Ubuntu
grub2 package

grub-install fails on btrfs root

Bug #750648 reported by Tim Gardner
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This bug affects 3 people
Affects Status Importance Assigned to Milestone
grub2 (Ubuntu)
New
High
Canonical Foundations Team
Ubuntu ubuntu-11.04-beta-2

Bug Description

Binary package hint: grub-pc

'grub-install /dev/sda' failed on Natty daily from April 4.

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Tim Gardner (timg-tpi) wrote :

If you choose btrfs as the root file system and mark the partition as bootable, then grub-install cannot write the master boot record.

Changed in grub2 (Ubuntu):
milestone: none → ubuntu-11.04-beta-2
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Tim Gardner (timg-tpi) wrote :

I've reproduced this on bare metal using the amd64 server CD as well as on VMware Workstation.

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Tim Gardner (timg-tpi) wrote :

Its interesting that this problem does not occur when using QEMU.

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Nasser Mohieddin Abukhdeir (nasr-m-a) wrote :

Same problem using the amd64 alternate CD beta1

Kate Stewart (kate.stewart)
Changed in grub2 (Ubuntu):
importance: Undecided → High
assignee: nobody → Canonical Foundations Team (canonical-foundations)
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Colin Watson (cjwatson) wrote :

This is probably the same as bug 732149. I'm tracking it there.

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