Grub installation fails when using Software RAID

[itsacademic99]

Binary package hint: debian-installer

Installation using the i386 alternate CD 8.04 Beta fails.

I have seen this reported for alpha versions of Hardy Heron, but not the beta version.

Dell Precision 390n, 2 x 80GB WD hard drives, SATA as IDE in BIOS.
sda1 + sdb1, 76GB md0 -- sda5 + sdb5, 4GB md1
I chose reiserfs mounted at "/" as the file system after creating the Linux raid setup. / = md0, swap = md1

By forcing the install through to the end & rebooting, the machine boots to a grub prompt.
There is no /boot/grub folder or any configuration files installed/created.
Trying to find grub configuration files from the grub prompt leads to error 15.

I was unable to get past this roadblock using the alternative CD. I ended up installing HH on one drive & then creating the RAID1 array afterwards using:

http://www200.pair.com/mecham/raid/raid1-degraded-etch.html as a template for the install - worked perfectly for those that need a resolution now.

[Martin Mai (mrkanister-deactivatedaccount-deactivatedaccount)]

 Thank you for taking the time to report this bug and helping to make Ubuntu better. You reported this bug a while ago and there hasn't been any activity in it recently. We were wondering if this is still an issue for you. Can you try with the latest Ubuntu release? Thanks in advance.

[itsacademic99 (nnash)]

I can confirm I was successful with 8.10 alternate . Thank you for following up.

--Nick.

-----Original Message-----
From: <email address hidden> [mailto:<email address hidden>] On Behalf Of Martin Mai
Sent: Saturday, January 31, 2009 7:54 AM
To: Nick Nash
Subject: [Bug 206702] Re: Grub installation fails when using Software RAID

 Thank you for taking the time to report this bug and helping to make
Ubuntu better. You reported this bug a while ago and there hasn't been
any activity in it recently. We were wondering if this is still an issue
for you. Can you try with the latest Ubuntu release? Thanks in advance.

** Changed in: debian-installer (Ubuntu)
       Status: New => Incomplete

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Grub installation fails when using Software RAID
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Bug description:
Binary package hint: debian-installer

Installation using the i386 alternate CD 8.04 Beta fails.

I have seen this reported for alpha versions of Hardy Heron, but not the beta version.

Dell Precision 390n, 2 x 80GB WD hard drives, SATA as IDE in BIOS.
sda1 + sdb1, 76GB md0 -- sda5 + sdb5, 4GB md1
I chose reiserfs mounted at "/" as the file system after creating the Linux raid setup. / = md0, swap = md1

By forcing the install through to the end & rebooting, the machine boots to a grub prompt.
There is no /boot/grub folder or any configuration files installed/created.
Trying to find grub configuration files from the grub prompt leads to error 15.

I was unable to get past this roadblock using the alternative CD. I ended up installing HH on one drive & then creating the RAID1 array afterwards using:

http://www200.pair.com/mecham/raid/raid1-degraded-etch.html as a template for the install - worked perfectly for those that need a resolution now.

[Martin Mai (mrkanister-deactivatedaccount-deactivatedaccount)]

Thank you, itsacademic99, for your quick reply. Therefore closing the bug.