Custom install failed to install grub on Raid 0 boot partition

[Barry Kumnick]

12.04 AMD-64 LTS custom installation failed. Unable to install grub on /dev/mapper/isw_ccifjiiifa_RAID-0p5 RAID 0 /boot partition on the only hard disk on my HP envy 17 laptop. Similar to bug #997885 except on RAID 0 instead of RAID 1. Apparently Grub won't install on Raid 0 or Raid 1 hard disks. Showstopper. Please fix.

ProblemType: Bug
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 12.04
Package: ubiquity 2.10.16
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.2.0-23.36-generic 3.2.14
Uname: Linux 3.2.0-23-generic x86_64
ApportVersion: 2.0.1-0ubuntu5
Architecture: amd64
CasperVersion: 1.315
Date: Wed Jul 11 19:31:45 2012
InstallCmdLine: file=/cdrom/preseed/ubuntu.seed boot=casper initrd=/casper/initrd.lz quiet splash -- maybe-ubiquity
LiveMediaBuild: Ubuntu 12.04 LTS "Precise Pangolin" - Release amd64 (20120425)
ProcEnviron:
 LANGUAGE=en_US.UTF-8
 TERM=linux
 PATH=(custom, no user)
 LANG=en_US.UTF-8
SourcePackage: grub-installer
UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install)

[Barry Kumnick (barry-kumnick)]

Found these lines in the Ubiquity-Syslog.txt that may be related to this problem:

6:28:46 ubuntu dmraid-activate: ERROR: Cannot retrieve RAID set information for isw_ccifjiiifa_RAID-0
Jul 11 16:28:46 ubuntu dmraid-activate: ERROR: Cannot retrieve RAID set information for isw_ccifjiiifa_RAID-0

Perhaps there is a problem in ubuntu dmraid-activate?

[Barry Kumnick (barry-kumnick)]

Closing in?

Jul 11 23:31:42 ubuntu dmraid-activate: ERROR: Cannot retrieve RAID set information for isw_ccifjiiifa_RAID-0
Jul 11 23:31:42 ubuntu dmraid-activate: ERROR: Cannot retrieve RAID set information for isw_ccifjiiifa_RAID-0
Jul 11 23:31:43 ubuntu kernel: [ 285.113313] JFS: nTxBlock = 8192, nTxLock = 65536
Jul 11 23:31:43 ubuntu kernel: [ 285.538306] SGI XFS with ACLs, security attributes, realtime, large block/inode numbers, no debug enabled
Jul 11 23:31:43 ubuntu kernel: [ 285.538730] SGI XFS Quota Management subsystem
Jul 11 23:31:47 ubuntu ntfsresize: ntfsresize v2012.1.15AR.1 (libntfs-3g)
Jul 11 23:31:47 ubuntu ntfsresize: NTFS signature is missing.
Jul 11 23:31:47 ubuntu ntfsresize: ERROR(22): Opening '/dev/mapper/isw_ccifjiiifa_RAID-0' as NTFS failed: Invalid argument
Jul 11 23:31:47 ubuntu ntfsresize: The device '/dev/mapper/isw_ccifjiiifa_RAID-0' doesn't have a valid NTFS.
Jul 11 23:31:47 ubuntu ntfsresize: Maybe you selected the wrong partition? Or the whole disk instead of a
Jul 11 23:31:47 ubuntu ntfsresize: partition (e.g. /dev/hda, not /dev/hda1)? This error might also occur
Jul 11 23:31:47 ubuntu ntfsresize: if the disk was incorrectly repartitioned (see the ntfsresize FAQ).
Jul 11 23:31:47 ubuntu partman: Error running 'ntfsresize --info'
Jul 11 23:31:47 ubuntu ntfsresize: ntfsresize v2012.1.15AR.1 (libntfs-3g)
Jul 11 23:31:47 ubuntu ntfsresize: NTFS signature is missing.
Jul 11 23:31:47 ubuntu ntfsresize: ERROR(22): Opening '/dev/mapper/isw_ccifjiiifa_RAID-0' as NTFS failed: Invalid argument
Jul 11 23:31:47 ubuntu ntfsresize: The device '/dev/mapper/isw_ccifjiiifa_RAID-0' doesn't have a valid NTFS.
Jul 11 23:31:47 ubuntu ntfsresize: Maybe you selected the wrong partition? Or the whole disk instead of a
Jul 11 23:31:47 ubuntu ntfsresize: partition (e.g. /dev/hda, not /dev/hda1)? This error might also occur
Jul 11 23:31:47 ubuntu ntfsresize: if the disk was incorrectly repartitioned (see the ntfsresize FAQ).
Jul 11 23:31:47 ubuntu partman: Error running 'ntfsresize --info'

More info: Space for the ubuntu partitions was created by using the Win7 disk manager to shrink an existing volume, then deleting the system recovery partition to free up a physical partition from which the ubunto partition manager could create the necessary logical parititions. I did not reformat the resulting free space using NTFS before running the UBUNTU 12.04 installation partition manager. Should I have?

[Launchpad Janitor (janitor)]

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