[Bug 1641167] Re: unable to install GRUB bootloader on sdb2. used lvm.

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Status changed to 'Confirmed' because the bug affects multiple users.

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

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Title:
  unable to install GRUB bootloader on sdb2. used lvm.

Status in grub-installer package in Ubuntu:
  Confirmed

Bug description:
  While installing Ubuntu Gnome from a USB stick, there was a fatal
  error of GRUB. My PC has 2 150GB hard drives, one has Win Vista on it,
  the other was empty with one 150GB fat32 partition. I selected Erase
  Disk and install, and checked logical volume management. Then I
  selected the empty disk (sdb) and pressed install. I entered my
  language etc then when the installer got to 'installing bootloader' it
  crashed. It said,' 'GRUB failed to install on sdb2'.  or something
  like that. It asked me if I wanted to install it on a different drive,
  I tried doing it in the rootfs partition (sdb1,ext4) and the
  swap(sdb5)and neither worked. As far as I could see, there was no
  'sdb2' which may have been a faactor.

  ProblemType: Bug
  DistroRelease: Ubuntu 16.04
  Package: ubiquity 2.21.63.2 [modified: lib/partman/automatically_partition/question]
  ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 4.4.0-31.50-generic 4.4.13
  Uname: Linux 4.4.0-31-generic i686
  ApportVersion: 2.20.1-0ubuntu2.1
  Architecture: i386
  CasperVersion: 1.376
  Date: Fri Nov 11 17:05:57 2016
  InstallCmdLine: file=/cdrom/preseed/ubuntu-gnome.seed boot=casper initrd=/casper/initrd.lz quiet splash --- maybe-ubiquity
  LiveMediaBuild: Ubuntu-GNOME 16.04.1 LTS "Xenial Xerus" - Release i386 (20160720)
  ProcEnviron:
   LANGUAGE=en_GB.UTF-8
   PATH=(custom, no user)
   XDG_RUNTIME_DIR=<set>
   LANG=en_GB.UTF-8
  SourcePackage: grub-installer
  UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install)

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