[Bug 1292628] Re: 'grub-install --force "(hd0)"' fails on trusty during installation

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This bug was fixed in the package grub-installer - 1.78ubuntu19

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grub-installer (1.78ubuntu19) trusty; urgency=medium

  * If grub-installer/bootdev was set to (hd0), override it to the OS device
    name for the first disk if possible (LP: #1292628).
 -- Colin Watson <cjwatson at ubuntu.com>   Fri, 28 Mar 2014 13:11:31 +0000

** Changed in: grub-installer (Ubuntu)
       Status: Fix Committed => Fix Released

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Title:
  'grub-install --force "(hd0)"' fails on trusty during installation

Status in “grub-installer” package in Ubuntu:
  Fix Released

Bug description:
  Network/PXE installs of Trusty fail on installing grub.

  The error message in syslog is:

  Installing grub on '(hd0)'
  Running chroot /target grub-install --force "(hd0)"
  Installing for i386-pc platform
  grub-install: error: disk `hd0' not found
  error: Running 'grub-install --force ''(hd0)''' failed.

  The workaround is the following

  chroot target
  echo "(hd0) /dev/sda" > /boot/grub/device.map

  Then prompting the installer to try installing again.

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