[Bug 1812629] [NEW] Failed to install grub-ieee1275 (2.02~beta2-9ubuntu1.16) from Trusty -proposed on a Power8 system

[Po-Hsu Lin]

Public bug reported:

When trying to run dist-upgrade on a Power8 box with proposed enabled,
it will fail with:

grub-install: error: cannot find a GRUB drive for /dev/sda1.  Check your device.map.
dpkg: error processing package grub-ieee1275 (--configure):
 subprocess installed post-installation script returned error exit status 1
E: Sub-process /usr/bin/dpkg returned an error code (1)

Please find the attachment for the complete log with grub package
installation.

ProblemType: Bug
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 14.04
Package: grub-ieee1275 2.02~beta2-9ubuntu1.16
ProcVersionSignature: User Name 3.13.0-164.214-generic 3.13.11-ckt39
Uname: Linux 3.13.0-164-generic ppc64le
ApportVersion: 2.14.1-0ubuntu3.29
Architecture: ppc64el
Date: Mon Jan 21 09:10:32 2019
ProcLoadAvg: 0.05 0.03 0.05 1/1074 18621
ProcLocks:
 1: POSIX  ADVISORY  WRITE 3386 00:11:14655 0 EOF
 2: POSIX  ADVISORY  WRITE 3232 00:11:13595 0 EOF
 3: POSIX  ADVISORY  WRITE 3335 00:11:73774 0 EOF
 4: FLOCK  ADVISORY  WRITE 3293 00:11:35886 0 EOF
ProcSwaps:
 Filename				Type		Size	Used	Priority
 /swap.img                               file		8388544	0	-1
ProcVersion: Linux version 3.13.0-164-generic (buildd at bos02-ppc64el-004) (gcc version 4.8.4 (User Name 4.8.4-2ubuntu1~14.04.4) ) #214-User Name SMP Wed Dec 5 10:40:29 UTC 2018
SourcePackage: grub2
UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install)
cpu_cores: Number of cores present = 20
cpu_coreson: Number of cores online = 20
cpu_smt: SMT=8

** Affects: ubuntu-kernel-tests
     Importance: Undecided
         Status: New

** Affects: grub2 (Ubuntu)
     Importance: Undecided
         Status: New


** Tags: apport-bug package-from-proposed ppc64el trusty uec-images

** Attachment added: "log"
   https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1812629/+attachment/5230973/+files/log

** Also affects: ubuntu-kernel-tests
   Importance: Undecided
       Status: New

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Title:
  Failed to install grub-ieee1275 (2.02~beta2-9ubuntu1.16) from Trusty
  -proposed on a Power8 system

Status in ubuntu-kernel-tests:
  New
Status in grub2 package in Ubuntu:
  New

Bug description:
  When trying to run dist-upgrade on a Power8 box with proposed enabled,
  it will fail with:

  grub-install: error: cannot find a GRUB drive for /dev/sda1.  Check your device.map.
  dpkg: error processing package grub-ieee1275 (--configure):
   subprocess installed post-installation script returned error exit status 1
  E: Sub-process /usr/bin/dpkg returned an error code (1)

  Please find the attachment for the complete log with grub package
  installation.

  ProblemType: Bug
  DistroRelease: Ubuntu 14.04
  Package: grub-ieee1275 2.02~beta2-9ubuntu1.16
  ProcVersionSignature: User Name 3.13.0-164.214-generic 3.13.11-ckt39
  Uname: Linux 3.13.0-164-generic ppc64le
  ApportVersion: 2.14.1-0ubuntu3.29
  Architecture: ppc64el
  Date: Mon Jan 21 09:10:32 2019
  ProcLoadAvg: 0.05 0.03 0.05 1/1074 18621
  ProcLocks:
   1: POSIX  ADVISORY  WRITE 3386 00:11:14655 0 EOF
   2: POSIX  ADVISORY  WRITE 3232 00:11:13595 0 EOF
   3: POSIX  ADVISORY  WRITE 3335 00:11:73774 0 EOF
   4: FLOCK  ADVISORY  WRITE 3293 00:11:35886 0 EOF
  ProcSwaps:
   Filename				Type		Size	Used	Priority
   /swap.img                               file		8388544	0	-1
  ProcVersion: Linux version 3.13.0-164-generic (buildd at bos02-ppc64el-004) (gcc version 4.8.4 (User Name 4.8.4-2ubuntu1~14.04.4) ) #214-User Name SMP Wed Dec 5 10:40:29 UTC 2018
  SourcePackage: grub2
  UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install)
  cpu_cores: Number of cores present = 20
  cpu_coreson: Number of cores online = 20
  cpu_smt: SMT=8

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