[Bug 436340] Re: Installer fails: grub fails on Intel ICH10 raid

[Billy Charlton]

(Edited initial post for clarity).

Note also that I only tried steps 4 and 5 above because I thought maybe
the ext4 had something to do with it.  I'll try the same install using
ext3 and see if it makes a difference -- the filesystem type is likely a
red herring but I want to be sure.

** Description changed:

- Installing Karmic x86 cdimage (23-Sep-09 nightly).  
- Dell OptiPlex 960, 4Gb RAM, with Intel ICH10 fakeraid setup for Windows XP RAID 1.
+ Installing Karmic x86 livecd image (23-Sep-09 nightly).
+ Dell OptiPlex 960, 4Gb RAM, with Intel ICH10 fakeraid setup with Windows XP (RAID 1).
  
  1) I resized NTFS partition to make 20Gb of room for Ubuntu.
- 2) Run Karmic installer, it seems fakeraid correctly, and I choose Manual partitioning, created ext4 on new partition.
+ 2) Run Karmic installer, it sees fakeraid correctly, and I choose Manual partitioning, creating ext4 on new partition.
  3) Installer goes thru entire installation, but fails on grub step with following error:
  
  "Grub package failed to install into /target. Without GRUB boot loader,
  the installed system will not boot."
  
  4) I tried opening a terminal as su, and ran
    grub-install --root-directory=target /dev/mapper/isw_bfdafeice_ARRAY  (which is the correct mapped disk, I believe)  and it fails with  "grub-probe: error: no mapping exists for isw_bfdafeice_ARRAY5". Auto detection of a filesystem module failed.
  
  5) Then I tried
-   grub-install --module=ext4 --root-directory=target /dev/mapper/isw_bfdafeice_ARRAY  
+   grub-install --module=ext4 --root-directory=target /dev/mapper/isw_bfdafeice_ARRAY
  and it fails with, "You attempted a cross-disk install, but the filesystem containing target/boot/grub does not support UUIDs".
  
  So, left with a system that won't install GRUB so I can't boot.  Happy
  to provide more detail.

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Installer fails: grub fails on Intel ICH10 raid
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