd.lz quiet splash -- maybe-ubiquity
  LiveMediaBuild: Kubuntu 14.04 LTS "Trusty Tahr" - Alpha amd64 (20140105)
  MarkForUpload: True
  SourcePackage: grub-installer
  UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install)

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