[Bug 1844328] Re: Unable to install GRUB in /dev/sda1 on ppc64le for Ubuntu 19.10

[Manoj Iyer]

On my system in the installer logs I have:

syslog:Jan 16 02:37:41 kernel: [    0.000000] OPAL nvram setup, 589824 bytes
syslog:Jan 16 02:37:41 kernel: [    0.512030] pstore: Registered nvram as persistent store backend

and in your logs I see:

Sep 13 08:40:03 kernel: [    0.000000] PPC64 nvram contains 15360 bytes
Sep 13 08:40:03 kernel: [    0.080441] pstore: Registered nvram as persistent store backend

If your system is some sort of a PowerVM system? I don't think we
support that anymore.

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Title:
  Unable to install GRUB in /dev/sda1   on ppc64le for Ubuntu 19.10

Status in The Ubuntu-power-systems project:
  New
Status in base-installer package in Ubuntu:
  New

Bug description:
  == Comment: #0 - Raghu N. Arava <raghuara at in.ibm.com> - 2019-09-11 06:31:02 ==
  Please find the attachment for the installation screen shots and the failing step

  == Comment: #3 - Raghu N. Arava <raghuara at in.ibm.com> - 2019-09-13 05:50:20 ==
  Logs are captured from Installation menu using "Save Debug Logs"

  == Comment: #6 - Raghu N. Arava <raghuara at in.ibm.com> - 2019-09-17
  03:56:11 ==

  ---Problem Description---
  ---------------------------------------------
  Ubuntu Installation failed due to failure in grub installation ,the system doesn't boot .currently the system is in the same state of installation failure.

  ---uname output---
  ---------------------------------------------
  ~ # uname -a
  Linux p8ct2p06 5.3.0-10-generic #11-Ubuntu SMP Mon Sep 9 15:08:08 UTC 2019 ppc64le GNU/Linux
  ~ #

  ---Machine Type---
  ---------------------------------------------
  Power 8 (ppc64le)

  ---boot type---
  ---------------------------------------------
  Legacy 

  ---bootloader---
  ---------------------------------------------
  grub

  ---Kernel cmdline used to launch install---
  ---------------------------------------------
  N/A

  ---Bootloader protocol---
  ---------------------------------------------

  ---Install repository type---
  ---------------------------------------------
  Image mounted via VSCSI optical drive

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